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A casing pump is a large rod pump that is run in the well casing instead of in the tubing. It is composed of four principal parts. The packer assembly, the anchor assembly, the rod assembly and the pump assembly.

Presentation of factors affecting casing pumps selection and application of casing pumps to high volume wells. Examples of successful applications are given.

Kobe Hydraulic Casing Type pumps are confined to two basic types at the present time. There is the Conventional Insert and Free Type. Both have common features in that they use the casing for the production tubing and require only one string of tubing for power oil transmission.

Corrosion can be separated into four parts, 1) an anodic site, 2) a cathodic site, 3) an electrolyte and, 2) a metallic path. Corrosion can be minimized by eliminating or controlling any one of these four components. Cathodic protection (CP) works by controlling the anodic and cathodic sites in a corrosion cell. This is accomplished by creating an anode separate from the equipment being protected. The anode can be either a more active metal or a material induced with an outside source of direct current.

Corrosion of steel, in contact with the earth, or brine, results from the creation of anodic and cathodic areas caused by differences in the electrolyte, and/or differences in the surface of the metal occurring in manufacture or fabrication. In the anodic areas current leaves the surface of the structure and enters the electrolyte, causing loss of metal or pitting action. In the cathodic areas, current flows from the electrolyte onto the surface of the structure and no corrosion occurs.

Cathodic protection as a tool for controlling corrosion of oil field lease equipment is discussed in some detail. Special emphasis is given to cathodic protection of well casing on which effectiveness, limitations, and economics are discussed. Cathodic protection of flow lines, gas gathering lines and vessels such as tanks, heater treaters, and filters is also described and discussed.

Corrosion of steel in contact with the earth or brine results from the creation of anodic and cathodic areas by reason of differences in the electrolyte and/or differences in the surface of the metal caused in manufacture or fabrication.

One of the largest investments in petroleum equipment today is the steel casing of the many oil, gas and water wells located throughout the country. The cost per pound of the steel in place in these casings is certainly very high. The annual cost of failures of casings due to external corrosion reaches into astronomical figures when the cost of the casing, lost production and damage to producing sands are all considered.

External casing corrosion with resultant leaks is a problem of major economic significance in the oil and gas producing industry. Cathodic protection systems, where practically and economically feasible, provide a means of arresting external casing corrosion. Sound engineering of these systems includes assessment of the problem, determination of the feasibility of cathodic protection, and an economic study.

Cathodic protection of steel is possible through use of sacrificial anode, and thermoelectric generator methods. This paper outlines the application of these methods to the protection of oil lease vessels and well casing installation. System design, anode selection, current requirements, and well casing survey consideration and reviewed.

The author reviews the fundamentals of corrosion and the causes of external casing corrosion. Methods of determining occurrence of casing corrosion and the value of protective current required for protection are outlined. Case histories and examples of interference are given. A model depicting external casing corrosion will be used to visually illustrate the paper.

Cathodic protection has been used to control corrosion for many years; however, its use in crude oil production is relatively new. It is being used to protect well casings, pipelines, emulsion treaters, gun barrels, tanks, and other water handling equipment. Many time it is used in conjunction with other corrosion control measures. Good design, proper installation, and continued maintenance are all necessary if a system is to be effective.

A water injection program was commenced in the San Andres reservoir of the Cedar Lake Southeast Field of Dawson County, Texas in May 1962. The Cedar Lake Southeast Field was unitized with the unit including virtually all of the San Andres reservoir that could reasonably be expected to be productive of oil or gas. The Cedar Lake Southeast San Andres reservoir is small in volume as compared to the many large reservoirs of the same age in the Permian Basin provenance.

The Cement Bond Log/Variable Denisty Log (CRL/VDL) service is used to determine the quality of cement bond to casing and the formation. Some of the recommended uses for the CBL/VDL are (1) Determine if vertical isolation exist between zones. (2) Check effectiveness of a squeeze cement job. (3) Check possible damage to cement by high pressure testing or injecting. (4) Locate cement top. (5) To study various cementing techniques. Figure 1 displays a standard Log presentation of the CBL/VDL. The CRL/VDL Log displays a CBL amplitude curve, VDL display and a transit time curve.

A new, multi-purpose acquisition and control system makes monitoring and controlling various laboratory devices easy. The system, built specifically for use in an oil field laboratory, can monitor and control eight laboratory instruments simultaneously. This paper discusses the capability of the system

This paper discusses the use of cement linings for internal corrosion protection of steel pipe in oil field water handling systems, including various cement lining materials, means of application and economics.

In the search for new technology in materials to protect steel line pipe and tubing from internal corrosion, production and facility engineers sometimes overlook cement lining, the oldest and frequently the best system available for internal corrosion control. The purpose of this paper is to re-introduce cement lining to a new generation of engineers.

A test was developed to evaluate cement spacers under conditions simulating mixing in the field. The results have shown that some products did not support barite acceptably well. Dynamic circulation tests demonstrated that spacers did not have the ability to remove mud filter cake as they are widely claimed to do. A test was developed to determine the effect of cement filtration control additives on the filtration from cement slurries through wellformed mud cake. It was found that the additives had little or no effect.

Cemented fiberglass liners have been run and cemented in 51 injection wells in the Shell-operated Denver Unit, Wasson Field, in the past two years. Fiberglass was chosen as the most economical corrosion-resistant alternative to steel for use in the oxygen-saturated injection water. The liners were run and cemented by conventional liner setting techniques. They were then perforated and the formation acidized using a cup-type straddle packer arrangement. Other than using running and completion techniques designed to avoid setting slip-type tools in the liner, no special precautions were used.

Several unique conditions existed which influenced Gulf Oil Corporation's selection of multi-stage Centrifugal pumps over multi-plunger pumps at its Goldsmith (5600 ft.) Water Injection Plant in E&r County. Texas. However, the factors taken into consideration in this particular case are applicable to the design of any high volume, high pressure water injection plant. Before selecting the type of pumps to be used, certain assumptions must be made. The volume of fluid and the pressure at which the fluid is to be pumped must be estimated.

Most E&P companies or departments in the petroleum industry face significant compression in resources

Multi-staging a well with more than one plunger utilizes more of the well's energy to lift fluid. Setting a Multi-stage tool in a well with a collar stop or tubing stop allows for one plunger to lift below the tool and one plunger to lift above the tool. By staging the well with a multi-stage tool, the fluid load on each plunger is lifted to a shallower depth. The bottom plunger lifts fluid to the tool which is caught with a standing valve. The second plunger then lifts that fluid to the surface. All of the head gas above the liquid level is sellable gas, but is wasted energy.

A common problem in small, mature fields is the limited and poor quality data, typically consisting of only old logs and production history. The objective of this work is to demonstrate practical applications for processing and analyzing the limited information. The Round Tank (Queen) reservoir in Southeast, New Mexico was selected as a case study. Old logs, 14 modern logs and one-core are the main sources for this reservoir study. The results from modern-log analysis will be used to support the results obtained from the old logs.

The Beam Gas Compressor (BGC) utilizes the energy from the normal pumping action of the pump jack. Gas is drawn from the casing during the suction cycle through check valves and is pumped (compressed) through check valves into the flow line on the compression cycle of the unit. The gas flows with liquids to the separator and to the gas sales line. The BGC is a double-acting unit and compresses gas on both the up and down stroke of the pumping unit. The BGC does not affect the counterblance of the pumping unit.

The presented trend toward lease consolidation and automation, which is a result of economic influence, has prompted a re-evaluation of the method and design for central treating of oil field emulsions. This is largely the result of having to handle and treat larger volumes of fluid, but is also due to the need for a more efficient and automated type operation. If the operator is to increase his income, assuming a fixed volume allowable, he must accomplish it by either reducing the cost of his operation, or improving the value of his product, or both.