Successful Deployment of a New Generation of Progressive Cavity Pump in a High GOR Argentinian Heavy Oil Field

摘要

Following the study of Progressive Cavity Pump Technology’s behavior in Multiphase conditions (SPE Paper 95272 – presented at the SPE ATCE 2005 in Dallas, TX, USA) and the subsequent development of the “New PCP” (SPE Paper 97833 – presented at the SPE ITOHOS 2005 in Calgary, AB, Canada), this paper presents an overview of a pilot project where the Hydraulic Regulated Progressive Cavity Pump (HR-PCP - new name of the technology) was deployed in an Argentinean Heavy Oilfield.