Artificial Lift for Heavy Oil
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This webinar focuses on the application of artificial lift technologies in heavy oil production, addressing the challenges of high viscosity, sand production, and energy efficiency. Participants will gain a practical understanding of selecting, designing, and managing lift systems suited for heavy oil reservoirs. The session highlights performance optimization, system reliability, and cost-effective field implementation strategies.
Webinar Objectives
• Understand the key challenges of heavy oil production and lift system selection.
• Learn design and operation principles for ESP, PCP, and thermal lift methods.
• Explore techniques for improving system efficiency and reducing downtime.
• Apply best practices to enhance production rates and operational performance.
About the Presenter
The session is conducted by an experienced industry professional with a background in production engineering and artificial lift design. The presenter combines technical knowledge with field experience to deliver practical insights for professionals aiming to improve heavy oil recovery and lift system performance.
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Time : 9 PM Indian Time | Duration : 90 Minutes
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Pressure Transient Analysis (PTA) is a powerful tool for reservoir characterization — and it can tell you far more than permeability, reservoir contact, and skin factor. But to unlock its advanced capabilities, the analyst needs a solid grasp of the diagnostic features of pressure and derivative responses: how they relate to flow regimes, and how the static and dynamic features of a reservoir generate those regimes at different stages of depletion. Without that context, history matching pressure responses or fitting straight lines to portions of the data may return parameter estimates while missing the bigger picture entirely.This webinar makes the case for PTA as a reservoir characterization tool, shows its proper and improper use through worked examples, and highlights just how underused it remains in practice.Slides & Material — Copyright: All content in this session is copyrighted by Prof. Erdal Ozkan. Access to the recording and slides is provided exclusively through this platform. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or distribution outside the portal is strictly prohibited and may result in legal action under applicable laws.Recordings and certificates will be issued within one business day of the event.