Paper: Short-Cycle Rod Pumping

Short-cycle rod pumping, as accomplished by a pumpoff controller or percentage timer, offers several benefits over conventional program timer pumping. Field results show that 1-power savings are realized by reducing both the kilowatt-hour consumption and kilowatt demand, 2- the pumping unit may be properly counterbalanced and the pump spaced under dynamic conditions to realize maximum pumping efficiency and minimize gas interference, and 3- by stabilizing the individual well production, the lease production may be monitored at the battery.