(2023017) Best Practices Operating Electrical Submersible Pumping (ESP) Systems in Unconventional Environments to Maximize Run Life Goals

Unconventional reservoirs bring new challenges for Electrical Submersible Pump (ESP) Systems, such as rapid decline and high gas production. As these conditions can add obstacles to the operators to efficiently produce the wells, the industry is always looking for opportunities to improve ESP performance. This study analyzes the performance of some successful ESP Applications installed to produce from Unconventional wells in the Permian Basin, Delaware and Midland Basin. Showing what we have done differently as best practices to increase the ESP runlife. 

These are challenging ESP applications, but the way the ESP equipment is sized for the application, the way we operate the system once it is installed, how we optimize the well really makes a huge difference to impact the life of the ESP equipment and maximize the run time. 

This paper will present clear guidelines about how to operate the ESP equipment in the most efficient way.