Paper: Optimum Design of High-Volume Sucker Rod Pumping Systems

Proper design of high-volume pumping systems is essential in waterflood operations. An analysis of all the problems hampering efficient sucker rod pumping systems is necessary to arrive at the best design. Techniques of sucker rod selection, unit selection utilizing dynamometer analysis, permissible load diagrams, etc., will be discussed with a correlation of all components composing the complete high-volume sucker rod system