Paper: Production Operations Wear Prevention Solutions

Sucker rod and production tubing wear is an acceptable reality of oilfield operations. This wear is the result of corrosion erosion and equipment operations and contributes to between 50% and 85% of production well-service related expenses The movement of produced fluids, rods and rod couplings within the production tubing result in wear; however, there have been several new technology enhancements to substantially reduce this wear.