Paper: Pumping Fundamentals

Training techniques used in Continental Oil Company's Well Pumping Short Courses will be discussed. The API recommended practice (RP 11L) for calculating well loads, peak torque, polished rod horsepower, etc., will be presented in "building block" form. An understanding of instantaneous net torque calculations using torque factors will be secured. Typical rod pumping problem areas and possible solutions by utilizing standing valve and traveling valve tests vs. pre-calculated loads, shapes of dynamometer cards, orders of dynamometer cards and over-travel and under-travel dynamometer cards will also be presented.