Paper: Decreasing Loading By Decreasing Pump Capacity Can Prove Valuable

Operating expenses in the Moss Unit were reduced by checking equipment designs and reducing equipment loading where possible. The South Cowden, Moss Unit is located in the South Cowden Field, five miles southwest of Odessa, Texas and is operated by Union Oil Company of California. The water injection began in the Grayburg-San Andres zones in 1961. For the six years from 1980 through 1985 the unit averaged 69 rod pumping wells and 41 injectors. corrosion is considered severe. The gas contains 30,000 PPM H2S and the Truck treating is the method of corrosion control and no significant changes in corrosion control have been made in the last six years.