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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 01, 2019
Applicant:

Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company, Spring, TX (US);

Inventors:

Michael C. Romer, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Tony W. Hord, Spring, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/009 (2012.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G01S 17/87 (2020.01); G01S 15/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01); G01S 13/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/009 (2020.05); E21B 43/127 (2013.01); G01S 7/4815 (2013.01); G01S 13/865 (2013.01); G01S 13/88 (2013.01); G01S 13/89 (2013.01); G01S 15/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/87 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01S 13/862 (2013.01); G01S 13/867 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of operating a reciprocating system including a rod pump for pumping liquids from a wellbore. The method includes determining rod position of the rod pump using a wave-based technology detector, the rod pump comprising a rod string carrying a down hole pump and a drive system including a drive motor coupled to the rod string through a transmission unit; communicating rod position to a data acquisition system receiving one or more other measurements of rod pump operation to determine rod pump performance; and adjusting at least one operating parameter to enhance rod pump performance. A method of determining operating parameters and optimizing performance of an oil or gas production rod pump, and a system for determining rod position of an oil or gas production rod pump are also provided.


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