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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2005
Sam G. Gibbs, Midland, TX (US);
Kenneth B. Nolen, Midland, TX (US);
Sam G. Gibbs, Midland, TX (US);
Kenneth B. Nolen, Midland, TX (US);
Lufkin Industries, Inc., Lufkin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for inferring production of a rod pumped well. Inferred production is estimated in a well manager which not only performs pump-off control with a down-hole pump card, but also estimates liquid (oil-water) and gas production using the subsurface pump as a meter. Methods are incorporated in the well manager for identifying and quantifying several conditions: pump leakage, unanchored tubing, free gas and oil shrinkage. Quantifying such conditions in the well manger enables accurate inferring of production thereby eliminating the need for traditional well tests.