SAM PCP Well Manager

KUDU’s PCP Well Manager maximizes production through smart well technology. It reacts specifically to your Progressing Cavity Pump operation by adjusting pump speed, monitoring torque and measuring flow rates. Now is the perfect time to start optimizing your wells. the PCP Well Manager is the solution for superior well performance.

CONTROL YOUR PROGRESSING CAVITY PUMP

KUDU Industries and Lufkin Automation have joined forces to offer an innovative system that maximizes your production through smart well technology. The SAM PCP Well Manager optimizes your production by adjusting pump speed, monitoring torque and measuring flow rates. Controlling PCP’s with the Well Manager helps reduce premature pump failures due to pump off and decreases the field monitoring of fluid levels. The SAM PCP Well Manager is CSA approved as well as IPC
and ISO certified.

The LUFKIN Automation PCP Algorithm

The PCP control algorithm enables the Well Manager to change, monitor and measure critical elements to ensure maximum productivity is achieved. The Well Manager algorithm controls well speed based on measured production rates. If torque becomes an issue, the algorithm takes control of the pump’s speed based on trend parameters.

PROVEN PERFORMANCE

Heavy Oil

Without SAM PCP Well Manager
The oil well had a slow startup and the BS&W rate initially peaked at 100%, then gradually reduced. Adjustments to the rpm were based on daily acoustic fluid level shots, with the Operator making decisions to manually increase or decrease rpm according to the data. As the graph to the right illustrates, the well required frequent operator intervention and was never optimized.

With SAM PCP Well Manager
The operator installed four Well Managers and used the example shown to the right as a showcase well. The PCP quickly achieved 99.9% well optimization following downtime. The initial high rpm start up gradually slowed down over a two week period in order to automatically adapt to changing inflow conditions. The projected yearly increase in revenue due to optimization of the four test wells is $365,000. The operator has since installed ten additional SAM PCP Well
Managers in the same field.

Medium Oil
After installing a SAM PCP Well Manager, the average production increase was 40m3/day/well, which equates to 1.6m3/day/well in additional oil production. The oil cut improved by 0.5% and gas production increased from 19 103m3 to 23 103m3. The operator used a SCADA system to determine well status at the beginning of each day. The operator was able to detect problems early and facilitate quick corrective action.

Light Oil
This well originally ran at an average 200 rpm with 15 to 16 joints of fluid above the pump. After installing a SAM PCP Well Manager, the well’s average rpm is 280 and the production rate increased by 29% to 96.24m3/day with a fluid level of 1 to 6 joints above the pump.

WELL INFORMATION AND PERFORMANCE
The SAM PCP Well Manager’s data logging provides real time centralized information. The Well Manager uses a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system
(SCADA). This diagnostic tool enables the user to view and implement changes remotely. SCADA offers a comprehensive interface between the user and well by providing the information you want, when and where you need it.

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