Reliability of electrical submersible pumps at oil fields

Author

Khurmy, Mohammad ; Ramzan, Mohammad

Author_Institution

Saudi Aramco, Dhahran

fYear

2008

fDate

10-12 June 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper presents the investigation of the high rate interruption of more than 170 crude oil wells operated by electrical submersible pumps located at an oil field. The paper analyzes the trips caused by different types of faults at the overhead lines supplying power to the electrical submersible pumps, relying mainly on examining numerous waveforms captured by the fault recorder and presents implemented solutions. The paper also analyzes, in depth, the voltage sag associated with faults at the distribution as well as the utility network, and proposes solutions.

Keywords

crude oil; oil technology; pumps; reliability; waveform analysis; crude oil wells; electrical submersible pumps; fault recorder; oil fields; overhead lines; reliability; waveforms; Birds; Conductors; Contacts; Electrostatic precipitators; Insulation; Petroleum; Power overhead lines; Power supplies; Underwater vehicles; Voltage fluctuations; Contactor; Electrical submersible pump; Voltage sag;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference Europe - Electrical and Instrumentation Applications, 2008. PCIC Europe 2008. 5th

Conference_Location

Weimar

Print_ISBN

978-3-9523333-1-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-3-9523333-2-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCICEUROPE.2008.4563529

Filename

4563529