J. N. McCoy, Echometer Company
A. L. Podio, University of Texas at Austin
Bill Drake, Echometer Company
Dieter Becker, Echometer Company
Paper presented at the Eleventh Oil Recovery Conference, Tertiary Oil Recovery Project, University of Kansas, March 14-15, 1995
ABSTRACT
A procedure is described that allows an operator to identify those beam pumped wells
which are operating at reduced efficiency. The logical sequence of steps to be followed
in acquiring performance data such as power, dynamometer, fluid level, etc. and the
criteria to be used in determining the causes of inefficiency are presented with the
objective of maximizing oil production and minimizing operating expense.