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prospectiveuser · Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 1

I'm fairly certain that the SPIDR will not work for this application, but I figured I'd ask.

Oil Well - ~20 Mscf/STB
Horizontal re-entry of a vertical well
~3300' of horizontal lateral
BHP ~ 1300 psi
BHT ~ 250 degrees
Producing ~ 70 BLPD
~70% Oil Cut
Producing via sucker rod pump

Relatively low H2S concentration

Can the SPIDR work on these types of wells?

stevefarnsworth · Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Posts: 1

The unfortunate nature of the situation you are explaining is that the well is on artificial lift. Regardless of what the well produces; oil, gas, and/or gas-condensate, the velocity in the tubing needs to be great enough to lift all the produced fluids to the surface naturally. There are some situations where a test procedure along with understood uncertainties will allow us to conduct testing from the surface in wells that don't naturally unload, but artificial lift negates that possibility.