SPE 22787

Design and Diagnosis of Deviated Rod-Pumped Wells
S.G. Gibbs, SPE, Nabla Corp.

Copyright 1992, Society of Petroleum Engineers.

This paper was first presented at the 1991 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Dallas, Oct. 6-9.

Summary
A wave equation method is presented for the design of deviated rod-pumped wells. Applications made to wells involve bare rods, molded-on guides, and wheel-rod guides. The design method is also used to explain the types of errors that result when vertical-hole techniques are used to compute downhole pump cards in crooked wells.

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