Estudio para la Optimización del Bombeo Hidráulico Tipo Jet Utilizando los Métodos de Eddie E. Smart y Hal Petrie en el Campo Sacha-Bloque 60

Abstract

The Sacha Field was discovered in 1969 with the drilling of the Sacha 1 exploratory well on January 21st by the Texaco-Gulf company, nowadays there are 215 wells in the field, and all operations are managed by Petroamazonas EP company, where the wells that have reached the limit of natural energy were subjected to different artificial lift systems many years ago, which are used until now even though the conditions of wells are not the same, causing a bad operation and therefore high operating costs. In the present work, two alternatives are shown for the optimization of the current hydraulic pumping, proposing the applications of a jet pump system by means of the algorithms developed by Eddie E. Smart to apply them in wells for the first time, selecting the most optimal pump according to the conditions of the well, on the other hand with the method of Hal Petrie, a redesign is proposed in wells that are operating under the jet pumping system, improving the working conditions of the current pumps. Once that the result were obtained, it is analyzed if is feasible to apply these systems in each one of the wells by performing a technical economic study using financial indicators to determine the viability of the project for the application in wells that require it.