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PRODUCTION

The lifting

Audrey Leon chats with Schlumberger, Baker

Hughes and Weatherford to learn about the latest technologies available for arti? cial lift.

business

OE: What’s your latest innovation/ product in arti? cial lift technology?

Please explain the technology and how it works.

Khaled

Elsheikh, vice president of marketing and technology,

Schlumberger

Arti? cial Lift

Solutions: The industry is moving to a digitally enhanced age where it is critical to pair equipment with data collection and precise interpretation to expand well performance. The Lift IQ production lifecycle management service is the premiere monitoring and surveillance platform for optimizing arti? cial lift systems. From monitoring hardware in a single well to optimiz-

Dedicated Schlumberger surveillance engineers monitor alarms to prevent or mitigate ing equipment and operations across adverse events, diagnose probable causes, and recommend remediation measures—all an entire ? eld, customers can choose in real time. Image from Schlumberger.

the level of service to suit their needs.

The Lift IQ service taps into the renowned engineering, manufacturing and surveillance expertise of

Schlumberger with access to global service centers 24/7/365.

Monitoring and surveillance mini- mize downtime, maximize production, and reduce total operating cost. Once considered only for high-value offshore wells, the Lift IQ service is increas- ingly important for achieving economic targets in large brown? elds, especially where wells are widely dispersed or where in-person troubleshooting exper- tise is limited. Data is transferred via satellite or cellular connections to and from remote locations, hostile environ-

Optimizing wells through monitoring and surveillance is proven to minimize ments, and sites with limited or no data downtime, maximize production, and reduce total operating cost.

acquisition capabilities. Schlumberger

Image from Schlumberger.

Arti? cial Lift Surveillance Center engineers use the data to correct dis- could bene? t from further pump solutions-based software platform. It crete problems, update pump regimes optimization. seamlessly merges data for quick and to match ? uctuating conditions, or The Lift IQ service provides access to easy management of all monitoring and identify underperforming wells that all critical wellsite data in one cohesive, troubleshooting requirements: well and oedigital.com March 2017 | OE 37 037_OE0217_Prod1_Audrey.indd 37 2/21/17 7:14 PM