The Efficiency of Progressive Cavity Pump (PCP) for Oil Sandy Field (Block-06- Sudan) (Case Study)

Abstract

Progressive cavity pumps (PCP) have been extensively used as artificial lift equipment in various oil field assemblies. These pumps are capable and have ability to work in oil sandy wells with high efficiency. Recently, many Sudanese oil fields suffer from the massive amount of sand production affected on (PCP); the most production problem of sand in Sudan was observed in Baleela oilfield which is located in (west kordofan state-Sudan block-6).this work aimed to (Estimate PC pump efficiency with gravel pack or without gravel pack) using data of four wells (FN-06,134,136&148) and PIPESIM software was used for designing the model. The results presented that PCP efficiency increased when permeability increased and the flow rate will increased too, that is mean the efficiency of PC Pump will be high.