N474 Artificial Lift Technology for Multi-Well Pads in Unconventional Plays
N474 Artificial Lift Technology for Multi-Well Pads in Unconventional Plays
This course provides participants a basic to skilled application level working knowledge of artificial lift and related production issues for multi-well pads in unconventional and tight resource plays. Production optimization is also discussed, particularly real-time measurements and optimization techniques that are required to understand and manage the dynamic production scenarios. Besides the basics of artificial lift and real-time measurements, the training focuses on specific production and lift challenges related to the unconventional wells.
This three-day classroom course includes lectures with discussion of case studies, worked examples, hands-on exercises, pre- and post-training self-assessment, and a group exercise.
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There are no prerequisites, but a basic understanding of petroleum production concepts is assumed.
Other courses with a complementary focus include N313 (Evaluating Resource Plays: The Geology and Engineering of Low Permeability Oil and Gas Reservoirs), N986 (Reservoir and Production Engineering of Resource Plays), N957 (Forecasting Production and Estimating Reserves in Unconventional Reservoirs), N973 (Reservoir Engineering for Unconventional Gas and Tight Oil Reservoirs), and N406 (Unconventional Resource Assessment and Valuation).
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Background
Dr. Rajan Chokshi works as an artificial lift and production ‘Optimizer’. With 34+ years of global experience in a national oil company, university research projects, consulting and software firms and a global service company in a variety of roles from petroleum engineer, research engineer, software developer, project manager, trainer, senior consultant, and a senior business leader. He has worked on many petroleum and software projects globally in the areas of multi-phase flow, artificial lift, production optimization, well performance improvement and real-time production monitoring.
He has co-authored over fifteen SPE papers, delivered several SPE webinars, and he conducts workshops globally. He has taught at TTU, Missouri S&T, USC, and at the UH. Twice selected as an SPE Distinguished Lecturer (‘15-’16 and ‘18-’19), he has co- chaired SPE artificial lift workshop, and an SPE forum on production issues in unconventional. He has served on the SPE global training, awards & recognition, and production & facilities advisory committees.
Affiliations and Accreditation
PhD The University of Tulsa - Chemical Engineering
M TECH Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur - Chemical Engineering
BE Gujarat University - Chemical Engineering
Courses Taught
N474: Artificial Lift Technology for Multi-Well Pads in Unconventional Plays
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