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Department of Petroleum Engineering Lubbock, Texas

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The purpose of the Test Well Facilities is:
(1) to provide the faculty with a location for training undergraduate students in oil field operations. These facilities will be integrated into the Natural Gas and Production Engineering Laboratory curriculum. (2) to provide the Texas Tech University with a research facility for full-scale testing and development of oil and gas production technologies.
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Educational Objectives
1. Oil field Production Facilities (Design, and Installation)
a. b. c. d. e. Tanks Separators Heater Treaters Production Piping Standards (ASME B31.3) Operations

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Well completion Technologies (Wellhead and Wellbore Tubulars) API Measurement Standards (API MPMS)
a. b. (Thieving, Sampling, Hydrometers, Quantity, and Quality) LACTS Down-hole tools (packer, anchors, mandrels, ports, etc.) Safety and Rig Practices
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Work-over Rig Procedures

a. b.

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Research Objectives
1. Artificial Lift Design and Optimization
a. b. c. Beam Pumping (Pump Slippage, Rod Dynamics, Pump-Off Control) Plunger Lift (Plunger Run time, Fall Rates, Pressure Requirements) Gas Lift Installation (Valve Setting and Pressure Differentials) Acoustic Well Sounding Temperature Surveys (Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Survey)

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Instrumentation
a. b.

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Production Smart Well Technologies Fluid Flow Dynamics (Multiphase)

Development of Accurate multiphase flow gradient curves

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Heavy Oil Production Techniques

a. b. c. Thermal Methods PCP Technologies Ball Pump Technologies

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TTU Property (East Loop 289, Lubbock) (8.7 acre tract)

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TTU P-5 Organization Report (Texas Railroad Commission)

Corporate Project Sponsors

Drilling Contractor

Corporate Project Sponsors

Surface & Production Casing
4087.8 ft, 9-5/8, 43.5 #/ft, N-80, API 8rd LT&C, Range 3 316 ft., 13-3/8, 48.00 #/ft, H-40, API 8rd ST&C, Range 3

Corporate Project Sponsors

Drilling Location Preparation

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Casing Crew Services

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Rat Hole, Mouse Hole, Anchors, Conductor Pipe

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Corporate Project Sponsors

Cementing Services (Surface Casing and Production String)

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Corporate Project Sponsors

Cementing Services (Cement Float Equipment)

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Drilling Bits
17 in. mill tooth bit (Surface Hole) 12-1/4 in. button bit (2000 ft 4000 ft) 12-1/4 in mill tooth bit (2000 ft)

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Open Hole Logging
Halliburton Logging Services

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Corporate Project Sponsors

Coring Services

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Drilling Fluids Program

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Pipe Dope (Casing)

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Corporate Project Sponsors

Cased Hole Logging Services

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Surface Casing Head, Production Casing Head Dual Completion Tubing Head (5M Rating)

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Corporate Project Sponsors

Sucker Rod Pumping Unit C456D-305-144

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Corporate Project Sponsors

Inertial Guidance Rate-Gyroscopic Survey

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Corporate Project Sponsors

Separation Facilities Two-Phase 1440 psi Separator, and Low Pressure Heater Treater

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Corporate Project Sponsors

Gas Compression Two-Stage Ajax DCP-140

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Corporate Project Sponsors

Sucker Rod Pumping Surface Equipment

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Corporate Project Sponsors

Controllers for ESP and Sucker Rod Pumping Motors

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Corporate Project Sponsors

Polish Rod and 4020 ft Sucker Rod String

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Texas Tech Test Well Facilities Conclusions

The Department of Petroleum Engineering is working to secure corporate donations for the required surface production equipment. We estimate that we will have the Texas Tech Test Well Facilities operational by June 2003. In addition to equipment donations, the Department of Petroleum Engineering is planning to contact major integrated oil companies about conducting research with us in order to sponsors graduate student education.
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Texas Tech Test Well Facilities Conclusions

The department has contacted ATMOS Corporation in order to connect to their existing natural gas pipeline. The primary purpose for the gas connection is to:
Fuel surface facilities. Commingle gas with oil and water to measure multiphase pressure drops. Demonstrate and measure the effectiveness of Gas Lift installations. Demonstrate the operating principles of Plunger lift 30 installations.

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Upon project completion, we want to advertise the facility and publicize its corporate sponsors. We hope that the Texas Tech University Test Well Facilities will become one of the premier Educational and Production Research Facilities in the nation.

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Texas Tech Test Well Facilities Contact Information

For Additional Information, Please Contact:
James Chris Cox Assistant Professor Texas Tech University Department of Petroleum Engineering P. O. Box 43111 Lubbock, Texas 79409-3111 Phone: (806) 742-3573 Fax: (806) 742-3502 Email: chris.cox@coe.ttu.edu

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