Artificial Lift in Heavy Oil
Artificial lift (AL) is a hot topic in the heavy oil industry. Select a link below to read discussions and expert viewpoints highlighting the challenges and solutions associated with designing effective artificial lift systems for heavy oil.
Heavy Oil Production with an Electric Submersible Pump
A summary on the improvements in electric submersible pump modeling and the impact of dissipiated heat on heavy oil production. © IChemE.
Red Hot Pumps
This article highlights new high temperature ESP technology that has allowed a step change improvement in SAGD operations.
REDA Hotline - find out more
The Hotline Production System expands the use of submersible pumps to include steam floods, geothermal wells and other high temperature/poor cooling applications previously restricted to other forms of artificial lift. Steamflooding has been used in many fields to improve mobility of heavy oil and bitumen.
