Smarten XE
ESP control system
Harness the smartest ESP brain in the business
ESP systems face rapidly changing well conditions that can trigger instability, downtime, and premature failures. Traditional ESP controllers weren’t designed for dynamic conditions like rapidly changing production rates, increasing gas incursion, and power quality challenges. The Smarten XE™ ESP control system is easy to use and reliably manages your downhole conditions with ESP-specific control algorithms to reduce nuisance shut downs and protect the downhole system.
Conquer changing downhole conditions
Proactively manage gas locking conditions and protect your downhole ESP equipment.
Control the 3S’ — security, stability, and safety
Shield your wellsite with enhanced security and safety features, while improving reliability.
Create bespoke control applications
Create apps and use AI to meet your operational requirements.
- Unconventional oil wells
- Conventional oil wells
- Proactively manage gas locking conditions with the proprietary sensorless Reflux™ gas handling algorithm
- Protect the downhole motor and cable by assuring power quality with a proprietary power meter on the controller
- Set adaptive cruise control with auto-tuning to manage operational instability and avoid premature failure
- Create your own apps to tailor your operations to the goals of your production engineers
- Operate your ESP at the wellsite or remotely via Smarten™ live view
- Keep your field personnel safe with our Touch Safe technology cabinet and see the VSD status indicator light from the service road, preventing unnecessary stops and keeping personnel off the wellsite
- Shield the wellsite with Microsoft Azure* security
- Secure local WiFi connection in the field
- Ensure only qualified personnel adjust VSD set points and assign user authority levels based on job roles
- Auto-scale set points to handle constantly changing well productivity
- Protect your equipment and safely draw down your well with extended ramp options
- Predict well behavior with the highest data sample rates from the Smarten™ edge gateway
ESP power services
We pride ourselves on exceptional customer service, which is why we employ electrical experts to provide engineering services other companies don’t. Let our team of experienced artificial lift field service technicians and electrical engineers help lower your costs and improve your operations. We offer:
- Power quality studies
- ESP reliability studies
- Electrical safety studies
Tested for quality and performance
SLB R&D capabilities allow our engineers to qualify surface control systems technology electrically and environmentally. The lab includes:
- Full load equipment testing (inductive motor load) up to 500 kVA
- ESP motor/cable full load testing capabilities up to 8,000 ft [2,438 m] length
- Environmental chamber simulating 140 degF [60 degC] ambient environment
- Full-spectrum harmonic analysis capabilities, including IEC harmonic and flicker standards
- Advanced thermal imaging measurement capabilities
- High precision medium voltage measurement capabilities
Unmatched controls brain power and muscle
In the lab, in the shop, and in the field no provider has the extensive knowledge and experience of the SLB’s surface controls team.
- >100 years experience in power services design and operation
- Expert control software developers
- Expert technicians to repair any provider’s VSD
- Knowledgeable, trained field service teams to keep your harmonic halter running
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