Reda Thermal
Power-efficient geothermal electric submersible pump
Our pump is a reliable, high-flow-rate pump for high-enthalpy geothermal wells.
Published: 03/09/2020
Published: 03/09/2020
The story of REDA pumps began in the early 20th century, with a Russian engineer developing a submersible electric motor and centrifugal pump that launched REDA Pump Company in 1930. Today, as part of Schlumberger, REDA pumps are intrinsic to the industry vernacular and synonymous with electrical submersible pumps (ESPs) and horizontal pumping systems (HPSs).
The history of the electrical submersible pump began in 1916 with the Russian inventor Armais Arutunoff, who immigrated to the US in 1923, and later started a company called Russian Electrical Dynamo of Arutunoff (REDA). REDA was unsuccessful in marketing Arutunoff's first designs because his industry peers cataloged the design as impossible under the laws of electronics. The reason: The thought of using electricity in water made no sense at that time.
In 1927, when Phillips Petroleum sought a high-volume production method to make its high-water-cut wells more profitable, Arutunoff supplied the solution by introducing his revolutionary concept—the electric submergible pump—to Bartlesville, Oklahoma. With Arutunoff's electrical submersible pumps (ESPs), Phillips successfully produced its high-water-cut wells, and the rest is history.
REDA Pump Company was an independent company until 1969. It was acquired by Schlumberger in 1998 in the CAMCO acquisition. Schlumberger's relationship with REDA pumps extends back far beyond the company's acquisition; they have been working alongside each other and sharing the same field locations to provide exceptional customer service for more than 80 years. Since joining technological development forces, Schlumberger has leveraged its combined knowledge to continue to push the boundaries of submersible pumps beyond the oil and gas industry into geothermal energy production systems as an example.
To celebrate the 90th Anniversary since the inception of the rebranded Bart Manufacturing Company as REDA Pump Company, Schlumberger managers who act as stewards of the powerful REDA pumps hosted an event with customers at the original manufacturing facility in Bartlesville.
The celebration included guest speakers from across Schlumberger’s production-focused technology portfolio, followed by a facility tour during which customers and Schlumberger personnel could witness operations, speak to shop personnel, learn about current technologies, and gain hands-on time with the equipment. Finally, guests were able to walk through the historical exhibit prepared for the occasion.
The event was capped off with the 81st REDA Golf Tournament—Oklahoma’s longest-running golf tournament.
Schlumberger’s Bartlesville Product Center (BPC) continues to supply ESP and HPS pumps for the North America land market as well as motors and other components worldwide. Although features and construction materials have been upgraded over the years, and Schlumberger has two complementary engineering and manufacturing centers in Singapore and Tyumen to accommodate global demand for energy produced using ESPs, the fundamental ESP design and manufacturing process remains true to the tried and trusted, highly reliable original.