Location
Bakken Formation, United States, North America, Onshore
Details
Temperature
184 degF [84.44 degC]
Pump setting depth
8,860 ft [2,700 m]
Casing size
7 in [17.8 cm]
Casing weight
32 lbm/ft [47.6 kg/m
Well depth (MD)
15,200 ft [4.63 km
Motor OD
4.56 in [11.58 cm]
Pump OD
4.00 in [10.16 cm]
Background
After multiple ESP system failures in an unconventional well, a customer needed to extend run life while improving production. With high solids content and transient flow, the environment challenged conventional ESP systems, which achieved only 20% to 40% of the expected run life.
