SpecialReport: Artificial Lift Technology and environmental standards, can be helped by incorporating multiphase pumping in their field production operations. While fewer well interventions and longer periods between service and overhaul reduce workover-related costs, the increased production and added recovery are the principal benefits to the artificial lift system. A multiphase pump skid can be installed on a gathering system with little or no production disturbance when configured in a "kidney loop" or as a bypass layout. Drag skid and portable natural gas-fired units are available for facilities with minimum infrastructure and no utility service. An electric motor- or natural gas engine-driven multiphase pump is self-supported with automatic pump speed control, instrumentation and safety shutdowns. It is designed for unmanned operation with standard communication protocols and supervisory control and data acquisition for real-time monitoring and remote access. With operators and asset managers focusing on optimizing production from facilities on artificial lift, a multiphase pump offers a simple way to achieve improved bottom-line results. On the business side, when operating in a volatile commodity price market, production assumptions and predictions play an important role in satisfying investors and other stakeholders. Multiphase pumping brings an extra level of security by adding more flow control to the operation of downhole pumps and gas lift systems. Today's new and more sophisticated downhole sensors make it possible to run multiphase pumps based on realtime downhole information. That will one day make it possible to fully digitize the process and optimize the entire flow stream from downhole pumping to the first-stage separator. ❒ SVEN OLSON Sven Olson is a senior consultant for Leistritz Advanced Technologies Corp. in Allendale, N.J. His 33-year career at Leistritz includes serving as chief executive officer and president. Olson was involved in testing and introducing multiphase pumping technology to North America, and he actively participates in applying and promoting the technology in both the onshore and offshore sectors of the oil and gas industry. He holds a degree in process engineering and an M.B.A. from the University of Lund in Sweden. (&+20(7(5 5HPRWH$VVHW0RQLWRU 1HZSODWIRUPDXWRPDWLFDOO\DFTXLUHVGDWDZLWKRXWUHTXLULQJ DQRSHUDWRUWREHSUHVHQWDWWKHZHOOVLWH x 'DWDLVUHPRWHO\FROOHFWHGXVLQJZLUHOHVVVHQVRUV x &UHDWHDQGPRGLI\DQDFTXLVLWLRQVFKHGXOHWRDFTXLUHGDWD SHULRGLFDOO\IRUDQH[WHQGHGSHULRGRIWLPHRUDFTXLUHDWHVW RQGHPDQG x 7URXEOHVKRRWDQGDQDO\]HZHOOSHUIRUPDQFHWKURXJKWKH FORXGIURPDQ\ORFDWLRQLQWKHZRUOG x '\QDPRPHWHU 5$0 0RWRU9DOYH 5HPRWH)LUH*DV*XQ /DSWRSZLWK ,QWHUQHW&RQQHFWLRQ ZZZHFKRPHWHUFRP JUNE 2019 69http://www.echometer.com