10th Annual Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop

Renaissance Hotel, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

September 16 - 19, 2014

Focus on Sucker Rod Pumping Technology, Information, Automation, Experiences

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General Chairman

Mike Poythress

• Mike started his oilfield career in 1979 as a Service Tech for Axelson, Inc, based out of Houston.  In 1985 he was promoted to District Manager and transferred to the Giddings Austin Chalk.  With the arrival of horizontal wells in the early 90’s, much of the industry focused on bigger pumps and more production.  During this time Mike was responsible for both the Giddings and Pearsall Austin Chalk, which gave him exposure to the challenges of pumping horizontal wells – both above and below the kickoff point.  In 1994 Mike moved back to Houston and began traveling to fields throughout the US.  Over the next 19 years his career took him through positions at Weatherford, CDI Energy Services (Axelson Pump Shops) and NOV Wilson.  For most of the last 15 years, the majority of Mike’s time was spent working with customers to reduce failures through tracking pump components and failures.  He has had the honor to travel to and work on projects in Argentina, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, Trinidad, Ukraine and Venezuela – oh, and California.  In March 2014 he joined ConocoPhillips’ Global Production Engineering Team as the Artificial Lift Specialist for Beam Pumping wells.

Among Mike’s many blessings, is to have been married to his wife Susan, for the last 32 years.  They have one daughter, Michelle, who is the very best daughter ever, even though she decided to avoid the oilfield and become a 3rd grade teacher.  Mike and Susan recently move back to Houston from behind the Pine Curtain (Tyler, Texas).

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Keynote Speaker

• With an engineering degree from Oklahoma State University and graduate work in industrial engineering, Richard Spears has worked for 34 years in the upstream oil and gas industry, starting as a field

engineer for Halliburton. Today, Richard is one of the managing directors of Spears & Associates, an oilfield market research firm founded in 1965. The firm has 400 clients worldwide, including all major oil companies, many national oil companies, all major service companies and over one hundred private and institutional investors. Richard has been with the firm since 1985 and leads the firm’s mergers and acquisitions support practice.

• Richard is a 28 year member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and was an SPE Distinguished Lecturer 2005‐2006.  He is also a 26 year member of the Association of Energy Service Companies.

• Richard is on the board of directors and is an owner of several oilfield service companies: Varel International, a global drill bit manufacturer; Federal, the company that built the devices that ultimately plugged the BP Macondo blowout; Allied Wireline, an oilfield service company that is commercializing GE’s digital openhole logging technology; and W-Technology, a manufacturer of MWD components. 

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Gal Friday

Ronda Brewer• Southwestern Petroleum Short Course and ALRDC

• Very special thanks to Ronda. Without her hard work and dedication, this Workshop couldn’t come together as well as it does.

• Thank You!

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Continuing Education CoursesOne-Day Courses on Tuesday

Course 101 --- Basic Sucker Rod Pumping– Tom vanAkkerenTues: 8:00 – 5:00 Room 20

Course 102 --- Shooting and Interpreting Fluid Levels in Sucker Rod Wells– Lynn Rowlan Tues : 8:00 – 5:00 Room 19

Course 104 --- Dynagraph Analysis– Louis Ray Tues: 8:00 – 5:00 Room 18

Course 202 --- Dealing with Corrosion– Norm Hein Tues: 8:00 – 5:00 Room 16

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Continuing Education CoursesOne-Day Courses on Wednesday

Course 103 --- Sucker Rod Pump Automation Hardware and Software

– Anthony Allison Wed: 8:00 – 5:00 Room 18

Course 105 --- Troubleshooting Rod and Pump Problems– Lynn Rowlan Wed: 8:00 – 5:00 Room 19-20

Course 106 --- School for Pumpers– Mike Brock Wed: 8:00 – 5:00 Room 16

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Continuing Education CoursesTwo-Day Course on Tuesday & Wednesday

Course 201 --- Care, Handling, Best Practices, and Failures– Mike Brock Tues & Wed: 8:00 – 5:00 Room

17– Mike Poythress– Russell Stevens– Rodney Sands

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Technical Sessions

I New Technology, R&D– Thursday: 7:55 – 12:00 Rooms 19 – 20– Chair: Brent Thomas, Tom vanAkkeren– Sandia Dynagraphs Echometer– Troubleshooting COG Operating– Sucker Rod Myths Norris Rods– Stress Analysis Weatherford– Gas Assisted Rod Pump GARP– Downhole Counterbalance LOTRAM– Vector Rod Vector Sum, Inc.

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Technical Sessions

II Design, Automation, Optimization, Challenges– Thursday: 1:30 – 4:00 Rooms 19 - 20– Chair: Norm Hein, Anthony Allison– Load Cell Simulation Norris– Fluid Level Sensing Reservoir Management– Downhole Separation Echometer– Enhanced Analysis Echometer

III Case Histories, Experiences, Best Practices– Friday: 7:55 – 12:00 Rooms 19 - 20– Chair: Dr. Victoria Pons, Rick Web– Animation Echometer– Downhole Separation Echometer– Gas Free Pump Wells Whisper– Pumping Coal Fines ConocoPhillips– Runtimes for Deviated Wells ConocoPhillips

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Breakout Sessions

I Understanding Issues Faced by Operations– Thursday: 4:30 – 6:00– Room 19 – 20– Facilitator: Tom Cochrane

II Rod Pumping System Failure Frequency and Failure Analysis– Thursday: 4:30 – 6:00– Room 16– Facilitator: Mike Poythress

III Rod Pumping Horizontal Wells– Thursday: 4:30 – 6:00– Room 17– Facilitator: Norm Hein

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Workshop Sponsors

Artificial Lift R&D Council

Dover Artificial Lift

South WesternPetroleum Short Course

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Workshop Sponsors

Texas Tech. Dept. ofPetroleum Engineering

Weatherford

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Workshop Exhibitors

Black Gold Pump & Supply

Distribution NOW

Dover Artificial Lift

Echometer, Inc.

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Workshop Exhibitors

Tenaris

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Workshop Meals & Events

Tuesday Continuing Education (8:00 – 5:00)ALRDC Board Meeting (6:30 pm, at Workshop Hotel)

Wednesday Continuing Education (8:00 – 5:00)

Reception (5:15 – 7:00)

Thursday Technical Session (7:55 – 12:00)Lunch (12:00 – 1:00)Keynote Address (1:00 – 1:30)Technical Session (1:30 – 4:00)

Breakout Sessions (4:30 – 6:00)

Friday Technical Session (7:55 – 12:00) Door prizes (12:00 – 12:10)Lunch (12:10 – 1:30) Steering Committee (12:10 – 1:30)

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