FROM FIRST OIL TO ABANDONMENT

How artificial lift strategy changes as reservoir pressure falls, water cut climbs and gas breaks out over the life of a well

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Initial flow

WORKOVER

Schematic · not to scale

Oil rate

bbl/d

Water cut

of total liquid

Gas-oil ratio

scf/bbl

Reservoir pressure

psi

PRODUCTION RATES log scale

Oil, bbl/dWater, bbl/dGas, Mcf/d

Water cut, %GOR, scf/bbl

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