Benets

Decreased risk of electrical

interference between ESP and
downhole gauge
Reduced rig time with better
completion design
Increased reliability of motor
temperature sensor
Eliminated need for additional
downhole cabling and equipment
to monitor ESP system
Measured additional and
redundant parameters
Well background and challenges
Obsolete equipment
Electrical interference between the
ESP and the downhole gauge
ESP trips because of bad data
Baker Hughes solution and results
SureSENS 125 permanent downhole
monitoring system
SureFlo 298 flowmeter system
WellLIFT E ESP monitoring system
Reduced risks of ESP downtime
Old equipment
A major North Sea operator has used Baker Hughes
electrical submersible pumping (ESP) systems and
permanent downhole gauges for more than
10 years. The systems were congured across a
venturi owmeter and used on a project with more
than 20 wells.
The downhole gauge instrumentation collected
critical pressure and temperature data and used
the data to calculate accurate and reliable ow
rates. The downhole gauges also protected the
ESP systems from failures. They warned the the
operators when an ESP was either overheating or
operating outside of its design parameters.
As anticipated, the equipment had a nite life
cycle and began to produce electrical interference
between the ESP and the downhole gauge. The
instrumentation was also producing bad data that
caused the ESPs to be tripped.
New technology
In 2008, Baker Hughes identied the biggest
problem was the age of the system and equipment.
Upgrading the technology would address the
equipment obsolescence and eliminate the other
problems that were occurring.
After discussions about new Baker Hughes
technologies, the operator selected a downhole
instrumentation technology that would also be
part of the design of the upper completion.
Tubing
SureSENS 125 Gauge and
SureFlo 298 Flow Meter
Packer with
Feed-through
ESP Pump
WellLIFT Discharge
Gauge Unit
Mono-conductor TEC
internally connected to ESP cable
ESP Ported Head
and Seal Assembly
ESP Motor
WellLIFT Motor
Gauge Unit
Cable Splice
ESP Cable
Mono-conductor TEC
TEC Cable (Tubing
Encapsulated Cable)
C a s e H i s t o r y
Advanced Technologies Resolved
ESP Monitoring Problems
Baker Hughes reduced rig time with effective completions design
The operator decided that the existing ESP technology would remain
the same, but the downhole gauge architecture would change. The
operator selected the following Baker Hughes technologies:
SureSENS

125 downhole gauges to provide accurate pressure

and temperature data for the life of the project
SureFlo

298 flowmeter system to give real-time production

data without affecting recovery potential
WellLIFT E

ESP monitoring system to supply downhole, surface

and diagnostic parameters, enhance system management, and
prolong the equipment life
Both the operator and Baker Hughes wanted to make sure the
proposed new technology would meet the future requirements
for the surface equipment. To avoid the problems associated with
integration into the nearly full, existing system, a new, separate
system was implemented.
The new system used the same Baker Hughes software and
allowed the data from the SureSENS 125 gauge and WellLIFT ESP
monitoring system to be collected in a single place before being
handed off to the clients control and database systems.
Using the new technologies, the customer has worked over a
number of wells and conrmed a signicant increase in overall
system reliability.
Real-time production
data with the SureFlo 298
flowmeter system.
WellLIFT ESP monitoring system.
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