Red Raider #1: Research
The Red Raider #1 test well has a dual purpose: Training students in a real-world setting and providing valuable research for our partners in industry. Through research in the following five main research areas, we can hopefully have a large effect on the future of our country's energy future:
- Artificial Lift Design & Optimization
- Beam Pumping (Pump Slippage, Rod Dynamics, Pump−Off Control)
- Plunger Lift (Plunger Run−Time, Fall Rates, Pressure Requirements)
- Gas Lift Installation (Valve Setting & Pressure Differentials, Valve Erosion
- Instrumentation
- Acoustic Well Sounding
- Temperature Surveys (Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Survey)
- Production Smart−Well Techniques
- Fluid−Flow Dynamics (Multi−phase)
- Thermal Methods
- PCP Technologies
- Ball−Pump Technologies
Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum Engineering
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