This article focuses on the benefits which the technology of jet pump offers. Jet pumps were introduced in the early 1970s and are used till today. In the past, these pumps were mainly used as surface pumps because of the benefits they provided.
Advantages of surface pumps:
- These pumps were suitable to be used in all environments – oil, water and gas and were a multi-phased system.
- These were simple to construct & they did not contain any moving parts. Their installation was also very easy.
- They were resistant to CO2, H2S, and other corrosives.
As the use of the jet pumps increased, new technology was used to create the pumps and their performance got better than earlier pumps. Now, they were providing following benefits:
- They were able to increase the pressure of the bottom hole artificially.
- It increased the production with the same amount of lift gas rate.
- It was suited for any application involving gas lift equipment.
- Could run on conventional tubing, coil tubing or wire line.
- Manufactured using the corrosion resistant materials that included tungsten carbide & stainless steel.
- They were adapted to changing conditions of the well.
- They were also suitable for multi-well conditions like surface pumps.
Now-a-days, new set up is used for the jet pumps. In this set up, lesser quantity of Nitrogen would be needed by using the coil tubing conveyed pump. This is possible by using Nitrogen more efficiently than in the old normal percolating systems. Also time required is less for running in & out of the well.
In conclusion, the technology of the jet pump is designed to increase production, increase efficiency of the old systems, decrease time and expenses and providing benefits to the end user.
