11th Annual Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop

Renaissance Hotel, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

September 15 -18, 2015

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 33 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 moved back to Houston from behind the Pine Curtain (Tyler, Texas).

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Keynote Speaker

• Brian Ellithorp - Devon Energy:

• Brian graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Oklahoma State University in 2004 and immediately joined Chesapeake initially working assets focusing on completions and production in the Anadarko Basin, Northern Mid-Continent, Arkoma Basin, and Fayetteville Shale.

• He joined Chesapeake’s Engineering Technology Group in 2009 where he served as Engineering Advisor – Well Optimization allowing him to focus on horizontal well deliquification, failure reduction programs, production optimization, and new technologies.

• In February 2013 Brian joined Devon’s Production Operations Excellence team in the Exploration and Strategic Services branch of the company functioning as an advisor and resource for all forms of artificial lift. He currently serves as Artificial Lift Coordinator on the OE team.

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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– Anthony Allison Tues: 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 103 --- Dynagraph Analysis– Louis Ray Tues: 8:00 – 5:00 Room 18

Course 104 --- Chemicals– Norm Hein, Becky Ogden Tues: 8:00 – 5:00 Room 17

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Continuing Education CoursesOne-Day Courses on Wednesday

Course 105 --- Sucker Rod Pump Automation Hardware and Software

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

Course 106 --- Troubleshooting Horizontal Rod and Pump Problems

– Lynn Rowlan, Norm Hein Wed: 8:00 – 5:00 Room 19-20

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Continuing Education CoursesTwo-Day Course on Tuesday & Wednesday

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

16– Rodney Sands– Mike Hendrix

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Technical Sessions

I New Technology, R&D– Thursday: 7:55 – 12:00 Rooms 19 – 20– Chair: Anthony Allison– SALT Automation Power Management– Speed of Sound Reservoir Management– Carbon Fiber Rods Denbury Resources– Fiberglass Rods Total Rod Concepts– 3D Wellbore Visualize Black Rock– Reduce Pump Slippage Encline Artificial Lift– Pump Stroke Optimizer Encline Artificial Lift

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Technical Sessions

II Design, Automation, Optimization, Challenges– Thursday: 1:30 – 4:00 Rooms 19 - 20– Chair: Dr. Victoria Pons, Brent Thomas– Accurate Dyno Data Weatherford– Fluid Pound Avoidance General Electric– Advanced Visualization General Electric– Horizontal Well Data Weatherford– Downhole Data Weatherford

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Technical Sessions

III Case Histories, Experiences, Best Practices– Friday: 7:55 – 12:00 Rooms 19 - 20– Chair: James Martin– Downhole Gas Separators Hein Consulting– Pump End Fittings John Crane– STP Pump Weatherford– Pumping Coal Fines ConocoPhillips– Pressure Test for Leaks Echometer– Power Line Losses Echometer

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Breakout Sessions

I Automation of Sucker Rod Wells & Assoc. Facilities– Thursday: 4:30 – 6:00– Room 17– Facilitator: Anthony Allison

II Rod Pumping System Failure Frequency and Failure Analysis– Thursday: 4:30 – 6:00– Room 16– Facilitator: Tom Cochrane, Mark Turland

III Rod Pumping Horizontal Wells– Thursday: 4:30 – 6:00– Room 19 - 20– Facilitator: Norm Hein

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Workshop Sponsors

Artificial Lift R&D Council

Muth Pumps

SouthwesternPetroleum Short Course

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Workshop Sponsors

Texas Tech. Dept. ofPetroleum Engineering

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Workshop Exhibitors

Black Gold Pump & Supply

Distribution NOW

Echometer, Inc.

Encline Artificial Lift

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Workshop Exhibitors

Kudu Pumps

Materion Performance Alloys

Megalex, LLC

Muth Pumps

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Workshop Exhibitors

Tenaris

Total Rod Concepts

Weatherford

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Workshop Meals & EventsMonday ALRDC Board Meeting (6:00 pm, at Workshop Hotel)

Tuesday Continuing Education (8:00 – 5:00)ALRDC R&D Meeting (6:00)

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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