Successful Test on New ESP Technology
Title Successful Test of New ESP Technology for Lake of Maracaibo Gassy Oil Wells Authors Melvin Castro Roque , PDVSA Petróleo y Gas División Occidente;R. Pessoa, PDVSA INTEVEP,; and P. Kallas, SPE, REDA, a Camco International Company Source Offshore Technology Conference(8867-MS), 4 May-7 May 1998, Houston, Texas ISBN 978-1-61399-093-3 Copyright 1998. Offshore Technology Conference Abstract A project was undertaken to verify new technology for handling gas using an electrical submergible pumping (ESP) system and to assess the production increase potential for wells in the Venezuelan Lake of Mamcaibo. There is also a potential application for the technology in the Venezuelan field north of Monagas where gas venting through the annulus presents hazards due to the high corrosiveness level