Artificial Lift System Selection and Optimization Course

Name: Artificial Lift System Selection and Optimization Training Course
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Compare major lift methods, diagnose performance loss, and build defensible selection and optimization decisions for producing wells.

Artificial Lift System Selection and Optimization Course

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: Vienna, Amsterdam, Phuket, Cairo, Jakarta, Baku and more
Next session: 2 – 6 November 2026, Vienna
Average fee: 7,500 €

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Overview

Artificial Lift System Selection and Optimization Training Course is a one-week course for petroleum engineers, production engineers, and well operations professionals, who leave with an Artificial Lift Decision and Optimization Pack. Participants compare lift methods, define operating envelopes, interpret surveillance evidence, diagnose performance loss, and select practical improvement actions. The course connects well conditions and production objectives with equipment constraints, reliability, energy use, and lifecycle economics. Agile Leaders Training Center presents artificial lift selection and optimization.

Who Should Attend

Functions responsible for petroleum production planning and well performance
Teams responsible for artificial lift design, selection, and lifecycle decisions
Functions responsible for well operations, surveillance, and production optimization
Teams responsible for completion, workover, and production-system reliability
Functions responsible for field maintenance and lift-equipment performance

The course assumes participants already interpret basic well and production data and leaves out detailed equipment manufacturing, proprietary software certification, and site-specific installation authorization.

Departments and Industries

The course supports departments and industries that manage declining well pressure and lift-assisted hydrocarbon production.

Upstream production engineering and petroleum engineering departments
Well operations, completion, and workover functions
Oilfield maintenance and reliability teams
Integrated asset and production optimization groups
Artificial lift service and equipment-support organizations

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Relate inflow and outflow behavior to the need for artificial lift
Compare gas lift, ESP, sucker-rod, PCP, plunger, and hydraulic lift operating envelopes
Build an artificial lift system selection matrix from well, fluid, facility, and economic criteria
Interpret artificial lift surveillance data and identify performance deterioration
Diagnose common failure signatures and define proportionate corrective actions
Prepare an artificial lift optimization plan with monitoring and review criteria

Course Agenda

Day 1: Well Performance and Lift Selection Basis

Reservoir Inflow Performance Relationship and Production Target
Vertical Lift Performance and Nodal Analysis Workflow
Natural-Flow Decline and Artificial Lift Trigger Criteria
Well, Fluid, Completion, Facility, and HSE Constraint Register
Artificial Lift System Selection Matrix and Lifecycle Economics

Day 2: Gas Lift and Hydraulic Lift Applications

Continuous and Intermittent Gas Lift Operating Principles
Gas Lift Mandrels, Valves, Injection Pressure, and Allocation
API RP 11V5 Surveillance and Troubleshooting Considerations
Gas Lift Performance Plot and Injection-Rate Optimization
Hydraulic Piston, Jet Pump, and Plunger Lift Application Review

Day 3: ESP and Progressive Cavity Pump Systems

Electric Submersible Pump System Components and Operating Envelope
Pump Curve, Head, Rate, Staging, Motor, and Cable Considerations
Gas Interference, Solids, Scale, Temperature, and Power Quality
Progressive Cavity Pump Rotor-Stator and Drive Configuration
ESP and PCP Surveillance Dashboard and Failure Signature Map

Day 4: Sucker-Rod Pumping and System Diagnostics

Sucker-Rod Pumping Unit, Rod String, Tubing, and Downhole Pump
Stroke, Speed, Pump Fillage, Load, and Fluid-Level Interpretation
Dynamometer Card Interpretation and Operating Condition Diagnosis
Rod, Tubing, Pump, Gas Interference, and Mechanical Failure Modes
Reliability, Energy, Workover, and Run-Life Improvement Actions

Day 5: Surveillance, Optimization, and Decision Practice

Artificial Lift Surveillance Data Quality and Exception Rules
Performance Baseline, KPI, Alarm, and Review Frequency Design
Optimization Opportunity Register and Constraint-Based Prioritization
Exercise: Diagnose Underperforming Lift-System Scenarios
Capstone Exercise: Artificial Lift Decision and Optimization Pack

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities based on fictional onshore and offshore production scenarios.

Suggested activity: build a nodal-analysis evidence sheet and identify when natural flow no longer meets the production target.
Suggested activity: compare gas lift, ESP, sucker-rod, PCP, plunger, and hydraulic options with a weighted selection matrix.
Suggested activity: interpret surveillance trends, pump curves, injection data, and simplified dynamometer cards.
Suggested activity: convert a failure signature into checks, safeguards, corrective action, and post-action monitoring.
Suggested activity: prepare an artificial lift optimization plan covering opportunity, owner, risk, economics, and verification.

FAQs

Who suits artificial lift system selection training?

Artificial lift system selection training suits engineers and operations professionals who evaluate well performance, compare lift methods, monitor producing wells, or support reliability and workover decisions.

How are artificial lift methods compared in the course?

Participants compare operating envelope, production rate, depth, fluid properties, gas and solids handling, completion constraints, surface infrastructure, reliability, energy demand, intervention needs, and lifecycle economics.

Does the course cover artificial lift troubleshooting?

Yes. Artificial lift troubleshooting uses surveillance trends and method-specific evidence to distinguish inflow, outflow, gas-handling, power, mechanical, equipment, and operating problems before selecting corrective actions.

What is included in artificial lift optimization?

Artificial lift optimization connects a validated performance baseline with production targets, constraints, injection or operating settings, energy use, reliability, intervention risk, economics, and post-change verification.

Conclusion

Participants take an Artificial Lift Decision and Optimization Pack back to work. It combines a constraint register, artificial lift system selection matrix, surveillance dashboard, failure signature map, optimization opportunity register, and implementation review criteria. The pack turns method comparison and performance evidence into a structured selection, troubleshooting, and optimization workflow.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Location	Dates	Duration	Mode	Price
Vienna	Week 45, 2026 2 – 6 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€7,500
Amsterdam	Week 46, 2026 9 – 13 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Phuket	Week 46, 2026 15 – 19 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Cairo	Week 48, 2026 23 – 27 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,200
Jakarta	Week 48, 2026 23 – 27 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Baku	Week 49, 2026 30 November – 4 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
London	Week 50, 2026 7 – 11 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Abu Dhabi	Week 50, 2026 7 – 11 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Trabzon	Week 50, 2026 13 – 17 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Istanbul	Week 52, 2026 21 – 25 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Geneva	Week 52, 2026 27 – 31 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€8,000
Porto	Week 01, 2027 4 – 8 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Johannesburg	Week 01, 2027 10 – 14 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
San Diego	Week 03, 2027 18 – 22 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€16,000
Toronto	Week 03, 2027 24 – 28 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€16,000
London	Week 04, 2027 25 – 29 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Munich	Week 05, 2027 1 – 5 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Cape town	Week 05, 2027 7 – 11 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Bali	Week 06, 2027 14 – 18 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500
Paris	Week 08, 2027 22 – 26 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,500

Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewArtificial Lift System Selection and Optimization Training Course is a one-week course for petroleum engineers, production engineers, and well operations professionals, who leave with an Artificial Lift Decision and Optimization Pack. Participants compare lift methods, define operating envelopes, interpret surveillance evidence, diagnose performan…

Are training dates available?

Yes. Available dates and destinations are listed in the course dates section on this page.

How can I register?

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Artificial Lift System Selection and Optimization Course