Real Results

Performance By The Numbers

TOPS® Top-Intake Packerless Downhole Separator

Drives 30% PCP Production Gains and ~40% Increased Pump Efficiency, Extending Runlife and Cutting Workovers

Objectives

  • Address severe pump inefficiency caused by high entrained gas in a heavy-9-14 API oilfield.
  • Improve artificial lift performance and reliability without increasing operating speed or intervention frequency.
  • Evaluate TOPS separator performance against competing downhole separators via side-by-side, fieldwide comparison.

Our Approach

  • Deployed TOPS across selected PCP (progressing cavity pump) wells alongside competing separator technologies.
  • Optimized downhole gas separation to redirect free gas to the casing, reducing gas interference at the pump intake.
  • Monitored pump efficiency, production rates, casing gas, and PCP runlife to quantify performance improvements.
  • Adjusted operating speeds post-installation to maximize efficiency gains while reducing mechanical wear.

Value to Customer

  • Increased average oil production by 30% per well while maintaining stable water production.
  • Improved pump efficiency by ~40%, enabling PCP speed reduction from 350 to 150 rpm.
  • Extended average PCP runlife from ~120 days to 205+ days, reducing workovers and operating costs.
  • Outperformed competing separators in side-by-side comparisons with ~10% greater efficiency gains and more consistent runtime.

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Location

Canada

Well Type

PCP

Products/Services

TOPS boosted PCP pump efficiency 40% with ~206 days average run-time—outperforming competing separators.

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