Sand Control

ESP SAND LIFT

The  OSI  SAND  LIFT  is an innovative design that regulates sand in ESP applications. 

The OSI SAND LIFT is installed above the ESP pump discharge. When the ESP restarts the differential pressure created by the pump pushes the dart-sand breaker off the open landing pad to the top position. Fluid and entrained solids flow through the tubular ports in one flow path to the surface.

It is OSI’s unique solution for unconventional wells where the sand fallback causes ESP failures.

Benefits

  • Prevent Workover operations due to sand failures.
  • Extend the run life of the esp regulating the rate of sand falling into the pump stages.
  • Avoid packing pump stages with sand.
  • Backflush operations can be carried out easily.
  • Highly Sand Resistance housing.

ESP SAND LIFT

ESP SCREEN VORTEX DESANDER™

The ESP Screen Vortex Desander is designed specifically for wells where high lifting costs are a result of sand problems.

The OSI Vortex Sand Shield technology, which employs centrifugal force to achieve maximum separation efficiency, can be combined with the OSI Tubing Screen or the OSI Super Perf to achieve two-stage sand separation.  This system has been successfully proven in multiple installations worldwide.

The ESP Screen Vortex Desander is installed below an ESP sensor, a mechanical packer, or a shroud without any loss of separation efficiency.

Benefits

  • Lower lifting costs, reduced downtime and greater operating efficiency.
  • Reduced pump failures resulting from sand damage.
  • Two-stage sand separation.
  • Centrifugal force greatly increases sand separation efficiency.

ESP SCREEN VORTEX DESANDER™

ESP VORTEX DESANDER™ WITH CAPILLAR STRING

The OSI Capillar String allows chemical treating below the packer in a specific, targeted area where it is most effective. Furthermore, this precise placement of chemicals makes dispersal more consistent as the chemicals disperse from the bottom up.

The Capillar String can be applied to any OSI “packer type” assembly such as the ESP Vortex Desander.  The ESP Screen Vortex Desander is designed specifically for wells where high lifting costs are a result of sand problems.

The ESP Vortex Desander employs centrifugal force to achieve maximum sand separation efficiency, The GV Packer cups are molded from a durable oil, gas and abrasion-resistant elastomer.  This compound withstands the wear, tear, pressure and temperatures encountered in an oilfield environment.

Benefits

  • Allows chemical treatments below the packer, in a targeted area.
  • Precise placement of chemicals where it is most effective.
  • Lower lifting costs, reduced downtime and greater operating efficiency.
  • Reduced pump failures resulting from sand damage.
  • Centrifugal force greatly increases sand separation efficiency.

ESP VORTEX DESANDER™ WITH CAPILLAR STRING

ESP VORTEX DESANDER™ With FLEX TOOL

Every day, new challenges require petroleum producers and operators to find solutions to complex problems.  OSI is doing our part by developing new artificial lift technologies, in unconventional wells, especially where deviated wellbores present a technical barrier.

OSI has developed the FLEX TOOL which is designed to provide flexibility to bottom hole assemblies allowing them to work more freely in severely deviated wellbores.  The FLEX TOOL allows the tubing string to turn in either direction and extend the production string in severely deviated wellbores.

Another benefit provided by the FLEX TOOL is that it has been proven to reduce vibration from ESP’s and the possibility of broken ESP shafts.  The FLEX TOOL can be installed with OSI desanders or screen tools.

Benefits

  • Provides production string flexibility and allows the production string to be extended, in severely deviated wellbores.
  • Reduces ESP vibration.
  • Reduces the possibility of broken ESP shafts.
  • Can be installed with OSI desanders and screen tools.

ESP VORTEX DESANDER™ With FLEX TOOL

ESP VORTEX DESANDER™ WITH BYPASS VALVE

The intake consists of a specifically engineered slotted design. These slots are cut using a plasma cutter which creates smoother cut surfaces than other cutting methods. Smooth surfaces are less likely to be affected by corrosion.

The helix creates the vortex using centrifugal force, which separates the smaller solids and deposits them into the tail pipe[s] (mud joint[s]).

This improved version of the vortex sand shield was designed to withstand the high speed of the particles, avoid cuts in the tool, and the failure of the solid separation system

Benefits

  • Reduced the downtime due to solid issues.
  • Less interventions and less investment in CAPEX.
  • Stable pump parameters: Vibration, frequency, voltage and motor current.
  • Avoid the premature failures of the pump components caused by the solids.
  • Avoid problems such as sand cutting.

ESP VORTEX DESANDER™ WITH BYPASS VALVE

ESP VORTEX DESANDER™

The ESP Vortex Desander is designed specifically for wells where high lifting costs are a result of sand problems.  The intake slots are cut with a plasma cutter making them smoother and much more corrosion-resistant.

The OSI Vortex Desander technology, which employs centrifugal force, created by a helix to achieve maximum separation efficiency. This centrifugal force separates the smaller solids and deposits them in the tail pipe made up of multiple mud joints.

The ESP Vortex Desander was engineered to withstand the high speed of the particles avoiding sand “cutting” and system failures.

Benefits

  • Lower lifting costs, reduced downtime, and greater operating efficiency.
  • Reduced pump failures resulting from sand damage.
  • Plasma cut intake slots resist corrosion.
  • Centrifugal force greatly increases sand separation efficiency.

ESP VORTEX DESANDER™

ESP HIGH EROSION RESISTANT VORTEX™

The High Erosion Resistant Vortex is designed to remove solid particles such as sand from produced liquid prior to pumping.

The High Erosion Resistant Vortex  has a 15 FT  Boronized hardened wear resistant tubular body, designed for high rates of abrasive flow. It is our solution to a conventional tool, that  can be prone to excessive erosion in the vortex body. 

This improved version of the vortex sand shield was designed to withstand the high speed of the particles and avoid cuts in the tool and the failure of the solid separation system. The main benefits of this tool are as follows.

Benefits

  • Eliminates sand cutting problems
  • Eliminates workovers and lost production
  • Denser surface resistant to high corrosion due to H2S and CO2 in solution.
  • It is not a coating so there is no reduction in the inner diameter.

ESP HIGH EROSION RESISTANT VORTEX™

ESP TOP BYPASS VALVE™

The ESP TOP BYPASS VALVE™ was designed to extend pump runtimes by ensuring flow to the pump if the intakes plug off from sand, scale, or paraffin deposits.

The ESP Top Bypass Valve™ is installed at the top of the bottom hole assembly.  If a pressure differential greater than 33 psi is reached, the valve opens, bypassing the plugged intakes, allowing continued production.

The ESP Top Bypass Valve™ can be used in combination with any OSI system.

  • Minimizes the impact of plugging events
  • Reduces production loss due to plugging
  • Extends equipment run time
  • Provides large particle filtration
  • Can be combined with any OSI system

ESP TOP BYPASS VALVE™