HPump system saved $295,000 USD for water flood operator Challenges ? Water flood with 1% oil cut ? 28,000 BWPD injection rate ? High operating expense and NPT using triplex pump reinjection system Results ? Reduced downtime 67% to just one day per month ? Saved 6,168 bbl oil deferred production ? Reduced annual maintenance by $48,000 USD A customer operating a water flood with 1% oil cut in northeastern Oklahoma was experiencing extensive nonproductive time (NPT) and rising maintenance costs caused by a triplex pumping system to re-inject 28,000 barrels of produced water daily. To reduce downtime and improve efficiency, Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), recommended replacing the triplex pump with a highly reliable, efficient parallel HPumpTM

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