Abstract
In the area of hydrocarbon production,when designing an artificial lift system for a well,technical and financial criteria are taken into account,leaving aside environmental criteria,such as the carbon footprint;Hence,this research focuses on evaluating and calculating the CO2 emissions and the energy efficiency of the different conventional artificial lift systems in a Colombian field.This project's development started by searching for information related to the properties of representative type wells in the basins with the highest production in Colombia.We proceeded to design the most used artificial lifting systems in the country,and we finished with the evaluation and the calculation of the carbon footprint,the energy efficiency,and the operating costs for the selected cases.According to the calculations made,it was concluded that an artificial lift system that generates less CO2 emissions is at the same time the one that has greater energy efficiency and lower financial costs;these three parameters are directiy proportional to each other.In addition,the carbon footprint evaluation method-ology allows us to conclude that the lifting system that emits least carbon dioxide indirectly is the rod pumping,followed by the pumping by progressive cavities and the electrical sumersible pumping system,which generates the greatest carbon footprint.This research seeks to propose that in the decisions that are taken when selecting a survey system,environmental parameters be included due to the importance of CO2 emissions as a vital aspect in the fight against global warming.
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