PUMP and size etc quality post6 Aug 2018 07:17
Lifted from facebook group elsewhere and credit solely to Tony Seaton but it deserves a much wider audience. Some of the drivel on here is eye waterling......
" We asked SS the same question. He said , in matter of fact way "the Kimmeridge dosn't need a pump".
Then later he went in to explain that the deeper the oil , the more methane is dissolved in the oil. As you release the pressure and draw it up the pipe, the gasses leave the oil (like champagne bubbles) and lift the oil.
That's when you have a "gusher"
The choke manages the flow making the most efficient use of the bubbles and lift they provide.
Too quick a release and the bubbles rise leaving the oil behind. Finding the optimum choke setting is key.
Last time the 1" choke was restricting the flow. So this time we have a bigger production pipe, hopefully we will have a bigger choke too"