Design for the well you actually pump.
Built by rod-lift experts. Enter a well, then pick the unit, pump, and rods yourself or let Lift Studio pick them. Every design is checked under every condition in the well's fillage profile, not just a full barrel.
10M+
equipment combinations
<1 min
per design
2,200+
pumping units in the catalog
1B+
wave-equation calculations
Six steps, left to right.
The same steps run along the top of every design in the tool. Changes save on their own, and a change to the well marks its designs as needing a run.
- 1
Well
Fluids, pressures, and the deviation survey, entered once. Reservoir data if you have it.
- 2
Designs
Every design of the well, ranked by score. A design is a scenario you can name and change.
- 3
Well conditions
The target production or stroke rate, how the barrel fills, and the pump intake.
- 4
Equipment
The pumping unit, the pump and tubing, and the rod string, picked by you or by Lift Studio.
- 5
Solver
How the rods are calculated, and the button that runs the design.
- 6
Results
The score, the cards, and the key numbers first, then the equipment and charts along the string.
Three example wells, vertical, horizontal, and deviated, load on your first visit.
Every condition. Every limit.
The fillage profile says how the barrel fills over time. The design is sized for the most common condition and has to pass all of them.
Or set it From GOR, the fill the well's gas-oil ratio leaves at the pump, or Custom, your own conditions, each with a fill and a share of the time.
Full barrel
PassesAlways full
Pumps off
PassesFull most of the time, with some fluid pound
Gas interference
PassesAbout 70% full
Slugging
PassesBetween full and about half full
Pump cards and loadings of one design on an example deviated well: C-1824D-365-216, 1¼″ fiberglass over 1″ grade D steel, 7.8 SPM.
Let Lift Studio pick the equipment.
Set Who picks the equipment to Lift Studio, tick the pumping units, pump sizes, and rod strings to consider, and set the stroke rates. It tries every combination you allow, keeps the ones that pass every limit, and ranks them by score, then by cost.
Or choose the unit, pump, and rods yourself, and the run checks them. Build a tapered string for me builds the rod string.
Three units on one well
Same well and rod string, three pumping units, each scored out of 10.
Smaller unit
C-1280D-305-240
Conventional
4.5out of 10
8.0 SPM for 355 bbl/d
Cheaper, but the structure goes past its rating when the well pumps off.
Lift Studio's pick
C-1824D-365-216
Conventional
7.6out of 10
7.8 SPM for 355 bbl/d
Every limit inside, in every condition. Same score as the bigger unit, at a lower estimated cost.
More headroom
A-2560D-470-240
Air balanced
7.6out of 10
6.7 SPM for 355 bbl/d
The most gearbox and structure headroom, at the highest estimated cost of the three.
10M+
equipment combinations
40
simulated under every condition
1
pick, ranked by score, then cost
Everything an engineer checks, in one run.
Each run simulates the pumping unit, the rod string along the well's survey, and the pump together. It also tries the design at other stroke rates, intake pressures, and pump fills to find the fastest safe rate.
One score per design
Every design gets a score out of 10 after its run, and the results show what cost it points.
Surface and pump cards
One line per condition, with the gearbox permissible load on the surface card.
3D survey
Import it from a CSV, text, Excel, or LAS file, or paste rows from a PDF or a spreadsheet. Color the path by dogleg, side-load zone, or inclination.
Side loading
Per rod and per guide along the string, against the bare-rod limit and the guide rating.
Gearbox torque
Through the stroke, against the gearbox rating. Counterbalance is set for you.
Deviated, with friction
The default wave equation adds the rods' friction on the tubing in a deviated well. The classic wave equation is the other option.
Also in Lift Studio
Calculators
Quick engineering checks without a full run, prefilled from any well in the workspace.
Equipment catalog
Lufkin and Weatherford pumping units, Tenaris rods, and generic API rods, fiberglass, guides, and tubing. Prices are estimates.
Comparisons
Tick two to five designs of one well to see their results side by side.
PDF report
Download any design's results as a report.
US or SI units
Switch with the US / SI control. Everything is stored in SI.
A shared workspace
Your work is saved for everyone in your workspace, and their changes show live.
Checked against field designs
Compared with an established commercial design program on field designs.
Try Lift Studio on your own well
Sign up with your email and get 50 free design runs. Three example wells are loaded so you can see a result before you enter your own.
Lift Studio is a beta for evaluation. Results are simulation estimates, and a qualified engineer must check every design before use. Screens and charts show example wells.