Schlumberger’s training arm, NExT is the organization that coordinates the training held in Singapore Integration Centre which is the largest ESP manufacturing facility in the world. Because the training takes place in a facility where all aspects of ESP construction and operation can be witnessed, it is not simply knowledge sharing, but attendance in the course allows for a transformation shift in understanding how an ESP works.

Imagine trying to explain what a computer is to someone who had never seen one; photos and an explanation would give them an idea, but the understanding would totally change if you showed them an actual computer and what it can do. The same is true for ESP, only an ESP is slightly larger so it can’t come to you, you need to come where it is made.

Access to Schlumberger manufacturing facility is vital to gaining a true understanding of the equipment – which will then allow oil companies to make better decisions about the use of artificial lift in their operations.

The Schlumberger Singapore Integration Centre is the only location in the world where the following are included in one facility:
 

1) Stage Foundry to Finish – metal pouring to final spin test

2) Bar Stock to Finish – Heads and Bases from raw material

3) Full QA for both foundry and finished parts

4) Multisensor Manufacturing

5) Testing – FAT, MIST, HPTS and SIT’s including sand loop

6) Gas Lift – Mandrels from Bar Stock to finished goods and value assembly/test

The centre contains 30,000 m² of manufacturing facilities on a 52,000 m² campus with production capabilities of 400 pieces of equipment a month. As a result of this high-capacity production, observing all the manufacture process will occur during the course.

Schlumberger have also provided full access to the 700 people that work at the manufacturing facility. The tours of the facility are handled by the people in charge of that particular area and questions to those managers are encouraged. As a result, attendees of this program will gain a broad range of knowledge from the experts in each field.

The direct link to Schlumberger’s Artificial Lift website is:

https://www.slb.com/products-and-services/innovating-in-oil-and-gas/completions/artificial-lift