SPE技术分会汇聚了来自世界各地对特定技术领域有着共同兴趣的会员，为他们提供了一个合作、交流思想和开展相关项目研究的平台。通过开放式讨论、网络研讨会和各类活动，技术分会以目标明确、注重实效的方式促进知识共享，推动技术进步。

人工举升技术分会 (ALTS) 的宗旨在于促进 SPE 的目标，通过公开讨论与人工举升系统设计、运行、优化、研发、创新和全生命周期性能相关的所有方面，来实现这一目标。其涵盖范围包括油藏-井筒界面到井口之间的所有组件，以及为系统提供动力并使其保持最佳运行状态的地面组件。

其使命是提升行业最佳实践水平，提高其知名度，并促进其在不同地区和技术领域的应用。ALTS隶属于SPE生产与运营学科，由技术总监Gregory Stephenson领导。

现任执行委员会主席为Shivani Vyas，副主席为Ozan Sayman 。领导团队成员还包括：负责沟通和数字互动的Ahmed Fadhl ；负责项目和活动的Simon Suarez；负责会员和互动的Jose Jaua；负责技术内容和出版物的Danny Perez；以及负责青年专业人士联络的Daniel Croce 。

此外，ALTS 还受益于众多分布在世界各地不同地点的志愿者的支持，他们与领导团队一起在幕后工作，推进关键项目，并促进技术部门所有成员的知识共享。

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有关如何加入的更多详情，请访问我们的 SPE Con​​nect 页面。

人工举升领域有哪些新进展？

近年来，人工举升会议出现了一种新的做法，即邀请提交关于混合系统的论文提案，因为多年来的实践表明，系统的组合有助于保留现有方法的优势，同时提出解决其局限性的方案。

一个很好的例子可以在SPE 219568 号论文中找到，题为“井下蠕动泵作为油气井的新型人工举升方式”。该论文由石油生产工程师 Danny Romero 在 2024 年 SPE ALCE 美洲会议上发表，此前也曾在 2022 年人工举升研究与开发委员会新型人工举升技术发明者论坛上发表。

该系统又称 Peristalift，因为它描述了一种基于蠕动原理的新型人工举升方式，提出了一种简单的井下解决方案，能够处理含砂生产，无气体干扰，无需杆柱沿井移动，无需井下电动机，能够处理高倾斜井剖面，初始举升或泵送能力为 200 至 500 桶/天。

这是通过以下方式实现的：从地面通过靠近井内生产管柱的较小直径管道泵入的加压流体对软管进行径向压缩，然后在降低井下泵液压腔内的压力时使其膨胀。

另一个例子是论文SPE 219525，“由线性永磁电机驱动的创新型电动潜水柱塞泵系统作为圣华金盆地油井传统杆式泵的技术替代方案”，该论文也由 Jairo Ocando 等人在 2024 年 SPE ALCE 美洲会议上发表。

本文所提出的案例表明，新技术已成功应用于减少传统杆式泵系统中的重复故障次数，并通过使用由线性永磁电机驱动的井下往复泵的电动潜水柱塞泵系统来减少与故障相关的产量下降。

2026年即将举行的活动和演讲

• 联合报告：SPE科罗拉多矿业学院和SPE ALTS：ESP最佳实践
• 人工举升在线咖啡会议
• SPE研讨会：一体化人工举升卓越技术：技术、运营和数字化未来（5月，马来西亚吉隆坡）
• SPE人工举升会议暨展览会——美洲区（ALCE）（8月，美国德克萨斯州伍德兰兹）
• SPE中东人工举升会议暨展览会（10月，巴林，麦纳麦）
• SPE年度技术会议暨展览会（10月，美国德克萨斯州休斯顿）

有关即将举行的活动的更多详情，您还可以关注LinkedIn 上的 SPE ALTS。

Shivani Vyas，SPE（专业石油工程师协会会员），现任Odessa Separator Inc.的销售经理，拥有超过9年的行业经验。她持有德克萨斯理工大学石油工程学士学位。她的从业经历涵盖了在二叠纪盆地为生产设备和人工举升应用提供技术和商务支持等多个领域。Vyas积极参与SPE的各项活动，目前担任SPE人工举升技术分会（ALTS）主席。她曾担任SPE二叠纪盆地分会主席。她曾与他人合著多篇技术论文，发表于SPE及其他人工举升论坛，并积极参与专注于生产优化和技术进步的行业项目。她致力于通过自身的远见卓识、技术技能和服务，为行业带来积极的影响。

Paola Martinez Villarreal， SPE，目前担任加州落基山脉地区埃克森美孚公司SLB的客户关系协调经理。她在常规和非常规油藏的人工举升系统领域拥有超过16年的经验。目前，她领导着一支设计工程师团队，负责支持电潜泵（ESP）的应用，并专注于技术性能和现场实施。Martinez Villarreal为美国和拉丁美洲的ESP创新、生产优化和技术实施项目做出了重大贡献。她曾就人工举升应用发表行业演讲，并参与撰写技术出版物。她以其卓越的领导力、解决问题的思维方式以及通过跨职能协作推进人工举升技术发展的承诺而备受认可。Martinez Villarreal还是SPE人工举升技术分会的成员，并通过SPE、美国女工程师协会（SWE）、西班牙裔专业工程师协会（SHPE）以及SLB的Eureka项目指导年轻工程师。她还担任专业奖项和奖学金项目的评委。

SPE technical sections bring together members from around the world who share a common interest in a specific technical interest, providing a forum to collaborate, exchange ideas, and work on projects related to their area of focus. Through open discussions, webinars, and events, technical sections foster knowledge sharing and drive progress with a focused, goal-oriented approach.

The Artificial Lift Technical Section (ALTS) exists to further the objectives of the SPE by enabling open discussion of all aspects related to artificial lift system design, operation, optimization, research and development, innovation, and lifecycle performance. It spans all the components between the reservoir-wellbore interface and the wellhead, as well as the surface components that power and keep the systems optimized.

Its mission is to elevate industry best practices, increase their visibility, and promote their adoption across regions and technical disciplines. The ALTS is part of the SPE Production and Operations discipline, led by Technical Director Gregory Stephenson.

The current executive committee is chaired by Shivani Vyas, with Ozan Sayman serving as vice chair. The leadership team also includes Ahmed Fadhl, communication and digital engagement lead; Simon Suarez, program and events lead; Jose Jaua, membership and engagement lead; Danny Perez, technical content and publications lead; and Daniel Croce, young professional liaison.

In addition, ALTS benefits from the support of numerous volunteers based in different locations worldwide who work behind the scenes alongside the leadership team to advance key projects and foster knowledge sharing for all members of the technical section.

Your Path Into the Technical Section

Joining the ALTS is an easy way to deepen your involvement in SPE’s Production and Operations community. Once you add ALTS to your SPE membership profile, you will receive updates on programs and opportunities to contribute.

For more details about how to join, visit us on our SPE Connect page.

What’s New in Artificial Lift?

A new practice in recent artificial lift conferences has been to invite paper proposals about hybrid systems, because the combination of systems has shown over the years to be helpful to preserve the benefits of current methods while proposing solutions to their limitations.

A good example is found in paper SPE 219568, “Downhole Peristaltic Pumps as a New Artificial Lift for Oil & Gas Wells.” The paper was presented by Danny Romero, a petroleum production engineer, at the 2024 SPE ALCE Americas, and previously at the 2022 Artificial Lift Research & Development Council Inventors of New Artificial Lift Technologies Forum.

Also known as Peristalift, because it describes a new form of artificial lift based on the principle of peristalsis, the system proposes a simple downhole solution with capability to handle sandy production, no gas interference, no rod string moving along the well, no downhole electric motor, potential to handle high deviation well profiles, and initial lifting or pumping potential of 200 to 500 BLPD.

This is achieved with the radial compression of a hose by pressurized fluid pumped from surface through smaller-diameter tubing adjacent to the production string installed in the well, followed by its expansion when reducing pressure in the downhole pump hydraulic chamber.

Another example is the paper SPE 219525, “Innovative Electric Submersible Plunger Pump System Driven by Linear Permanent Magnet Motor as A Technological Alternative for Conventional Rod Pumps San Joaquin Basin Wells,” which was also presented at the 2024 SPE ALCE Americas by Jairo Ocando et al.

In the case presented in the paper, it was shown that the new technology has been successfully deployed to reduce the number of repetitive failures in conventional rod pump systems and down production associated with failures by using an electric submersible plunger pump system with a linear permanent magnet motor actuating a downhole reciprocating pump.

Upcoming 2026 Events and Presentations

• Joint Presentation: SPE Colorado School of Mines and SPE ALTS: ESP Best Practices
• Artificial Lift Online Coffee Meetings
• SPE Workshop: Integrated Artificial Lift Excellence: Technologies, Operations, and the Digital Future (May, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
• SPE Artificial Lift Conference & Exhibition – Americas (ALCE) (August, The Woodlands, Texas, USA)
• SPE Middle East Artificial Lift Conference & Exhibition (October, Manama, Bahrain)
• SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (October, Houston, Texas, USA)

For more details about upcoming events, you can also follow the SPE ALTS on LinkedIn.

Shivani Vyas, SPE, is Sales Manager at Odessa Separator Inc. and has more than 9 years of industry experience. She holds a BSc degree in petroleum engineering from Texas Tech University. Her background includes technical and commercial roles supporting production equipment and artificial lift applications in the Permian Basin. Vyas is active in SPE and currently serves as chair of the SPE Artificial Lift Technical Section (ALTS). She previously served as chair of the SPE Permian Basin Section. She has coauthored several technical papers for SPE and other artificial lift forums and participates in industry programs focused on production optimization and technology advancement. She strives to make a positive impact through her vision, technical skills and services.

Paola Martinez Villarreal, SPE, currently serves as the Customer Engagement Coordinator Manager for Rockies, California, and ExxonMobil for SLB. She has more than 16 years of experience in artificial lift systems across conventional and unconventional reservoirs. In her current role, she leads a team of design engineers supporting electric submersible pump (ESP) applications and focuses on technical performance and field execution. Martinez Villarreal has contributed significantly to ESP innovation, production optimization, and technology implementation projects across the US and Latin America. She has delivered industry presentations and coauthored technical publications on artificial lift applications. She is recognized for her leadership, problem-solving mindset, and commitment to advancing artificial lift technologies through cross-functional collaboration. Martinez Villarreal also serves on the SPE Artificial Lift Technical Section and mentors early-career engineers through SPE, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), and SLB’s Eureka program. She also participates as a judge for professional awards and scholarship programs.