Deferred Production

Most deferred production isn’t from one big failure — it’s small issues stacking up over time. One of the most common I’ve seen, started on a weekend - a plunger fails out on Friday night. The relief operator comes in Saturday morning and raises injection. Later in the day, with the plunger still not running, the injection gets bumped up more. Sunday morning, the plunger is back running but the operator has too many wells to tend to, so (understandably) he or she doesn’t lower the injection back down. Weeks later, other issues have taken precedence and the missing 15 mcfd haven’t been a priority.

What checks and balances does your company have to stay on top of these smaller issues?