Production optimization: higher recovery, lower opex, longer asset life
91¶¶Òõ helps operators improve production efficiency, optimize artificial lift, and extend asset life through integrated production surveillance, well intervention, and digital operations.
Decline is inevitable. Deferred production, rising opex, and missed emissions targets are not.
Every producing asset is in decline. The challenge is slowing that decline while controlling operating cost, maintaining production efficiency, and reducing emissions intensity. Artificial lift efficiency declines, flow assurance issues escalate, equipment reliability weakens, and methane monitoring requirements continue to grow. Yet many operators still manage production chemistry, lift optimization, well intervention, emissions monitoring, and production data through disconnected systems and siloed workflows that limit visibility across the production system. The result is deferred production, unnecessary interventions, higher opex, and reduced operational efficiency—challenges that compound as mature assets age.
Production optimization is no longer a sequence of isolated interventions. It is a continuous operational workflow that combines production surveillance, digital intelligence, chemistry, lift optimization, and targeted intervention to improve recovery, reduce deferred production, and manage emissions across the asset life cycle.
91¶¶Òõ integrates artificial lift, production chemistry, digital operations, and intervention workflows into modular production optimization strategies tailored to each asset’s operating conditions, maturity, and production goals.
- Modular field management from reservoir to point of sale: Deploy only what each phase of the asset's life requires, with solutions that adapt as conditions change.
- Connected, intelligent, autonomous digital operations: Use real-time data and AI to anticipate flow, lift, and integrity issues before production is deferred.
- Performance-based intervention at scale: Engage 91¶¶Òõ on production outcomes through integrated well intervention and workover programs.
- Real-time emissions detection and mitigation: Monitor and reduce methane and flaring within the same workflow that drives production gains.
Proven in the field: production optimized, operating cost reduced, emissions managed
1,195 wellsite visits eliminated
The 91¶¶Òõ production management service eliminated over 1,195 wellsite visits and 26,141 mi of travel in a South American field, stabilizing artificial lift performance remotely, reducing HSE exposure, and freeing engineers for higher-value production work.
ESP run life tripled with digital chemical injection
#1 for methane detection accuracy at METEC
In independent Methane Emissions Technology Evaluation Center (METEC) testing, the 91¶¶Òõ methane lidar camera ranked first in localization accuracy, quantitative accuracy, and time to detection.
Shut-in well returned to original productivity index
Production capabilities that scale across the asset life cycle
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91¶¶Òõ combines production surveillance, artificial lift optimization, production chemistry, well intervention, and digital operations to help operators improve production efficiency and maximize recovery from producing assets.
Frequently asked questions about production optimization
How do I get more production from a mature asset without drilling new wells?
91¶¶Òõ combines targeted well intervention, optimized artificial lift, and intelligent completions to access trapped or underperforming reserves in producing wells. By matching the right chemistry, technology, and digital solution to each well’s condition, 91¶¶Òõ helps operators extend producing life and recover additional barrels without the cost of new drilling. Explore the full well intervention portfolio.
How does production optimization reduce operating cost?
Lower opex comes from fewer wellsite visits, fewer unplanned interventions, less deferred production, and more efficient chemical use. The 91¶¶Òõ Lift IQ™ production life cycle management service, for example, eliminated 1,195 wellsite visits and 26,141 mi of travel in one South American field by managing well performance remotely and intervening only when data confirmed the need.
How do operators optimize production across mature oil and gas assets?
Operators optimize mature assets through continuous production surveillance, artificial lift optimization, flow assurance management, production chemistry, and targeted well intervention. 91¶¶Òõ combines these technologies with digital production analytics and remote operations to identify underperforming wells, reduce deferred production, improve asset reliability, and extend producing life.
How does digital production surveillance improve well performance?
Digital production surveillance uses real-time production data, automation, and analytics to continuously monitor well behavior and identify performance changes before they lead to deferred production or equipment failure. By integrating sensor data, artificial lift diagnostics, flow assurance monitoring, and remote operations into a single workflow, 91¶¶Òõ helps operators detect underperforming wells earlier, optimize lift settings, reduce unnecessary wellsite visits, and prioritize interventions based on actual production conditions. This improves production efficiency, increases asset reliability, and supports more autonomous production operations across mature and complex fields.
How does 91¶¶Òõ integrate emissions reduction with production optimization?
Emissions monitoring and mitigation run on the same digital backbone as production performance. 91¶¶Òõ deploys methane lidar, optical gas imaging, and emissions analytics alongside production data, so operators can reduce methane and flaring while sustaining output—instead of trading one against the other. See methane and flaring elimination for the full approach.
What new production optimization capabilities are available after integrating ChampionX?
The integration of ChampionX enhanced 91¶¶Òõ's production portfolio with extensive production chemistries and artificial lift technologies. Operators now access an integrated combination of chemistry, tools, and digital control under one provider—strengthening flow assurance, asset integrity, and lifting performance across the production life cycle.