Patent Document ID: 20140039836
Application ID: 13609163
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for monitoring, diagnosing and optimizing operation of an electric submersible pump (ESP) that comprises: collecting measured data representative of a state of an ESP within a well or of well conditions, and further storing the measured data; matching a nodal analysis model of the well to the well by matching one or more modeled values to corresponding measured data; identifying one or more likely conditions of the ESP based at least in part on data generated by a matched nodal analysis model; updating the matched nodal analysis model to reflect a selected correction of one of the one or more likely conditions identified; generating a plurality of ESP performance curves using the updated matched nodal analysis model; and presenting to a user an action recommended to achieve an ESP performance consistent with an ESP operating point selected from one of the plurality of ESP performance curves.