Mitigating fluid pound effects under incomplete pump fillage conditions

1. A method, comprising:

receiving position data characterizing a position of a plunger over time, the plunger forming part of a rod lift pump system, the position measured by a first sensor, the plunger being configured to travel between a first position and a second position within a barrel within a well, and a distance between the first position and the second position defining a stroke length;

receiving load data characterizing a load on a rod over time, the load measured by a second sensor, the rod coupled to the plunger;

receiving velocity data characterizing a velocity of the plunger while the rod lift pump system is operating under a condition of complete pump fillage, wherein a portion of the barrel between the first position and the second position is filled with liquid prior to a downstroke of the plunger;

correlating, using at least the received load data and position data, the load on the rod and the position of the plunger; and

displaying, on a graphical interface display space, a visualization of the velocity data simultaneously with a visualization of the correlated load and position.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein correlating the load on the rod and the position of the plunger includes determining a position of the plunger at a first time, determining a load on the rod at the first time, and matching the position of the plunger at the first time and load of the rod at the first time.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining the velocity data using at least the received position data.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the load data characterizes the load on the rod coupled to the plunger over time while the rod lift pump system is operating under a condition of incomplete pump fillage, wherein a portion of the barrel between a first position and the second position is filled with gas prior to a downstroke of the plunger.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rod is configured to drive the plunger between the first position and the second position.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising

correlating, using at least the position data and the velocity data, the position and the velocity of the plunger;

displaying, on the graphical interface display space, an interactive graphical element configured to interact with the visualization of the correlated load and position, a position of the interactive graphical element being adjustable by a user, wherein the position of the interactive graphical element identifies a position of the plunger and a correlated load on the rod; and

displaying, on a graphical interface display space, a visualization of a velocity of the plunger corresponding to the identified position of the plunger based on the correlated velocity and position of the plunger.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the visualization of the velocity of the plunger corresponding to the identified position of the plunger includes a textbox graphical element.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the receiving, the correlating, and the displaying is performed by at least one data processor forming part of at least one computing system.

9. A non-transitory computer program product comprising computer readable instructions, which, when executed by at least one data processor forming part of at least one computing system, implement operations comprising:

receiving position data characterizing a position of a plunger over time, the plunger forming part of a rod lift pump system, the position measured by a first sensor, the plunger being configured to travel between a first position and a second position within a barrel within a well, and a distance between the first position and the second position defining a stroke length;

receiving load data characterizing a load on a rod over time, the load measured by a second sensor, the rod coupled to the plunger;

receiving velocity data characterizing a velocity of the plunger while the rod lift pump system is operating under a condition of complete pump fillage, wherein a portion of the barrel between the first position and the second position is completely filled with liquid prior to a downstroke of the plunger;

correlating, using at least the received load data and position data, the load on the rod and the position of the plunger; and

displaying, on a graphical interface display space, a visualization of the velocity data simultaneously with a visualization of the correlated load and position.

10. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 9 , wherein correlating the load on the rod and the position of the plunger includes determining a position of the plunger at a first time, determining a load on the rod at the first time, and matching the position of the plunger at the first time and load of the rod at the first time.

11. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 9 , the operations comprising determining the velocity data using at least the received position data.

12. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the load data characterizes the load on the rod coupled to the plunger over time while the rod lift pump system is operating under a condition of incomplete pump fillage, wherein a portion of the barrel between a first position and the second position is filled with gas prior to a downstroke of the plunger.

13. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the rod is configured to drive the plunger between the first position and the second position.

14. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 9 , the operations comprising

correlating, using at least the position data and the velocity data, the position and the velocity of the plunger;

displaying, on the graphical interface display space, an interactive graphical element configured to interact with the visualization of the correlated load and position, a position of the interactive graphical element being adjustable by a user, wherein the position of the interactive graphical element identifies a position of the plunger and a correlated load on the rod; and

displaying, on a graphical interface display space, a visualization of a velocity of the plunger corresponding to the identified position of the plunger based on the correlated velocity and position of the plunger.

15. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the visualization of the velocity of the plunger corresponding to the identified position of the plunger includes a textbox graphical element.

16. A system comprising at least one data processor and memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing executable instructions, which, when executed by the at least one data processor, implement operations comprising:

receiving position data characterizing a position of a plunger over time, the plunger forming part of a rod lift pump system, the position measured by a first sensor, the plunger being configured to travel between a first position and a second position within a barrel within a well, and a distance between the first position and the second position defining a stroke length;

receiving load data characterizing a load on a rod over time, the load measured by a second sensor, the rod coupled to the plunger;

receiving velocity data characterizing a velocity of the plunger while the rod lift pump system is operating under a condition of complete pump fillage, wherein a portion of the barrel between the first position and the second position is completely filled with liquid prior to a downstroke of the plunger;

correlating, using at least the received load data and position data, the load on the rod and the position of the plunger; and

displaying, on a graphical interface display space, a visualization of the velocity data simultaneously with a visualization of the correlated load and position.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein correlating the load on the rod and the position of the plunger includes determining a position of the plunger at a first time, determining a load on the rod at the first time, and matching the position of the plunger at the first time and load of the rod at the first time.

18. The system of claim 16 , further comprising determining the velocity data using at least the received position data.

19. The system of claim 16 , wherein the load data characterizes the load on the rod coupled to the plunger over time while the rod lift pump system is operating under a condition of incomplete pump fillage, wherein a portion of the barrel between a first position and the second position is filled with gas prior to a downstroke of the plunger.

20. The system of claim 16 , wherein the rod is configured to drive the plunger between the first position and the second position.

21. The system of claim 16 , further comprising

correlating, using at least the position data and the velocity data, the position and the velocity of the plunger;

displaying, on the graphical interface display space, an interactive graphical element configured to interact with the visualization of the correlated load and position, a position of the interactive graphical element being adjustable by a user, wherein the position of the interactive graphical element identifies a position of the plunger and a correlated load on the rod; and

displaying, on a graphical interface display space, a visualization of a velocity of the plunger corresponding to the identified position of the plunger based on the correlated velocity and position of the plunger.

22. The system of claim 21 , wherein the visualization of the velocity of the plunger corresponding to the identified position of the plunger includes a textbox graphical element.