Understand how the rod pumping system and pump work and the differences between pumping units. For the first time, you can see what is happening downhole, how the rods stretch, the delay between what occurs at the polished rod versus the pump and a lot more. See how and when the traveling and standing valves open and close, what happens when there is fluid pound, how the speed of the plunger and polished rod compare, etc.
XANIMATE incorporates animations used in Theta Oilfield Services rod pumping schools to teach how rod pumping systems work, compare pumping units, explain fluid pound, etc. After requests from many of our customers, they are now available for purchase.
The system animations in XANIMATE were developed using sophisticated modeling and animation software and were drawn using the same system modeling algorithms used in the RODSTAR and XDIAG computer programs. Exact pumping unit kinematics was used to model the pumping units and draw each frame of the animation. Wave equation models were used to simulate and draw the rod string for very realistic representations of system operation.
PowerPoint Integration
If you are involved in teaching classes on Rod Pumping or if you have a need for the pumping animations in your presentation, beginning with the new 1.0.8 release, we made it possible to launch any specified animation from within PowerPoint by passing the animation name to the program with the link.