Pump control method and apparatus

A method for the removal of oil and gas without water from a well comprising the steps of:

• a bailer tube sized to allow an up and down travel of said bailer tube inside the well casing and inside a bailer tube housing assembly vertically aligned with the well casing;
• selectively opening the bailer tube housing assembly when allowing the bailer tube to travel into the well casing and for closing the bailer tube housing assembly after the bailer tube has traveled up into the bailer tube housing assembly and for directing a captured column of oil to a temporary storage tank;
• selectively capturing the column of oil inside the well casing when said bailer tube is lowered therein, and for discharging said captured column of oil into the temporary storage tank when said bailer tube is raised out of the well casing, the bailer valve being in electrically operative communication with a programmable logic controller;
• monitoring, operating and controlling the apparatus and translating readable information to obtain and record operational parameters;
• differentiating between the water and oil inside the well casing as the bailer tube descends therein, at least one oil and water sensor facilitating the defining of a top of the water and a bottom of a well casing column of oil;
• calculating a substantially optimum depth required for removal of oil without water from the well casing and once correctly positioned, capturing oil inside said bailer tube and elevating the bailer tube so that the bailer valve is inside the bailer housing assembly and discharging the captured oil in the bailer tube into the temporary storage tank,
• conducting a first sequence logging process comprising lowering of the bailer tube into the well casing accelerating to a predetermine adjustable travel speed, allowing the bailer tube to descend to a pre-set logging depth above the location of the top of the oil column within the well casing, decreasing the adjustable travel speed so that the lower end of the bailer tube enters into the oil column at which point the at least one oil sensor identifies a depth of the top of the oil column, the second end of the bailer tube continues to descend until the at least one water sensor identifies a depth of the top of the water in the well casing, transmits data reflective of the identification of the depth of the top of the oil and water to the programmable logic controller which recalculates desired operational parameters including a new logging depth, optimum depth and bailer tube travel speed, closes the bailer valve, starts elevating the bailer tube through the well casing until the bailer tube enters the bailer tube housing assembly, stops the bailer tube when the lower end of the bailer tube is above the at least one valve, closes the at least one valve, opens the bailer valve for a predetermined top dwell time thereby discharging the captured oil in the bailer tube inside the temporary storage tank, closes the bailer valve after the captured oil has been discharged into the temporary storage tank, and repeats the above operational logging sequence as desired;
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• performing a balanced oil production operational sequence during which the programmable logic controller operationally opens the bailer valve and the at least one valve, starts the lowering of the bailer tube into the well casing accelerating to the predetermine adjustable travel speed, allows the bailer tube to descend to the pre-set logging depth above the location of the top of the oil column within the well casing, decreases the adjustable travel speed so that the lower end of the bailer tube enters into the oil column at which point the at least one oil sensor identifies the depth of the top of the oil column, the lower end of the bailer tube continues to descend into the oil column and stops at the optimum depth at which point the bailer valve is closed after the predetermined preset dwell time to capture oil, transmits the data reflective of the identification of the depth of the top of the oil and optimum depth to the programmable logic controller which continually calculates and monitors desired operational parameters including the logging depth, optimum depth and bailer tube travel speed, starts elevating the bailer tube through the well casing until the first end of the bailer tube enters the temporary storage tank, stops the bailer tube when the lower end of the bailer tube is above the at least one valve, closes the at least one valve, opens the bailer valve for a predetermined top dwell time thereby discharging the captured oil in the bailer tube inside the temporary storage tank, closes the bailer valve after the captured oil has been discharged into the temporary storage tank, and repeats the above balanced oil production operational sequence until a change in depth is noted such as to require re-initiation of the logging process.