Romania - the Land of Records

• More than 1000 NETZSCH Downhole pumps in operation!!!!
• 500 NETZSCH Downhole pumps installed in 6 months!!!!
• Several pumps in continuous operation for over 1350 days (= 32,400 hours of operation)!!!!
• More than 150 NETZSCH Downholepumps in continuous operation for over 1000 days!!!

In the year 2000, the first Downhole pump was delivered to the state-run oil company PETROM. This pump was installed at a depth of approx. 1000 m in the Videle field. Only 6 months later, the first major contract for 300 pumps was signed with PETROM. These pumps were delivered in the first half of 2001 and installed within a year. To date, more than 200 of the 300 pumps delivered are still in operation.

First NETZSCH Downhole pump
in Romania

Over time, a very close partnership developed with the state-run group of oil companies, PETROM. The pumps are analyzed jointly and solutions worked out for difficult borings. For about the last 2 years we have been receiving a quarterly report from PETROM about the operation of every single NETZSCH Downhole pump in the 17 different fields.

By virtue of the excellent results with the NETZSCH pumps, a study was commissioned so that the extraction of oil could be optimized for all of the Romanian oilfields. Based on this study, it was decided to triple the number of progressing cavity pumps used in the Downhole area. This had the very pleasant consequences for NETZSCH Oilfield Products GmbH that more than 500 pumps were installed in the Romanian oilfields within 6 months in 2004.

At the same time, privatization of the state-run oil companies was being pushed in Romania. The very successful extraction of oil in Romania led to more than 10 different western oil corporations vying for the privatized share (51%) of the state-run business. At the end of 2004, the bid of the Austrian OMV group was finally accepted.

Many delegations from various oil corporations visit the Romanian oilfields to inform themselves about the successful restructuring of oil extraction.

Both the oilfield operator PETROM and we - NOP - as supplier of the Downhole pumps agree that this success was only possible through very close cooperation. This is one of the few cases in which NETZSCH pump, the quality of the products and the correct application of the Downhole pump were able to influence political decisions regard-
ing extraction of a country's energy and raw materials.

Jörg Eitler, NOP

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