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Exerсise 3. Define whether the statements are true or
false
1. Proper design of sucker rod pumping installations can be
recognized as of major importance in the field of oil production.
2. There are 3 component parts of a pumping installation.
3. On the upstroke part of pumping cycle the fluid load on
the plunger causes the traveling valve to close.
4. Should be noted that most of the production is
accomplished on the downstroke.
5. Class 1 in the classification system of the American
Petroleum Institute of pump is a tubing type with regular shoe.
6. The functions of the pump are to admit fluid from the
formation into the producing string and (primarily) to lift the fluid
thus admitted to the surface.
7. Thus, the complete design of a pumping installation
becomes an easy affair
8. Tubing pumps may be equipped at the lower end with
regular shoes or with extension shoes and nipples.

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