oa Application of Six Sigma Statistical Methodology to Reduce ESP Failures in Central Arabia Fields

This paper presents the application of Six Sigma statistical methodologies to diagnose, measure, improve, and control the root causes of<br>electrical submersible pump (ESP) failures in Central Arabian (CA) fi elds. The word six sigma is a statistical term that measures how<br>far a given process deviates from perfection. The main objective of this study is to increase the run life of ESPs in six Central Arabian<br>fi elds of Saudi Arabia to at least three years or more using Six Sigma tool.