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Red Dirt Results: Growth Through Reliability

Artificial Lift Optimization with Scott Gilliland

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Peter Brecht
June 25, 2025

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The closer to the wellhead, the safer you are. You still need people to go out there to turn wrenches and pull tubing strings…

Wade Spear

Scott Gilliland has been in the oil and gas business for over 15 years and grew his business, Red Dirt Fluid Services, through reputation, reliability, and referrals.

  • Well Optimization: His Echometer provides actionable data, helping his clients make cost-effective decisions even on marginal assets.

  • GAPL vs PAGL: How operators sequence artificial lift methods as well performance declines.

  • Production Timing and Profitability: Oil price volatility impacts operational decisions; even wells making 3 barrels per day become viable when prices are elevated.

  • AI and Well File Gaps: The value of digitizing legacy well data, explaining how missing records from past owners often force him to rebuild well files from scratch, and how AI-enabled tools like Smarten help optimize lift performance in real time.



    Peter Brecht & Wade Spear