Timeline: December 2025 – March 2026
Bell Engineering® served as the project management lead for a 72-hour constant flow rate test at a Permian Basin upstream operator field site. The test required continuous production at a defined flow rate over three uninterrupted days, and any slip in equipment readiness, crew scheduling, or fluid handling would have forced a restart of the full test window.
Our role began well before the test date. We walked the site with the client, built the equipment list, identified the third-party vendors needed for pumps, tankage, metering, and flowback handling, and assembled the mobilization schedule. Pre-test coordination calls confirmed that each party understood its scope, its on-site point of contact, and its handoff points with the next crew.
During the 72-hour window, Bell staff remained on site in rotating shifts to track instrument readings, watch tank levels, log any deviations from the test plan, and resolve issues in real time. Produced water was routed, metered, and staged for disposal without a single shutdown event. When a third-party vendor fell behind on a rental equipment swap, Bell re-sequenced the activity to keep the clock running.
The test completed on schedule with the full 72-hour dataset delivered to the client and all rental equipment demobilized cleanly. The operator left with the flow performance data they came for and a clear written record of how the window was run.
