About the Course

This course is designed to provide delegates with the principles of well design and an understanding of more advanced completion and stimulation techniques. You will become familiar with the various downhole equipment and tools used and get an understanding of the various selection criteria and applications. You will get an overview of production systems analysis and justification of artificial lift as a means of increasing well productivity. The causes and remedies for formation damage will be covered as well as possible post completion problems like scale, corrosion.

Duration

The course is normally of 5 day duration but can be taught either as a compressed version or as a series of sequential modules.

Who Should Attend

Geologists; Drilling Engineers; Reservoir Engineers; Petroleum and Production Engineers; Development, Asset and Project Managers.

You Will Learn

• Basic fundamentals of Petroleum Engineering, how hydrocarbons are formed, reservoir and rock fundamentals.
• Recovery mechanisms, flow regimes, types of completion, completion phases, well design and perforating
• Downhole completion equipment; tubing specifications and selection; production packers types and applications
• Downhole tools - Landing nipples, types and applications; SCSSV’s, types and applications; Other completion accessories like SSD ’s, expansion jnts, flow couplings, SPM’s, kick over tools etc…
• Basic calculations and conversions necessary for planing and executing well completions
• Stimulation techniques and their applications
• Artificial lifting techniques; gas lift systems, equipment and techniques
• Formation damage – causes of skin, fluid invasion, rock properties (capillary pressure, permeability etc.), PI, PDD and PBU tests, flow efficiency
• Post completion problems; Sustainable annulus pressure ( SAP ), Failure Mode & Effect Analysis (FMEA); Scale deposits – causes, monitoring, prevention and removal; Corrosion causes, control and protection
• Tubular handling; Tubular connections – EUE to high spec HT premium connections
• How to safely manage well integrity. Barrier definition, philosophy and criteria. Roles and responsibilities within the well integrity management process and the appropriate response to a well integrity event