About the Course

As the Oil & Gas Industry moves into a more mature stage in it’s lifecycle with associated well problems and declining production, the need for well servicing and intervention grows. The aim of the course is to provide an appreciation of some fundamental Petroleum Engineering concepts, basic well designs and how to manage and maintain well integrity. You will become familiar with the full range of Well Intervention techniques like; Slickline, E-line, Coil Tubing, Snubbing and Workovers. You will get an understanding of the steps involved in the planning, design, and execution of a typical well intervention project. The importance of safety and environmental issues will be stressed.

Duration

The course is normally of 2 weeks duration but can be taught either as a compressed version or as a series of sequential modules.

Who Should Attend

Well Services Personnel; Reservoir Engineers; Petroleum and Production Engineers; Production Technologists; Development, Asset and Project Managers; Service Company personnel, and staff.

You Will Learn

• The basic fundamentals of Petroleum Engineering, how hydrocarbons are formed, reservoir and rock fundamentals, the production system from reservoir to surface facilities.
• Life of a well – the various stages in a wells “lifecycle” from Seismic exploration, through drilling, well testing, completion and interventions.
• Detailed description of well completion and wellhead components. Typically, this section would focus on client specific designs and equipment.
• How to safely manage well integrity during the producing phase of a wells lifecycle. Barrier definition, philosophy and criteria (possibly client specific), Roles and responsibilities within the well integrity management process and the appropriate response to a well integrity event.
• Description of slickline equipment (surface and downhole) and operations. Downhole toolstring components and standard service tools will be covered in detail.
• Common e-line services like PLT , Reservoir Monitoring, Perforation and more specialised e-line services like MFC , Camera and downhole tractor for deviated and horizontal holes.
• Coil Tubing equipment (surface and downhole) and descriptions of typical HWO operations
• Snubbing and Hydraulic Workover (HWO) equipment (surface and downhole) and descriptions of typical Snubbing/HWO operations
• The processes of planning, designing, program writing, execution and post job follow up of an intervention job focussing on a structured approach and emphasis on Health Safety and Environmental awareness
• Basic calculations and conversions necessary for planing and executing intervention operations