Well Testing, Completion Design & Operation, Well Stimulation and Workover Planning
Introduction
Well Testing, Completion Design & Operation, Well Stimulation and Workover Planning
Course Objectives
By the end of this Well Completion Design & Operations, Well Stimulation and Workover Planning training course, participants will be able to:
- Evaluate bottom hole completion options for a given reservoir scenario and recommend solutions based on well integrity and reservoir management requirements.
- Identify, evaluate, and recommend completion string functionality for a range of operational situations.
- Describe the purpose and operating principles of key completion equipment components.
- Assess well completion designs for limitations, failure mechanisms, and potential operational problems.
- Analyse well safety requirements and capabilities inherent in well design, ensuring compliance with safety standards throughout the completion process.
- Understand the integration of different stages involved in completing a well, including pre- and post-drilling activities.
- Develop a general procedure for running a completion string and effectively manage pressure testing and well control throughout the process.
- Recognise the importance of maintaining accurate records and reports during well completion operations.
- Design and optimise tubing performance curves for maximum production, considering interval selection and tubing dimension optimisation.
- Select appropriate subsurface completion equipment and accessories, including packers and their settings.
- Safely operate wellhead equipment, understanding casing and tubing hangers' geometry and dimensions.
- Identify special considerations for horizontal and multilateral well completions, including wellbore, tubing, and casing configuration.
- Understand well perforation methods, completion fishing operations, well stimulation techniques (including fracturing), and well integrity assessments.
- Gain practical knowledge of wireline operations, reservoir stimulation techniques, and the influence of rock properties on stimulation.
Who Should Attend ?
This training course is highly beneficial for professionals involved in well completion, stimulation, and workover planning, including:
- Well and Senior Petroleum Engineers
- Drilling Engineers and Senior Drilling Supervisors
- Reservoir Engineers and Senior Reservoir Engineers
- Geologists
- Production and Completion Engineers and Supervisors
- Operations Supervisors and Well Completion Managers
- Field Engineers responsible for well integrity and stimulation
Course Outline
Module 1: Well Completion Design, Practices, and Strategies
Module 2: Lower & Upper Completion String Components & Selection Considerations
- Functions of Production Packers
- Types of Packers and Their Mechanisms
- Permanent vs. Retrievable Packers: Applications and Functions
- Locator Seals and Anchor Seals
- Inflatable Packer Applications
- Sliding Side Door Function
- Gas Lift Mandrel Functionality
- Perforation Methods and Equipment
- Perforation Selection and Conveying Methods
Module 3: Wellheads, Subsurface Safety Valves & Flow Control Equipment
- Components and Functions of Wellheads
- Types and Functions of Subsurface Safety Valves
- Considerations for Safety Valve Setting Depth
- Surface Control of Subsurface Safety Valves
- Flow Control Devices and Nipple Profiles
- Types of Plug Selection for Flow Control
- Workover Operations: Reasons and Techniques
- Well Killing Operations: Techniques and Considerations
- Example Workover Operations (e.g., Gas Lift Wells, ESP Wells)
Module 4: Overview of Sand Control Completion
- Sandstone Formation Properties and Geology
- Causes and Consequences of Sand Production
- Introduction to Sand Control Methods
- Chemical and Mechanical Sand Control Techniques
- Perforation Systems for Non-Sand Control Completions
- Sand Control Options: Cased Hole Gravel Pack, Open Hole Gravel Packing, Expandable Screens
- Gravel Pack Design: Gravel Sizing, Slot Sizing, Placement Methods
- Carrier Fluid Concept in Sand Control Operations
- Choosing the Appropriate Sand Control Method
- Losses Controlling During Sand Control Operations
Module 5: Fundamentals of Rigless Operations and Well Stimulation
- Coiled Tubing: Surface and Subsurface Components and Applications
- Cleaning Operations with Coiled Tubing (CT)
- Well Back Flow Techniques: Nitrogen Lift
- Wireline Types and Applications in Well Completion
- Overview of Stimulation Techniques for Reservoirs
- Understanding Stress and Rock Properties in Stimulation Techniques