In the development of a hydrocarbon reservoir, numerous wells are drilled and completed to facilitate the depletion of the structure. However, the drilling and completion processes are vital to ensuring the long-term success of the wells in achieving their intended objectives. The design and completion of both production and injection wells must meet several key goals, including:
- Optimizing production/injection performance
- Ensuring safety throughout the process
- Maximizing the integrity and reliability of the completion over the well's lifespan
- Minimizing the total cost per unit volume of fluid produced or injected
- Reducing the costs associated with initial completion, ongoing production maintenance, and remedial actions
This Well Completion Design training course will cover:
- The primary functions of well completion
- Developing a comprehensive completion strategy for wells in various scenarios
- Selecting tubing, packers, and flow control equipment for completions
- Understanding various sand control techniques and their applications
By the end of this Well Completion Design training course, participants will be able to:
- Assess the bottom hole completion options for a given reservoir scenario and provide recommendations based on well integrity and reservoir management needs
- Identify, evaluate, and recommend suitable completion strings for various situations
- Explain the purpose and basic operating principles of key completion equipment components
- Recognize the limitations of well completion designs and identify potential failure mechanisms or operational issues with equipment
- Evaluate well safety requirements and the safety features inherent in well design
- Understand the integration of different stages in the well completion process
- Outline and create a flowchart for the general procedure of running a completion string
- Explain the necessary steps for pressure testing and maintaining well control during the completion process
- Emphasize the importance of accurate reporting and record-keeping throughout the completion process
This Energy Advanced Well Completion Design training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. The daily workshops will be highly interactive and participative
By sending their employees to attend this Well Completion Design training course, the organization will benefit from:
- Lowering the overall well cost through the proper selection of production strings
- Prolonging well life and effectively managing it to achieve optimal production
- Ensuring well integrity and mitigating potential risks
- Gain integrated knowledge of well completion design
- Strengthen their expertise and build confidence in designing effective completions
- Learn about the latest technologies in well operations
- Identify and address problems that affect optimal production and well integrity
This Energy training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Asset Managers
- Petroleum Engineers
- Production Technologists
- Production Personnel (Production Operators, Maintenance Supervisors)
- Drilling and Well Servicing Personnel (Drilling Manager, Drilling/Well Engineers, Completion and Well Service Engineers, Drilling Supervisors, Rig Manager, Toolpusher, Drillers)
Day One: Well Completion Design, Practices and Strategies
- Introduction of Reservoir Drive Mechanism
- Introduction into Artificial lift methods and their application
- IPR and Productivity Index
- Vertical Lift Performance
- Well Outflow and Inflow Systems
- Typical Vertical Lift Performance (VLP) for various Tubing Sizes
- Matching VLP curves with an IPR curve
- Well Completion Design Considerations
- Reservoir Considerations
- Mechanical Considerations
- Classification of Completions
Day Two: Lower & Upper Completion String Components & Selection Consideration
- Production Packer functions
- Packers Types
- Packers Generic Mechanisms
- Permanent and Retrievable Packers
- Locator Seals and Anchor Seals
- Applications for Permanent and for Retrievable Packers
- Setting Packers
- Inflatable Packer applications
- Sliding side door function
- Gas lift mandrel
- Running the completion
- Perforation methods and perforating equipment
- Perforation selection and conveying methods
Day Three: Wellheads/Sub-Surface Safety Valves & Flow Control Equipment
- Wellheads components, function and types
- Subsurface safety valves function
- Safety valves types
- Setting depth of subsurface safety valves consideration
- Surface control subsurface safety valves
- Flow control devices
- Nipple profiles types and plug selection
- Workover reasons
- Well killing operations technique and consideration
- Example for workover operations (Gas lift wells, Natural gas well, ESP well )
Day Four: Overview of Sand Control Completion
- Sandstone Formation Properties and Geology
- What causes Sand Production?
- Consequences of sand production downhole and on surface
- What is the mean of sand control?
- Perforation system for non-sand control completion
- Sand control options
- Chemical Consolidation
- Mechanical sand control methods
- Cased Hole Gravel Pack
- Open Hole Gravel Packing
- Expandable Screens
- Gravel Pack Design, Gravel Sizing and Slot Sizing
- Placement Methods
- Carrier Fluid Concept
- Choosing the appropriate method of Sand Control
- Losses controlling during sand control operations
- Perforating system for sand control
- Standalone screen applications
Day Five: Fundamentals of Rigless Operations Theory & Stimulation
- Coiled Tubing surface and subsurface components
- Coiled Tubing applications
- Cleaning operations with CT
- Well back flow (nitrogen lift)
- Wireline types and application
- Surface and subsurface components of wireline
- Formation damage mechanisms and their remediation
- Stimulation design considerations
- The most important production logging (PLT)
- Well barrier philosophy during well interventions