Completions and Workovers - CAW

Rock properties and fracture mechanics related to the fracturing process; Fracturing fluid mechanics; Proppant transport; Pre-frac injection test analysis; Fracture closure; Fracture monitoring and fracture measurement; Fluid leak-off; Re-fracturing considerations; Review of existing fracture modeling software; Evaluation of post-frac well performance

World class standards; Maintenance strategies; Planning and scheduling; Optimizing Preventative and Predictive maintenance; Identifying critical equipment; Utilizing your CMMS; Supplier certification; Developing organizational competence; Presenting your action plan

Overview of building an E&P GIS Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI); Create a geodatabase; Well data; Licence data; Seismic data; Raster data and Raster catalogs; Spatial data metadata; Implementing desktop access; Strategic decisions in E&P GIS Implementation; GIS in the Oil and Gas project lifecycle; Stakeholders and GIS focal points; Managing and E&P GIS; Spatial data QC; Managing an SDI; Interfaces with third party systems

Overview of the drilling process:Overall drilling practices; Language of drilling; Reservoir rock and fluid properties; Rigs & rig equipment; Drilling string components & design; Bits; Rig operation; Drilling fluids & hydraulics; MWD; Well control; Hole problems and stuck pipe; Drilling risks; Cores and coring; Casing design & installation; Primary cementing; Directional, horizontal, multilateral and under-balanced drilling; Wellhead & trees; Overview of the completion process:Zonal isolation; Tubing, packers & completion equipment; Safety & flow control devices; Open hole completions; Basic completion types; Perforating; Open & cased hole logging; Formation damage & treatment; Completion fluids; Multiple completions; Overview of workover techniques:Stimulation application: surfactants, solvents, acidizing, fracturing and deep perforating; Formation and sand control: chemical consolidation, gravel packing, frac-pack, new and novel techniques; Scale and corrosion; Sidetracking; Paraffin and asphaltenes; Reworks; Recompletions; Deepening; Coiled tubing

The nature of seismic data; What is wave propagation?; What causes seismic reflections and how they relate to rock properties including pore filling material; The wavelet in the seismic data and its limit of resolution; Seismic velocities as they relate to rock properties and the imaging process; The relationship between seismic velocities and pore pressure; Pore pressure prediction; Seismic data processing and seismic migration; Prestack, poststack, time and depth imaging; Direct hydrocarbon indicators and AVO; Seismic inversion for rock and fluid properties; Seismic attributes; Time lapse reservoir monitoring (4D seismic surveys); Recent developments in seismic acquisition, processing, and interpretation

Minerals and rocks; Plate tectonics; Geological times; Weathering and erosion; Deposition; Diagenesis; Reservoirs; Structural geology and petroleum; Origin, migration, and trapping of petroleum

Reservoir fluid properties; Coring practices and rock properties; Fundamentals of fluid flow; Reservoir fluid distribution; Reservoir classification; Reservoir drive mechanisms; Oil and gas well performance; Pressure buildup analysis; Oil displacement concepts; Estimation of oil-in-place and gas-in-place; Recovery techniques

Reservoir considerations; Overview of artificial lift; Design and analysis of the beam pump system; Prime mover; Belts; Sheaves; Gear box; Unit; Polished rod; Wellhead/stuffing box; Rods; Pump; Tubing; Artificial lift efficiency; Heavy oil considerations; Gas separation/handling; Best practices for operation; Component design; System analysis; Pump off controllers

Coring and core analysis objectives; Coring hardware and maximizing core recovery; Core-handling, wellsite procedures, and preservation methods; Sidewall coring and analysis; Organizing effective laboratory programs; Porosity, permeability and fluid saturation; Quality control in core analysis; Petrography and mineralogy; Special core analysis sample selection and statistical data analysis; Core-log correlation (includes nmr log calibration, acoustic, nuclear, and electrical properties) an introduction to rock mechanics; Wettability, relative permeability, capillary pressure, and reservoir fluid distribution; Data integration in reservoir simulation; Final problem: design of coring and core analysis program

Applications for directional drilling; Directional profiles; Extended reach wells; Survey calculations and accuracy; Dogleg severity calculations and problems associated with doglegs; Planning directional and horizontal wells; Horizontal drilling methods and applications; Logging high angle wells; Hole-cleaning; Multi-laterals; Types of survey instruments; Tools used to deflect a wellbore; Torque and drag calculations; Cementing

Overview of flow assurance; PVT analysis and fluid properties; Steady state and transient multiphase flow modeling; Hydrate, paraffin and asphaltene control; Corrosion, erosion and sand control; Fluid property and phase behavior modeling; Equations of state; Fugacity and equilibrium; Viscosities of oils; Thermal modeling; Multiphase pressure boosting; Slugging: hydrodynamic, terrain induced & ramp up; Commissioning, start-up, and shutdown operations

Gas Processing Systems; Physical Properties of Hydrocarbons; Qualitative Phase Behavior; Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium; Water-Hydrocarbon Behavior; Basic Thermodynamic Concepts and System Energy Changes; Relief and Flare Systems; Fluid Hydraulics; Separators; Heat Transfer; Pumps; Compressors; Refrigeration / NGL Extraction; Fractionation / Distillation; Glycol Dehydration; Adsorption Dehydration; Sour Gas Treating and Sulfur Recovery

How much trouble can coordinate errors cause (with case studies); Key geomatics/geodesy definitions; Geospatial reference surfaces; Geodetic datums, coordinate reference systems and transformations; Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) including GPS; Map projection methods; What is "North"; Effects of different linear units; Vertical datums, geoidal models, vertical CRS and transformations; Google earth and associated geospatial data issues; Geospatial metadata: What is it and how can it be made part of the normal workflow process; Recap and course references

Fundamentals; Field measurement devices; Final elements and actuators; Pressure relief and pressure regulation; Instrumentation documentation; Control system basics; Programmable logic controllers; Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems; Distributed control systems (DCS); Safety instrumented system (SIS); Hazardous areas and equipment selection

Characterization of natural fractures and fracture systems; Influence of mechanical stratigraphy and structure on fracture development; Detection and prediction of subsurface natural-fracture occurrence and intensity from cores and well logs; Fractured rock properties affecting reservoir performance; Classification of naturally-fractured reservoirs with reservoir examples and potential production problems; Naturally-fractures reservoirs: Fluid-flow, Well performance and well testing, Reservoir performance, Numerical Simulation; Geomechanics/fluid-flow; Behavior and Stimulation of naturally-fractured reservoirs; Effects of natural fractures on reservoir permeability anisotropy, drainage area and waterflood sweep efficiency

Overview of upstream oil and gas production operations; Overview of reservoirs and well inflow performance; Overview of artificial lift; Processing configurations (example PFD's); Fluid compositions, properties and phase behavior; Phase separation of gas, oil, and water; Emulsions; Sand, wax, and asphaltenes; Oil treating; Field desalting; Crude stabilization and sweetening; Crude oil storage and vapor recovery; Measurement of crude oil; Transportation of crude oil; Produced water treating; Compressors; Water injection systems; Relief and flare systems; Overview of solution gas processing

Rock properties and fracture mechanics related to the fracturing process; Fracturing fluid mechanics; Proppant transport; Pre-frac injection test analysis; Fracture closure; Fracture monitoring and fracture measurement; Fluid leak-off; Re-fracturing considerations; Review of existing fracture modeling software; Evaluation of post-frac well performance

World class standards; Maintenance strategies; Planning and scheduling; Optimizing Preventative and Predictive maintenance; Identifying critical equipment; Utilizing your CMMS; Supplier certification; Developing organizational competence; Presenting your action plan

Overview of building an E&P GIS Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI); Create a geodatabase; Well data; Licence data; Seismic data; Raster data and Raster catalogs; Spatial data metadata; Implementing desktop access; Strategic decisions in E&P GIS Implementation; GIS in the Oil and Gas project lifecycle; Stakeholders and GIS focal points; Managing and E&P GIS; Spatial data QC; Managing an SDI; Interfaces with third party systems

Overview of the drilling process:Overall drilling practices; Language of drilling; Reservoir rock and fluid properties; Rigs & rig equipment; Drilling string components & design; Bits; Rig operation; Drilling fluids & hydraulics; MWD; Well control; Hole problems and stuck pipe; Drilling risks; Cores and coring; Casing design & installation; Primary cementing; Directional, horizontal, multilateral and under-balanced drilling; Wellhead & trees; Overview of the completion process:Zonal isolation; Tubing, packers & completion equipment; Safety & flow control devices; Open hole completions; Basic completion types; Perforating; Open & cased hole logging; Formation damage & treatment; Completion fluids; Multiple completions; Overview of workover techniques:Stimulation application: surfactants, solvents, acidizing, fracturing and deep perforating; Formation and sand control: chemical consolidation, gravel packing, frac-pack, new and novel techniques; Scale and corrosion; Sidetracking; Paraffin and asphaltenes; Reworks; Recompletions; Deepening; Coiled tubing

The nature of seismic data; What is wave propagation?; What causes seismic reflections and how they relate to rock properties including pore filling material; The wavelet in the seismic data and its limit of resolution; Seismic velocities as they relate to rock properties and the imaging process; The relationship between seismic velocities and pore pressure; Pore pressure prediction; Seismic data processing and seismic migration; Prestack, poststack, time and depth imaging; Direct hydrocarbon indicators and AVO; Seismic inversion for rock and fluid properties; Seismic attributes; Time lapse reservoir monitoring (4D seismic surveys); Recent developments in seismic acquisition, processing, and interpretation

Minerals and rocks; Plate tectonics; Geological times; Weathering and erosion; Deposition; Diagenesis; Reservoirs; Structural geology and petroleum; Origin, migration, and trapping of petroleum

Reservoir fluid properties; Coring practices and rock properties; Fundamentals of fluid flow; Reservoir fluid distribution; Reservoir classification; Reservoir drive mechanisms; Oil and gas well performance; Pressure buildup analysis; Oil displacement concepts; Estimation of oil-in-place and gas-in-place; Recovery techniques

Reservoir considerations; Overview of artificial lift; Design and analysis of the beam pump system; Prime mover; Belts; Sheaves; Gear box; Unit; Polished rod; Wellhead/stuffing box; Rods; Pump; Tubing; Artificial lift efficiency; Heavy oil considerations; Gas separation/handling; Best practices for operation; Component design; System analysis; Pump off controllers

Coring and core analysis objectives; Coring hardware and maximizing core recovery; Core-handling, wellsite procedures, and preservation methods; Sidewall coring and analysis; Organizing effective laboratory programs; Porosity, permeability and fluid saturation; Quality control in core analysis; Petrography and mineralogy; Special core analysis sample selection and statistical data analysis; Core-log correlation (includes nmr log calibration, acoustic, nuclear, and electrical properties) an introduction to rock mechanics; Wettability, relative permeability, capillary pressure, and reservoir fluid distribution; Data integration in reservoir simulation; Final problem: design of coring and core analysis program

Applications for directional drilling; Directional profiles; Extended reach wells; Survey calculations and accuracy; Dogleg severity calculations and problems associated with doglegs; Planning directional and horizontal wells; Horizontal drilling methods and applications; Logging high angle wells; Hole-cleaning; Multi-laterals; Types of survey instruments; Tools used to deflect a wellbore; Torque and drag calculations; Cementing

Overview of flow assurance; PVT analysis and fluid properties; Steady state and transient multiphase flow modeling; Hydrate, paraffin and asphaltene control; Corrosion, erosion and sand control; Fluid property and phase behavior modeling; Equations of state; Fugacity and equilibrium; Viscosities of oils; Thermal modeling; Multiphase pressure boosting; Slugging: hydrodynamic, terrain induced & ramp up; Commissioning, start-up, and shutdown operations

Gas Processing Systems; Physical Properties of Hydrocarbons; Qualitative Phase Behavior; Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium; Water-Hydrocarbon Behavior; Basic Thermodynamic Concepts and System Energy Changes; Relief and Flare Systems; Fluid Hydraulics; Separators; Heat Transfer; Pumps; Compressors; Refrigeration / NGL Extraction; Fractionation / Distillation; Glycol Dehydration; Adsorption Dehydration; Sour Gas Treating and Sulfur Recovery

How much trouble can coordinate errors cause (with case studies); Key geomatics/geodesy definitions; Geospatial reference surfaces; Geodetic datums, coordinate reference systems and transformations; Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) including GPS; Map projection methods; What is "North"; Effects of different linear units; Vertical datums, geoidal models, vertical CRS and transformations; Google earth and associated geospatial data issues; Geospatial metadata: What is it and how can it be made part of the normal workflow process; Recap and course references

Fundamentals; Field measurement devices; Final elements and actuators; Pressure relief and pressure regulation; Instrumentation documentation; Control system basics; Programmable logic controllers; Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems; Distributed control systems (DCS); Safety instrumented system (SIS); Hazardous areas and equipment selection

Characterization of natural fractures and fracture systems; Influence of mechanical stratigraphy and structure on fracture development; Detection and prediction of subsurface natural-fracture occurrence and intensity from cores and well logs; Fractured rock properties affecting reservoir performance; Classification of naturally-fractured reservoirs with reservoir examples and potential production problems; Naturally-fractures reservoirs: Fluid-flow, Well performance and well testing, Reservoir performance, Numerical Simulation; Geomechanics/fluid-flow; Behavior and Stimulation of naturally-fractured reservoirs; Effects of natural fractures on reservoir permeability anisotropy, drainage area and waterflood sweep efficiency

Overview of upstream oil and gas production operations; Overview of reservoirs and well inflow performance; Overview of artificial lift; Processing configurations (example PFD's); Fluid compositions, properties and phase behavior; Phase separation of gas, oil, and water; Emulsions; Sand, wax, and asphaltenes; Oil treating; Field desalting; Crude stabilization and sweetening; Crude oil storage and vapor recovery; Measurement of crude oil; Transportation of crude oil; Produced water treating; Compressors; Water injection systems; Relief and flare systems; Overview of solution gas processing

Rock properties and fracture mechanics related to the fracturing process; Fracturing fluid mechanics; Proppant transport; Pre-frac injection test analysis; Fracture closure; Fracture monitoring and fracture measurement; Fluid leak-off; Re-fracturing considerations; Review of existing fracture modeling software; Evaluation of post-frac well performance

World class standards; Maintenance strategies; Planning and scheduling; Optimizing Preventative and Predictive maintenance; Identifying critical equipment; Utilizing your CMMS; Supplier certification; Developing organizational competence; Presenting your action plan

Overview of building an E&P GIS Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI); Create a geodatabase; Well data; Licence data; Seismic data; Raster data and Raster catalogs; Spatial data metadata; Implementing desktop access; Strategic decisions in E&P GIS Implementation; GIS in the Oil and Gas project lifecycle; Stakeholders and GIS focal points; Managing and E&P GIS; Spatial data QC; Managing an SDI; Interfaces with third party systems

Overview of the drilling process:Overall drilling practices; Language of drilling; Reservoir rock and fluid properties; Rigs & rig equipment; Drilling string components & design; Bits; Rig operation; Drilling fluids & hydraulics; MWD; Well control; Hole problems and stuck pipe; Drilling risks; Cores and coring; Casing design & installation; Primary cementing; Directional, horizontal, multilateral and under-balanced drilling; Wellhead & trees; Overview of the completion process:Zonal isolation; Tubing, packers & completion equipment; Safety & flow control devices; Open hole completions; Basic completion types; Perforating; Open & cased hole logging; Formation damage & treatment; Completion fluids; Multiple completions; Overview of workover techniques:Stimulation application: surfactants, solvents, acidizing, fracturing and deep perforating; Formation and sand control: chemical consolidation, gravel packing, frac-pack, new and novel techniques; Scale and corrosion; Sidetracking; Paraffin and asphaltenes; Reworks; Recompletions; Deepening; Coiled tubing

The nature of seismic data; What is wave propagation?; What causes seismic reflections and how they relate to rock properties including pore filling material; The wavelet in the seismic data and its limit of resolution; Seismic velocities as they relate to rock properties and the imaging process; The relationship between seismic velocities and pore pressure; Pore pressure prediction; Seismic data processing and seismic migration; Prestack, poststack, time and depth imaging; Direct hydrocarbon indicators and AVO; Seismic inversion for rock and fluid properties; Seismic attributes; Time lapse reservoir monitoring (4D seismic surveys); Recent developments in seismic acquisition, processing, and interpretation

Minerals and rocks; Plate tectonics; Geological times; Weathering and erosion; Deposition; Diagenesis; Reservoirs; Structural geology and petroleum; Origin, migration, and trapping of petroleum

Reservoir fluid properties; Coring practices and rock properties; Fundamentals of fluid flow; Reservoir fluid distribution; Reservoir classification; Reservoir drive mechanisms; Oil and gas well performance; Pressure buildup analysis; Oil displacement concepts; Estimation of oil-in-place and gas-in-place; Recovery techniques

Reservoir considerations; Overview of artificial lift; Design and analysis of the beam pump...