Overview of Subsea Systems - SS-2

Overview of artificial lift technology; Criteria for selection of artificial lift system; Reservoir performance: inflow and outflow relationships; Artificial lift screening; Introduction to rod-pumping, gas lift, and ESP systems; Rod-pump design: pumping unit, rods, pump, prime movers, gas anchor, pump-off controls; Gas lift design: mandrels, valves, injection gas requirements, temperature, chokes, spacing, equilibrium curve, continuous flow design; ESP design: pump performance curves, pump intake curves, typical problems, installation, troubleshooting; Best practices for installation and maintenance; Economic analysis

Basic well completion design, practices, and strategies; Well quality and integrity; Safety aspects of well design; Packer selection and tubing forces; Wellheads/chokes/ subsurface safety valves and flow control equipment; Corrosion and erosion Inflow and tubing performance; Tubing design and selection; Materials selection; Deviated/multiple zone/subsea horizontal/multilateral and hpht completion considerations; Perforating design; Causes and prevention of formation damage; Stimulation design considerations; Sand control; Wireline/coiled tubing/workover rig operations; Snubbing

Opportunity identification; Elements of petroleum environment; Play to prospect to field technologies; Concessions and contracts; Find and define an asset; Appraise an opportunity; Build a field development plan; Facilities: gas, oil, design, construction, processing, maintenance, decommissioning; Building an effective team; Company/industry processes and procedures