Production Operations 1 - PO1

Well stimulation objectives; Types of formation damage; Influence of skin factor; Production improvement with skin removal; Well stimulation and reservoir management; Perforating techniques and well stimulation; Acidizing for well stimulation; Chemistry of sandstone acidizing; Chemistry of carbonate acidizing; Acid additives; Treatment diversion; Acid fracturing; Rules of thumb; Types of acids; Sandstone acidizing guidelines; Carbonate acidizing guidelines; Re-stimulation of acidized wells; QA/QC in acidizing applications; Safety precautions

Asset life cycles, professional roles, hydrocarbon reservoir descriptions. Porosity, permeability, compressibility, capillary pressure, wettability and relative permeability, averaging reservoir property data; Phase behavior of reservoir fluids, gas properties, oil properties, water properties, PVT sampling and understanding PVT laboratory reports; Calculate original hydrocarbons in-place with volumetric methods, build hydrocarbon volume vs depth relationships, and review reserve booking guidelines; Oil recovery material balance, Havlena-Odeh method, gas material balance, volumetric, compaction, water drive and compartmentalized reservoirs; Oil well testing: Radial flow theory, wellbore storage and skin, drawdowns, buildups, curve shapes, type curve solutions, pseudo steady state, steady state, average pressure estimates, PI and IPR relationships; Gas well testing: Pressure, pressure squared, real gas pseudo pressure solutions, rate sensitive skins, multi-rate testing, gas well deliverability; Hurst van Everdingen, Carter Tracy, and Fetkovitch methods of aquifer analysis and description; Immiscible displacement: Fluid displacement process, fractional flow, Buckley Leverett, Welge; Description of coning, cusping, and over/under running, critical rates calculations, breakthrough times, horizontal well applications; Gas reservoirs: volumetric, water drive and compaction drive-oil reservoirs: water drive, water flood, gravity drainage, gas cap expansion, combination drive, naturally fractured and critical reservoir fluid reservoirs; Gas field developments: characteristics, deliverability issues, contracts, planning tools-oil field developments: development phases, reservoir characterization, sweep and recovery, production policies; Reservoir simulation: Why simulate? Various simulation models, simulator types, setting up a simulator model

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

Forecasting oil production; Defining: "reserves", operating expenses, capital expenditures, inflation, factors effecting oil and gas prices; Cash flow techniques; Economic criteria: interest, hurdle rate, time value of money, selection, ranking criteria; Risk, uncertainty: types of risk, mathematical techniques, probabilistic models, uncertainty in economic analysis; Tips on economic factors in computer spreadsheet analysis; Ethics in economic analyses

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

The overall cementing operation; Primary cementing; Remedial cementing; Plug cementing; The use of cement additives; Laboratory testing; Casing hardware; Cement sheath integrity; Cement sheath evaluation; Mixing equipment; Special cement systems; Cement guidelines; Current documents

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

Composition and properties of water-based drilling fluids; Analysis of API water-base mud and non-aqueous drilling fluid report; Identification and treatment of drilling fluid contaminants; Composition and properties of water-based and non-aqueous drilling fluid systems; Selection of water phase salinity for borehole stability; API water-based and non-aqueous drilling mud tests; Adjustment of non-aqueous drilling fluid properties; Managing invert emulsion fluid systems: rig preparation and displacement; Non-aqueous drilling fluids designed for environmental compliance

Types of pumps, compressors, and drivers and their common applications and range of operations.; Evaluation and selection of pumps and compressors and their drivers for long-term efficient operations.; Unit and station configuration including multiple trains in series and/or parallel operations.; Integration with upstream and downstream process equipment, local and remote control systems, and facilities utilities.; Key auxiliary systems including monitoring equipment, heat exchangers, lube and seal systems, and fuel/power systems.; Major design, installation, operating, troubleshooting, and maintenance considerations.

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

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

Use a Brownfield project stage gate process to initiate, plan, execute and close out a project; Use decision making and issue management to keep a project on track; Communications plan development to facilitate stakeholder management; The role of quality management in engineering, procurement, and contractor management; The prominent role of Health, Safety, and Environment discipline in project execution; Manage issues associated with construction readiness and construction management; Handover, startup, and closeout best practices for Brownfield projects; Key Value Improving Practices (VIPs) for Brownfield projects; Cost and schedule management principles and performance reporting techniques; Contract types, contractor selection, and contractor management; Roles and qualities of successful project managers; Effective risk management

Speaking skills; Time management in meetings; Agenda creation; Conflict management; Meeting facilitation aids

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

Petroleum geology and its systems; Operations geology: prospect to well planning, provision of geological services; Wellsite geology: geological sampling, sample analysis and well stratigraphy, cutting and core description; Structural geology: fractures, faults, borehole geology; Drilling Operations: bits, fluids, casing and cement, drilling problems and well control, directional drilling, geosteering; Logging operations: acquisition, tools, quick look interpretation, MWD/LWD, geosteering; Well testing & fluids: reservoir properties, rock and fluid interaction, permeability, averaging, data gathering and interpretation; Impact on FDP: case histories; Tendering and contracting; Reporting: geological data, petrophysical data, pressure data; Exercises: cores, cuttings, quick look, pressures, daily drilling report

Well stimulation objectives; Types of formation damage; Influence of skin factor; Production improvement with skin removal; Well stimulation and reservoir management; Perforating techniques and well stimulation; Acidizing for well stimulation; Chemistry of sandstone acidizing; Chemistry of carbonate acidizing; Acid additives; Treatment diversion; Acid fracturing; Rules of thumb; Types of acids; Sandstone acidizing guidelines; Carbonate acidizing guidelines; Re-stimulation of acidized wells; QA/QC in acidizing applications; Safety precautions

Asset life cycles, professional roles, hydrocarbon reservoir descriptions. Porosity, permeability, compressibility, capillary pressure, wettability and relative permeability, averaging reservoir property data; Phase behavior of reservoir fluids, gas properties, oil properties, water properties, PVT sampling and understanding PVT laboratory reports; Calculate original hydrocarbons in-place with volumetric methods, build hydrocarbon volume vs depth relationships, and review reserve booking guidelines; Oil recovery material balance, Havlena-Odeh method, gas material balance, volumetric, compaction, water drive and compartmentalized reservoirs; Oil well testing: Radial flow theory, wellbore storage and skin, drawdowns, buildups, curve shapes, type curve solutions, pseudo steady state, steady state, average pressure estimates, PI and IPR relationships; Gas well testing: Pressure, pressure squared, real gas pseudo pressure solutions, rate sensitive skins, multi-rate testing, gas well deliverability; Hurst van Everdingen, Carter Tracy, and Fetkovitch methods of aquifer analysis and description; Immiscible displacement: Fluid displacement process, fractional flow, Buckley Leverett, Welge; Description of coning, cusping, and over/under running, critical rates calculations, breakthrough times, horizontal well applications; Gas reservoirs: volumetric, water drive and compaction drive-oil reservoirs: water drive, water flood, gravity drainage, gas cap expansion, combination drive, naturally fractured and critical reservoir fluid reservoirs; Gas field developments: characteristics, deliverability issues, contracts, planning tools-oil field developments: development phases, reservoir characterization, sweep and recovery, production policies; Reservoir simulation: Why simulate? Various simulation models, simulator types, setting up a simulator model

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

Forecasting oil production; Defining: "reserves", operating expenses, capital expenditures, inflation, factors effecting oil and gas prices; Cash flow techniques; Economic criteria: interest, hurdle rate, time value of money, selection, ranking criteria; Risk, uncertainty: types of risk, mathematical techniques, probabilistic models, uncertainty in economic analysis; Tips on economic factors in computer spreadsheet analysis; Ethics in economic analyses

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

The overall cementing operation; Primary cementing; Remedial cementing; Plug cementing; The use of cement additives; Laboratory testing; Casing hardware; Cement sheath integrity; Cement sheath evaluation; Mixing equipment; Special cement systems; Cement guidelines; Current documents

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

Composition and properties of water-based drilling fluids; Analysis of API water-base mud and non-aqueous drilling fluid report; Identification and treatment of drilling fluid contaminants; Composition and properties of water-based and non-aqueous drilling fluid systems; Selection of water phase salinity for borehole stability; API water-based and non-aqueous drilling mud tests; Adjustment of non-aqueous drilling fluid properties; Managing invert emulsion fluid systems: rig preparation and displacement; Non-aqueous drilling fluids designed for environmental compliance

Types of pumps, compressors, and drivers and their common applications and range of operations.; Evaluation and selection of pumps and compressors and their drivers for long-term efficient operations.; Unit and station configuration including multiple trains in series and/or parallel operations.; Integration with upstream and downstream process equipment, local and remote control systems, and facilities utilities.; Key auxiliary systems including monitoring equipment, heat exchangers, lube and seal systems, and fuel/power systems.; Major design, installation, operating, troubleshooting, and maintenance considerations.

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

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

Use a Brownfield project stage gate process to initiate, plan, execute and close out a project; Use decision making and issue management to keep a project on track; Communications plan development to facilitate stakeholder management; The role of quality management in engineering, procurement, and contractor management; The prominent role of Health, Safety, and Environment discipline in project execution; Manage issues associated with construction readiness and construction management; Handover, startup, and closeout best practices for Brownfield projects; Key Value Improving Practices (VIPs) for Brownfield projects; Cost and schedule management principles and performance reporting techniques; Contract types, contractor selection, and contractor management; Roles and qualities of successful project managers; Effective risk management

Speaking skills; Time management in meetings; Agenda creation; Conflict management; Meeting facilitation aids

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

Petroleum geology and its systems; Operations geology: prospect to well planning, provision of geological services; Wellsite geology: geological sampling, sample analysis and well stratigraphy, cutting and core description; Structural geology: fractures, faults, borehole geology; Drilling Operations: bits, fluids, casing and cement, drilling problems and well control, directional drilling, geosteering; Logging operations: acquisition, tools, quick look interpretation, MWD/LWD, geosteering; Well testing & fluids: reservoir properties, rock and fluid interaction, permeability, averaging, data gathering and interpretation; Impact on FDP: case histories; Tendering and contracting; Reporting: geological data, petrophysical data, pressure data; Exercises: cores, cuttings, quick look, pressures, daily drilling report

Well stimulation objectives; Types of formation damage; Influence of skin factor; Production improvement with skin removal; Well stimulation and reservoir management; Perforating techniques and well stimulation; Acidizing for well stimulation; Chemistry of sandstone acidizing; Chemistry of carbonate acidizing; Acid additives; Treatment diversion; Acid fracturing; Rules of thumb; Types of acids; Sandstone acidizing guidelines; Carbonate acidizing guidelines; Re-stimulation of acidized wells; QA/QC in acidizing applications; Safety precautions

Asset life cycles, professional roles, hydrocarbon reservoir descriptions. Porosity, permeability, compressibility, capillary pressure, wettability and relative permeability, averaging reservoir property data; Phase behavior of reservoir fluids, gas properties, oil properties, water...