Well Design and Engineering - WDE

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

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

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

Bitumen and Heavy Oil Introduction and Definitions; Comparison of Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs; Worldwide Heavy Oil Resources and Occurrences; Geology and Overview of Venezuela and Trinidad Heavy Oil Resources; Introduction of United States Heavy Oil Occurrences (Utah, California and Texas); Geology, History and Development of Canada Oil Sands; Oil Sand Characteristics and Development Strategies; Oil Sand Mining Details and Reclamation; Environmental challenges for Heavy Oil Resources; Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery Process Review; Introduction to Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD); Other Commercial Thermal In-situ Methodologies; Commercial Application of Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS) in Canada and other non-thermal heavy oil recovery methods; Field Examples and Development Strategies of Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery Projects; Overview of Thermal Well Completions and Production Facilities; Reserves and Economics

Fundamental concepts of petrophysics; Depositional systems and petrophysical rock parameters; Nature of porosity and permeability; Basic rock properties; theory and quicklook techniques; Mudlogging; Core analysis, acquisition, interpretation, and quality checks; Theory and basics of resistivity, radioactivity, acoustic tools; LWD/MWD versus open hole logging; Determination of rock types using core and logs; Cased hole logging; Petrophysical impact on economic uncertainty; Evolving petrophysical technologies

Fundamentals of directional drilling, motors, bent housings and rotary steerable systems; Measurement while drilling tools surveys, and logging while drilling tools; Nuances of directional drilling; stick slip, dogleg severity and ellipses of uncertainty; Well planning and 'Geo-Steering'; Landing intermediate casing, and extrapolating to the bit, then drilling out; Class and team example wells - with post well review and perforation discussion

Natural Gas and World Energy Trends; A Closer Look at Natural Gas; Gas Sweetening; Gas Hydrates and Dehydration; Phase Behavior and Phase Envelopes; Stabilization and Fractionation Concepts and Facilities; Gas Conditioning (Dew Point Control) and NGL Extraction; Gas Processing Key Equipment and Support Systems (Heat Transfer, Compression, Pipelines and Gathering Systems, Measurement); Specialty Processes in Gas Processing (LNG, Nitrogen Rejection and Helium Recovery, and Sulfur Recovery and Acid Gas Reinjection); Special Topics in 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

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

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

Bitumen and Heavy Oil Introduction and Definitions; Comparison of Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs; Worldwide Heavy Oil Resources and Occurrences; Geology and Overview of Venezuela and Trinidad Heavy Oil Resources; Introduction of United States Heavy Oil Occurrences (Utah, California and Texas); Geology, History and Development of Canada Oil Sands; Oil Sand Characteristics and Development Strategies; Oil Sand Mining Details and Reclamation; Environmental challenges for Heavy Oil Resources; Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery Process Review; Introduction to Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD); Other Commercial Thermal In-situ Methodologies; Commercial Application of Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS) in Canada and other non-thermal heavy oil recovery methods; Field Examples and Development Strategies of Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery Projects; Overview of Thermal Well Completions and Production Facilities; Reserves and Economics

Fundamental concepts of petrophysics; Depositional systems and petrophysical rock parameters; Nature of porosity and permeability; Basic rock properties; theory and quicklook techniques; Mudlogging; Core analysis, acquisition, interpretation, and quality checks; Theory and basics of resistivity, radioactivity, acoustic tools; LWD/MWD versus open hole logging; Determination of rock types using core and logs; Cased hole logging; Petrophysical impact on economic uncertainty; Evolving petrophysical technologies

Fundamentals of directional drilling, motors, bent housings and rotary steerable systems; Measurement while drilling tools surveys, and logging while drilling tools; Nuances of directional drilling; stick slip, dogleg severity and ellipses of uncertainty; Well planning and 'Geo-Steering'; Landing intermediate casing, and extrapolating to the bit, then drilling out; Class and team example wells - with post well review and perforation discussion

Natural Gas and World Energy Trends; A Closer Look at Natural Gas; Gas Sweetening; Gas Hydrates and Dehydration; Phase Behavior and Phase Envelopes; Stabilization and Fractionation Concepts and Facilities; Gas Conditioning (Dew Point Control) and NGL Extraction; Gas Processing Key Equipment and Support Systems (Heat Transfer, Compression, Pipelines and Gathering Systems, Measurement); Specialty Processes in Gas Processing (LNG, Nitrogen Rejection and Helium Recovery, and Sulfur Recovery and Acid Gas Reinjection); Special Topics in 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

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

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

Bitumen and Heavy Oil Introduction and Definitions; Comparison of Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs; Worldwide Heavy Oil Resources and Occurrences; Geology and Overview of Venezuela and Trinidad Heavy Oil Resources; Introduction of United States Heavy Oil Occurrences (Utah, California and Texas); Geology, History and Development of Canada Oil Sands; Oil Sand Characteristics and Development Strategies; Oil Sand Mining Details and Reclamation; Environmental challenges for Heavy Oil Resources; Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery Process Review; Introduction to Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD); Other Commercial Thermal In-situ Methodologies; Commercial Application of Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS) in Canada and other non-thermal heavy oil recovery methods; Field Examples and Development Strategies of Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery Projects; Overview of Thermal Well Completions and Production Facilities; Reserves and Economics

Fundamental concepts of petrophysics; Depositional systems and petrophysical rock parameters; Nature of porosity and permeability; Basic rock properties; theory and quicklook techniques; Mudlogging; Core analysis, acquisition, interpretation, and quality checks; Theory and basics of resistivity, radioactivity, acoustic tools; LWD/MWD versus open hole logging; Determination of rock types using core and logs; Cased hole logging; Petrophysical impact on economic uncertainty; Evolving petrophysical technologies

Fundamentals of directional drilling, motors, bent housings and rotary steerable systems; Measurement while drilling tools surveys, and logging while drilling tools; Nuances of directional drilling; stick slip, dogleg severity and ellipses of uncertainty; Well planning and 'Geo-Steering'; Landing intermediate casing, and extrapolating to the bit, then drilling out; Class and team example wells - with post well review and perforation discussion

Natural Gas and World Energy Trends; A Closer Look at Natural Gas; Gas Sweetening; Gas Hydrates and Dehydration; Phase Behavior and Phase Envelopes; Stabilization and Fractionation Concepts and Facilities; Gas Conditioning (Dew Point Control) and NGL Extraction; Gas Processing Key Equipment and Support Systems (Heat Transfer, Compression, Pipelines and Gathering Systems, Measurement); Specialty Processes in Gas Processing (LNG, Nitrogen Rejection and Helium Recovery, and Sulfur Recovery and Acid Gas Reinjection); Special Topics in 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

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

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

Bitumen and Heavy Oil Introduction and Definitions; Comparison of Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs; Worldwide Heavy Oil Resources and Occurrences; Geology and Overview of Venezuela and Trinidad Heavy Oil Resources; Introduction of United States Heavy Oil Occurrences (Utah, California and Texas); Geology, History and Development of Canada Oil Sands; Oil Sand Characteristics and Development Strategies; Oil Sand Mining Details and Reclamation; Environmental challenges for Heavy Oil Resources; Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery Process Review; Introduction to Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD); Other Commercial Thermal In-situ Methodologies; Commercial Application of Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS) in Canada and other non-thermal heavy oil recovery methods; Field Examples and Development Strategies of Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery Projects; Overview of Thermal Well Completions and Production Facilities; Reserves and Economics

Fundamental concepts of petrophysics; Depositional systems and petrophysical rock parameters; Nature of porosity and permeability; Basic rock properties; theory and quicklook techniques; Mudlogging; Core analysis, acquisition, interpretation, and quality checks; Theory and basics of resistivity, radioactivity, acoustic tools; LWD/MWD versus open hole logging; Determination of rock types using core and logs; Cased hole logging; Petrophysical impact on economic uncertainty; Evolving petrophysical technologies

Fundamentals of directional drilling, motors, bent housings and rotary steerable systems; Measurement while drilling tools surveys, and logging while drilling tools; Nuances of directional drilling; stick slip, dogleg severity and ellipses of uncertainty; Well planning and 'Geo-Steering'; Landing intermediate casing, and extrapolating to the bit, then drilling out; Class and team example wells - with post well review and perforation discussion

Natural Gas and World Energy Trends; A Closer Look at Natural Gas; Gas Sweetening; Gas Hydrates and Dehydration; Phase Behavior and Phase Envelopes; Stabilization and Fractionation Concepts and Facilities; Gas Conditioning (Dew Point Control) and NGL Extraction; Gas Processing Key Equipment and Support Systems (Heat Transfer, Compression, Pipelines and Gathering Systems, Measurement); Specialty Processes in Gas Processing (LNG, Nitrogen Rejection and Helium Recovery, and Sulfur Recovery and Acid Gas Reinjection); Special Topics in 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

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

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

Bitumen and Heavy Oil Introduction and Definitions; Comparison of Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs; Worldwide Heavy Oil Resources and Occurrences; Geology and Overview of Venezuela and Trinidad Heavy Oil Resources; Introduction of United States Heavy Oil Occurrences (Utah, California and Texas); Geology, History and Development of Canada Oil Sands; Oil Sand Characteristics and Development Strategies; Oil Sand Mining Details and Reclamation; Environmental challenges for Heavy Oil Resources; Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery Process Review; Introduction to Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD); Other Commercial Thermal In-situ Methodologies; Commercial Application of Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand (CHOPS) in Canada and other non-thermal heavy oil recovery methods; Field Examples and Development Strategies of Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery Projects; Overview of Thermal Well Completions and Production Facilities; Reserves and Economics

Fundamental concepts of petrophysics; Depositional systems and petrophysical rock parameters; Nature of porosity and permeability; Basic rock properties; theory and quicklook techniques; Mudlogging; Core analysis, acquisition, interpretation, and quality checks; Theory and basics of resistivity, radioactivity, acoustic tools; LWD/MWD versus open hole logging; Determination of rock types using core and logs; Cased hole logging; Petrophysical impact on economic uncertainty; Evolving petrophysical technologies

Fundamentals of directional drilling, motors, bent housings and rotary steerable systems; Measurement while drilling tools surveys, and logging while drilling tools; Nuances of directional drilling; stick slip, dogleg severity and ellipses of uncertainty; Well planning and 'Geo-Steering'; Landing intermediate casing, and extrapolating to the bit, then drilling out; Class and team example wells - with post well review and perforation discussion

Natural Gas and World Energy Trends; A Closer Look at Natural Gas; Gas Sweetening; Gas Hydrates and Dehydration; Phase Behavior and Phase Envelopes; Stabilization and Fractionation Concepts and Facilities; Gas Conditioning (Dew Point Control) and NGL Extraction; Gas Processing Key Equipment and Support Systems (Heat Transfer, Compression, Pipelines and Gathering Systems, Measurement); Specialty Processes in Gas Processing (LNG, Nitrogen Rejection and Helium Recovery, and Sulfur Recovery and Acid Gas Reinjection); Special Topics in 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...