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A common thread of practical examples are used through-out the course. The exercises are based around
data all taken from a single field, where those attending will work through all the basic issues of a completion
design. The whole exercise will be handed out after the introduction. At the end of the course the teams will
present their completion designs to a 'management committee'. There is no 'right' answer to the exercise -
producing interesting discussions! The purpose of the course is not to go over specific equipment in detail.
Teaching methods include presentations, videos, and animations.
Sand control is covered in some detail as a separate section. We cover rock failure mechanisms, and the
different types of sand control. Standalone screens, gravel packs and expandable
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- Tubing Performance / Sizing
This section covers the methods used to select the correct size of tubing for the well.
- Artificial lift
This section covers the basic design considerations when selecting artificial lift systems for a well. It covers gas
lift, ESPs, Hydraulic pumps, jet pumps, beam pumps.
- Production Chemistry
This section looks at what completion designers can do to mitigate and manage oilfield scale (carbonates and
sulphate), wax, hydrates, and asphaltines
- Materials
In this section we look at the basic steel types used for oilfield tubing, corrosion and erosion mechanisms. There
is also a discussion on elastomer types.
- Completion Components.
A discussion on the basic completion components (packers, safety valves, nipples etc). What they do and where
they fit in the completion.
- Running a completion.
This section looks at the importance of wellbore cleaning, completion fluids and filtration. This is followed by a
section on best practice for running the completion.
- Well Interventions.
Why do we intervene? Types of interventions.
- Wireline
An introduction to slickline and e-line. The equipment and techniques. What can you achieve using slickline
and e-line.
- Coil Tubing.
An introduction to coil tubing. A look at the surface equipment and coil tubing operations.
- Snubbing.
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A brief look at the surface equipment and operations on live well with jointed pipe.
The final day of the course will be devoted to well intervention techniques. A series of lectures will describe
the main intervention methods used in the industry today
Who should attend: Drilling Engineers, Reservoir Engineers and Engineers who would benefit from a more
detailed knowledge of completion design
Lunch
Reservoir completions – Artificial lift Tubing Stress Installing the Class exercise
Afternoon. Open hole completions – Analysis completion presentation.
Continuation
Perforating and Fracturing. and
of the class Continuation of
completion
Introduction to the course exercise the class
fluids.
practical exercise. exercise
Continuation
of the class
exercise
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