Advanced Well Completion Techniques
Course Overview: This course focuses on advanced well completion technologies and methods used to enhance the efficiency and performance of wells after drilling. Participants will learn about various types of completion systems, challenges in completion design, and new technologies for …
Overview
Course Overview:
This course focuses on advanced well completion technologies and methods used to enhance the efficiency and performance of wells after drilling. Participants will learn about various types of completion systems, challenges in completion design, and new technologies for optimizing well performance in both conventional and unconventional reservoirs.
Day 1: Introduction to Well Completion
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09:00–09:45 – Overview of well completion: purpose, processes, and challenges
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09:45–10:30 – Types of well completions: open-hole, cased-hole, and perforated completions
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10:30–10:45 – ☕ Coffee Break
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10:45–11:30 – The well completion design process: key considerations
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11:30–12:15 – Material selection for completions: tubing, casing, packers, and more
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12:15–13:15 – 🍽️ Lunch Break
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13:15–14:00 – Key factors influencing completion design: reservoir characteristics, wellbore stability
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14:00–14:45 – Completion fluids and their role in well integrity and productivity
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14:45–15:00 – Recap and Q&A
📅 Day 2: Advanced Completion Techniques
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09:00–09:45 – Introduction to advanced completion systems: intelligent wells, multilateral completions
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09:45–10:30 – Smart well technology: downhole sensors and monitoring systems
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10:30–10:45 – ☕ Coffee Break
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10:45–11:30 – Multilateral well completions: design, benefits, and challenges
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11:30–12:15 – Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) completions: injection and production systems
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12:15–13:15 – 🍽️ Lunch Break
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13:15–14:00 – Artificial lift systems: selecting the right method for well optimization
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14:00–14:45 – Case study: implementing intelligent completions in challenging fields
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14:45–15:00 – Recap and Q&A
📅 Day 3: Unconventional Well Completions
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09:00–09:45 – Challenges in unconventional well completion: tight gas, shale, and coal bed methane
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09:45–10:30 – Hydraulic fracturing: designing completion systems for frac jobs
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10:30–10:45 – ☕ Coffee Break
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10:45–11:30 – High-pressure and high-temperature completions for unconventional reservoirs
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11:30–12:15 – Case study: shale well completion techniques and challenges
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12:15–13:15 – 🍽️ Lunch Break
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13:15–14:00 – Wellbore cleanup and stimulation techniques: improving completion performance
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14:00–14:45 – Advanced frac designs and wellbore isolation techniques
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14:45–15:00 – Recap and Q&A
📅 Day 4: Completion in Challenging Environments
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09:00–09:45 – Well completion in deepwater and subsea environments
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09:45–10:30 – Subsea completion systems: design, materials, and challenges
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10:30–10:45 – ☕ Coffee Break
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10:45–11:30 – High-temperature and high-pressure (HTHP) well completions: considerations and techniques
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11:30–12:15 – Completion in hostile environments: sour gas, corrosion, and scaling
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12:15–13:15 – 🍽️ Lunch Break
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13:15–14:00 – Case study: subsea completions in offshore oil fields
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14:00–14:45 – Advanced well control and safety systems for completion operations
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14:45–15:00 – Recap and Q&A
📅 Day 5: Completion Optimization and Performance Enhancement
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09:00–09:45 – Monitoring well performance: pressure, temperature, and flow rate
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09:45–10:30 – Completion performance enhancement: techniques and technologies
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10:30–10:45 – ☕ Coffee Break
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10:45–11:30 – Artificial lift optimization: downhole pumps, gas lift, and ESP systems
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11:30–12:15 – Well intervention techniques: tools and methods for enhancing well performance
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12:15–13:15 – 🍽️ Lunch Break
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13:15–14:00 – Economic considerations in well completion: cost vs. performance
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14:00–14:45 – Group activity: designing an optimal completion system for a complex well
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14:45–15:00 – Recap, Q&A, and course wrap-up
Target audiences
- Reservoir Engineers, Geologists
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