N608 Fundamentals of Well Completions and Workovers

Event Facts

Date:: 14 - 16 Sep. 2020
Event Code:: T608a20CA
Duration:: 3 days
Instructors:: Michael Gallup
Location:: Calgary
Booking Status:: Good Availability
Fee:: CAD $2,450 (Exclusive of tax)

Course Facts

Course Code:: N608
Duration:: 3 days
Type:: Classroom
CEU:: 2.4 Continuing Education Units
PDH:: 24 Professional Development Hours
Certificate:: Certificate Issued Upon Completion

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Course Outline

Summary

This course provides an introduction and overview of key considerations in well completion and workover design, and a fundamental explanation of well/service equipment and operations. Technical explanations of common practices are given, along with troubleshooting hints. Completions in a variety of settings, including HPHT, deepwater, and resource plays, are considered.

Duration and Training Method

This is a three-day classroom course comprising lectures illustrated by examples, videos, and case studies.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will learn to:

Describe the fundamental concepts of well completions, including the completion design process.
Understand the differences between risk and uncertainty in petroleum engineering.
Recognize the factors that influence well performance and identify options to mitigate problems.
Identify the various types of stimulations and workovers.
Recognize the key components of well, workover, and intervention equipment.
Review stimulation and workover methods.
Discuss best practices for workovers and interventions.

Course Content

Day 1 - Key Concepts

Introduction
Completion Design Process
Safety and Regulations
Risk and Uncertainty
Reservoirs and Fluids
Fluid Hydrostatics
Wellbore Overview
Wellheads
Downhole Completion Equipment

Day 2 - Completion and Workover Design

Well Performance Basics
Well Testing Basics
Materials and Corrosion
Tubing and Thread Design Overview
Well Intervention Planning
Rig Overview
Completion and Workover Fluids
Formation Damage
Perforating and Gun Performance

Day 3 - Flow Assurance and Interventions

Flow Assurance: Sand, Wax, and Hydrates
Stimulation Basics
Software Demonstration
Cased Hole Logs
Remedial Cementing Basics
Wireline, Coiled Tubing, and Fishing
Completions: HPHT, North Sea, Deepwater, Heavy Oil, Shale

Who Should Attend and Prerequisites

Who should attend

This is course is intended for engineers, technologists, service personnel, and others involved directly or indirectly with the planning and programming of completion and workover operations.

Prerequisites and linking courses

There are no prerequisites, although a familiarity with basic reservoir engineering principles would be beneficial.

To further develop learnings from this course, participants might consider N940 (Modern Completion and Production Techniques), N083 (Petrophysics and Formation Evaluation: Principles and Practice), N607 (Petroleum Engineering for Non-Engineers), N422 (Reservoir Engineering for Non-Reservoir Engineers), N316 (Petroleum Geology for Non Geologists) or N614 (Fundamentals of Directional Drilling).

Instructor

Michael Gallup

Background
Mr. Michael Gallup is a Senior Production Engineer with over 12 years of experience in completion design and optimization of oil and gas wells, locally and internationally, which includes well test design and analysis, gas well dewatering, and well performance modeling.

He specializes in the construction and application of Integrated Production Models (IPM). These models link material balance, well performance and surface networks to form an overall production system model which is used to optimize field performance, enable production forecasting and monitor reservoir and well performance.

Michael also works on economic assessments and field development plans for both offshore and onshore fields located across the globe. Michael is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Engineers Nova Scotia, and a registered Professional Engineer with APEGA.

Affiliations and Accreditation
B.Sc University of Calgary - Chemical Engineering
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Engineers Nova Scotia, Member
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta, Member

Courses Taught
N608: Fundamentals of Well Completions and Workovers

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“ This course is really great - a wealth of information is covered, it is easy to understand but not over-simplified. Engineers and Techs alike will benefit from group conversations and real-life examples provided by the instructors.”