Course Overview
This course covers the essential principles and practices of onshore conventional well completions in oil and gas operations. Participants will gain a thorough understanding of completion designs, equipment selection, installation techniques, and well integrity management. The course emphasizes practical aspects of planning, executing, and troubleshooting conventional completions to maximize well productivity and safety.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the fundamentals of onshore conventional well completions.
- Select appropriate completion methods and equipment based on well and reservoir conditions.
- Design and plan completions that optimize production and ensure well integrity.
- Execute completion operations safely and efficiently.
- Identify and resolve common completion-related problems.
- Apply best practices for testing, stimulation, and well monitoring.
Who Should Attend
- Completion engineers and field supervisors
- Drilling engineers and wellsite personnel
- Production engineers involved in well interventions
- Operations and maintenance staff
- Petroleum engineering students and trainees
- Anyone involved in onshore well completion activities
Course Outline
Introduction to Well Completions
- Overview of Conventional Completion Concepts
- Well Completion Objectives and Performance Criteria
- Reservoir and Wellbore Considerations
Completion Design and Equipment
- Tubing and Casing Selection
- Packers, Packers Types, and Applications
- Perforating Methods and Equipment
- Artificial Lift Integration
Completion Planning and Execution
- Job Planning and Risk Assessment
- Well Testing and Flowback Procedures
- Stimulation Techniques (Acidizing, Fracturing)
- Well Control and Safety Measures During Completions
Well Integrity and Monitoring
- Cement Evaluation and Zonal Isolation
- Pressure Monitoring and Leak Detection
- Common Completion Failures and Troubleshooting
- Well Intervention and Workover Planning
Optimization and Best Practices
- Enhancing Production Through Completion Design
- Case Studies and Lessons Learned
- Advances in Conventional Completion Technologies
- Developing a Personal or Team Action Plan for Completion Excellence