THE BENEFITS FROM ATTENDING

By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:

• The fundamentals of well integrity monitoring, and all implications on production efficiency
• How to monitor and identify well integrity problems and technical procedures available for their mitigation

TOPICS

Day 1: Digital Oilfield

• Infrastructure objectives (surface and subsurface equipment)
• Field data capture and data management
• Concepts and strategies of DOF
• Operational safety
• Reservoirs, wells and well heads
• Problems caused by poor cement jobs
• Construction of a well from casings to well head
• Productivity index calculated at well head
• Well head main functions
• Well head classifications
• API specification 6A
• Basic components of a well head
• Well head installation movie
• Casing head / casing head function
• Casing spool / casing spool function
• Casing hangers
• Tubing heads and tubing hangers
• Tubing head adapters
• Typical Xmas tree components
• Fix chokes and adjustable chokes
• Flanges (6B and 6BX types)
• Seals and gaskets
• Unitised well head
• The BOP

Day 2: Xmas Tree Installation

• Well head repairs
• Hydraulic and pneumatic actuators
• Casing hangers and well pressure control
• Common pack offs and secondary seals
• Tubing hangers (cross sections)
• Tests and leak path determination
• Unitised well heads
• Basic rules for pressure testing well heads
• Test schematics of well heads
• Movie: Testing Well Head
• Example of sealing cavity with sealant
• Basic requirements of a well completion
• Casing string types
• Liners, liner hangers and tie back liners
• Effects of pressure in “b” and “c” annulus

Day 3: Well Head Repairs and Casing Repairs

• Surface casing corrosion
• Burst and collapse pressure decline with time
• MAASP calculations for annulus A
• Short introduction to material selection
• Corrosion monitoring tools
• Cathodic protection
• Well Integrity: safety and operational aspects
• Constructing a well with integrity
• Well Integrity issues
• The important of SC-SSSV
• Well head components and well integrity assurance guidelines
• Risk management
• WIMS: Well Integrity Management System
• Industry standards and guidelines
• Well integrity drivers and implementation
• Well integrity envelope
• Well integrity, annular pressures and well head monitoring
• SAP wells

Day 4: Corrosion Monitoring Tools

• Corrosion logs
• Corrosion-tubing leaks
• Consequences of well integrity degradation
• Corrosion mitigation and prevention
• Surface casing repairs
• Temporary well abandonment
• Casing perforation best practices
• Risk assessment
• Downtime and maintenance costs
• Testing seals on wellheads
• Well maintenance and managing risk
• Well integrity in a nutshell
• Hazop & risk assessment

Day 5: One Stage Cement Jobs

• Two stage jobs
• Liner cementing
• Squeeze cementing
• Cement head and wiper plugs
• Pressures during and at end of displacement
• Stab-in shoes and float collars
• Centralisers
• Additives for lost circulation
• Loosing circulation during a cement job
• How a gas kick during cementing can create a critical situation
• LCM Bridging agents

Duration: 5 Days

Cost: $4950