Oil and Gas
Oil and Gas | Production Engineering
Fundamentals of Well Completions and Workovers
Format and Duration:
3 days
5 sessions
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.
Feedback
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.
Schedule
Duration and Training Method
This is a classroom or a virtual classroom course comprising lectures illustrated by examples, videos, and case studies.
Course Overview
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
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.
Instructors
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
Idi Ishaya
Background
Mr. Idi Ishaya is an Associate Senior Production Engineering Specialist with RPS Energy. He has over 27 years of experience in the oil and gas industry cutting across production engineering, reservoir engineering and well services. He spent his first 9 years in various technical roles with Chevron/Texaco and then 11 years with Shell before joining RPS Energy in 2012.
As a Senior Specialist with RPS Energy, Idi provides expertise in well completion and stimulation design including fracture stimulation in unconventional reservoirs. He also provides expertise in the areas of well/integrated field modelling and artificial lift design in oil and gas wells for both conventional and unconventional reservoirs. His regional experience covers Africa, Asia, North & South America, Europe and Australia/New Zealand. Idi is a member of Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and a registered Professional Engineer in Alberta.
Affiliations & Accreditation
Member Society for Petroleum Engineering, SPE
Professional Member of APEGA (Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta)
Courses Taught
N608 - Fundamentals of Well Completions and Workovers
Accreditation and Certification
CEU: 2.1 Continuing Education Units
PDH: 21 Professional Development Hours
Certificate: Certificate Issued Upon Completion
RPS is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. We comply with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognised internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices.
We issue a Certificate of Attendance which verifies the number of training hours attended. Our courses are generally accepted by most professional licensing boards/associations towards continuing education credits. Please check with your licensing board to determine if the courses and certificate of attendance meet their specific criteria.