Course Objectives:

By the end of this course, participant will be able to:

1. Reduce completion time and costs with the right design and obtain supply reduced later work over expense at the same time
2. Find out how many stuck packers are not really stuck
3. Improve productivity and reduce tubing costs
4. Discover how to effectively complete for maximum artificial lift benefit

Course Outline:

• Introduction to completion technology
• Factors effects completion design

• 1. Well condition
  2. Well depth
  3. Formation type
  4. Production interval

• Completion principles

• 1. Well hydraulics
  2. Tubing stretch selections -Gas Velocity
  3. Partial pressure

• Basic completion equipment

• 1. Packers
  2. Permanent packers

• Retrievable packers ( Hydraulic- Hydrostatic ­Mechanical)

• 1. Flow control equipment
  2. Safety valves
  3. Completion accessories(expansion joint flow coupling – blast joint)

• Packer and tubing effect
• Packer design and goals
• Hydraulics of Packers
• Tubular Elongation ad shortening Temperature
• Ballooning
• Helical Buckling
• Type of completion :

• 1. Single /single selective.
  2. Dual
  3. Lateral
  4. Monobore
  5. Gravel pack

• How to design & set up a completion

• 1. Tubing movement calculations and analysis

• Metal Selection
• Elastorner Selection

Who Can Benefit

Drilling engineers, drilling supervisors, senior engineers and team leaders in drilling engineering/ operations