Course Objectives:

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

1. Select casing sizes and setting depths to achieve well objectives
2. Determine casing loads for design purposes
3. Design casing properties to meet burst, collapse, and tensile strength requirements
4. Conduct casing running operations safely and successfully
5. Specify cement slurry properties and volumes to meet well objectives
6. Determine best procedures for attaining successful primary cementing
7. Conduct stage jobs, squeeze jobs and set cement plugs

Course Outline:   

1. Selecting casing & hole sizes
2. Setting depths
3. Casing loads
4. Selecting casing & connections
5. Casing stress calculations
6. Cement and cement additives
7. Selecting appropriate slurries
8. Mud removal & cement placement
9. Stage cementing, squeezes, & plugs
10. Preventing gas migration
11. Cementing calculations
12. Cementing equipment
13. Well head equipment

Who Can Benefit?

Personnel responsible for planning, overseeing, and conducting casing and cementing operations; operator and service personnel