Production Technology for Other Disciplines - PTO

This course stresses the production technology required to effectively develop and operate an asset and the role of production engineering in a multi-discipline development project. Practical application of production practices is emphasized. Both theory and actual field examples and well completion programs are presented and studied along with class problems, exercises, and related streaming videos. Well completion equipment and tools are viewed and discussed. Participants will work several exercises such as basic continuous gas lift, ESP, stimulation, gravel pack, and fracturing designs. Nodal analysis problems are set up and solved on the computer and horizontal and multilateral technology is presented. This course includes the use of computers, which are provided at additional cost, for each two participants.

Exploration and production technical professionals, asset team members, team leaders, line managers, IT department staff who work with data and support production applications, data technicians, executive management, and, all support staff who require a more extensive knowledge of production engineering and operations.

You will Learn:

Participants will learn how to:

• Apply and integrate production engineering principles within the many technical disciplines
• Solve production technology problems
• Identify and incorporate the role of production engineering and operations in oil and gas exploitation planning and development
• Choose basic well completion equipment design configurations
• Perform system analyses (Nodal AnalysisTM) evaluations to optimize well tubing design and selection
• Perform basic gas lift and electrical submersible pump artificial lift designs
• Distinguish how to acidize sandstone and carbonate formations and identify the differences in stimulating the two main reservoir lithology types
• Design basic sand control gravel pack completions
• Develop and evaluate well / zone candidate selection to conduct a hydraulic fracturing campaign and how to design and run frac pack well completions
• Choose among the varied water shut off mechanical and chemical approaches
• Take advantage of new production technology advances in swellable completions, expandable tubulars and screens, and intelligent well (smart well) completions
• Maximize team interaction and understand the dynamics between production engineering and other disciplines