Course title: Completion Design

About the course:

This 5 day school is aimed at engineers and supervisors who already have an understanding of well
construction methods but who would benefit from a more detailed knowledge of completion design. The
course will concentrate on the important aspects of completion design and what makes a safe and efficient
well.

A common thread of practical examples are used through-out the course. The exercises are based around
data all taken from a single field, where those attending will work through all the basic issues of a completion
design. The whole exercise will be handed out after the introduction. At the end of the course the teams will
present their completion designs to a 'management committee'. There is no 'right' answer to the exercise -
producing interesting discussions! The purpose of the course is not to go over specific equipment in detail.
Teaching methods include presentations, videos, and animations.

By the end of the course the participants should have:

 A good understanding of the completion design process and what makes a good completion design.
 The importance of the installation process (completion running) in the design process.
 An appreciation of new and developing completion techniques (intelligent wells).

Date, Duration: 16 – 20th Feb 2015, 5 Days

Full Course Outline

- Introduction to Completion Design Philosophy

This section covers design considerations when planning a completion. Life of field, costs, design objectives,
data gathering and key decision areas. The importance of team planning and where the completion engineer
fits in to the team is covered. This is followed by a discussion on the different types of reservoir completion
(open hole, slotted liner, cased and perforated and sand control). The relative strengths and weaknesses of
each type. Lastly, there is a discussion on completion architecture. Tubing configurations for different types of
completion.

- Reservoir Completion – Perforating, fracturing and sand control.

This section looks in detail at inflow performance considerations and different types of skin. We ask what the
completion engineer can do to improve inflow performance. This is flowed by a look at perforating design. Gun
types and methods of gun deployment. A brief look at the completion design considerations for wells that need
to be fractured and finally some design considerations for open- hole completions.

Sand control is covered in some detail as a separate section. We cover rock failure mechanisms, and the
different types of sand control. Standalone screens, gravel packs and expandable

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- Tubing Performance / Sizing
This section covers the methods used to select the correct size of tubing for the well.

- Artificial lift
This section covers the basic design considerations when selecting artificial lift systems for a well. It covers gas
lift, ESPs, Hydraulic pumps, jet pumps, beam pumps.

- Production Chemistry
This section looks at what completion designers can do to mitigate and manage oilfield scale (carbonates and
sulphate), wax, hydrates, and asphaltines

- Materials
In this section we look at the basic steel types used for oilfield tubing, corrosion and erosion mechanisms. There
is also a discussion on elastomer types.

- Tubing Stress Analysis.

This section looks at the importance of stress analysis. It covers the basic forces acting on the completion during
the life of the well (burst, collapse, axial and tri-axial). We discuss computer models and the importance of
safety factors and load models.

- Completion Components.
A discussion on the basic completion components (packers, safety valves, nipples etc). What they do and where
they fit in the completion.

- Running a completion.
This section looks at the importance of wellbore cleaning, completion fluids and filtration. This is followed by a
section on best practice for running the completion.

- Alternative completions – New Technology.

A brief look at intelligent completions, multi-lateral wells, HPHT completions, coil tubing completions, dual
completions

- Well Interventions.
Why do we intervene? Types of interventions.

- Wireline
An introduction to slickline and e-line. The equipment and techniques. What can you achieve using slickline
and e-line.

- Coil Tubing.
An introduction to coil tubing. A look at the surface equipment and coil tubing operations.

- Snubbing.

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 A brief look at the surface equipment and operations on live well with jointed pipe.

The final day of the course will be devoted to well intervention techniques. A series of lectures will describe
the main intervention methods used in the industry today

Maximum number of participants (if applicable): 15

Who should attend: Drilling Engineers, Reservoir Engineers and Engineers who would benefit from a more
detailed knowledge of completion design

Prerequisites if any: N.A.

Daily course schedule

Course Outline and Schedule for 5 Days

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5

Introductions. Reservoir Production Completion Alternative

Morning Completions chemistry equipment. completions
Course objectives
:
Scale, wax How it Including
Quiz
Sand control. asphalites and works, why intelligent
This is used to gauge the level hydrates. and where it completions and
Tubing
of expertise in the class. is used in the multi-lateral wells.
Performance Material
completion.
Completion design and tubing selection. Repeat day 1 quiz.
philosophy. Design options sizing.
Metallurgy and Finish of the class
and data requirements
elastomers. exercise

Lunch
Reservoir completions – Artificial lift Tubing Stress Installing the Class exercise
Afternoon. Open hole completions – Analysis completion presentation.
Continuation
Perforating and Fracturing. and
of the class Continuation of
completion
Introduction to the course exercise the class
fluids.
practical exercise. exercise
Continuation
of the class
exercise

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