Production Operations 1 - PO1 - Instructor-led + eLearning

Program Overview

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The Production Operations Blended Program is a comprehensive training program designed for professionals in the oil and gas industry focusing on production engineering and operations. It covers various topics such as production principles, well performance, completion techniques, artificial lift, sand control, and production problem diagnosis. The program offers a blend of virtual instructor-led sessions, e-learning, and self-paced activities to provide a well-rounded learning experience for participants. It is particularly beneficial for engineers starting their careers in production engineering or those looking to expand their knowledge and skills in this field.

Program Outline

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Outline:

This program is comprised of the following activities: ILT = Virtual Instructor-led Training OL = Online Learning Activity/Reading

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Subject Session 1 Virtual ILT Option 1 Perth, AUS timezone (GMT+8) Session 1 Virtual ILT Option 2 Houston, US timezone (GMT-5) Session 2 Virtual ILT Option 1 Perth, AUS timezone (GMT+8) Session 2 Virtual ILT Option 2 Perth, AUS timezone (GMT+8)

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Week 1

OL 4.0 Production Principles

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Week 2

ILT 1.5 Well Performance and Nodal Analysis Fundamentals - Session 1 Tuesday, April 23, 09:00-10:30 Tuesday, April 23, 08:00-09:30 Tuesday, Sept 3, 09:00-10:30 Tuesday, Sept 3, 08:00-09:30 OL 7.0 Well Performance and Nodal Analysis Fundamentals ILT 1.5 Well Performance and Nodal Analysis Fundamentals - Session 2 Thursday, April 25, 09:00-10:30 Thursday, April 25, 08:00-09:30 Tuesday, Sept 5, 09:00-10:30 Tuesday, Sept 5, 08:00-09:30

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Week 3

OL 4.0 Onshore Well Completion - Conventional

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Week 4

OL 4.0 Hydraulic Fracturing

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Week 5

OL 4.0 Onshore Well Completion - Unconventional

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Week 6

OL 3.0 Perforating

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Week 7

OL 3.0 Sand Control

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Week 8

ILT 1.5 Sand Control Fundamentals Tuesday, May 21, 11:00-12:30 Tuesday, May 21, 08:00-09:30 Tuesday, Sept 24, 11:00-12:30 Tuesday, Sept 24, 08:00-09:30 OL 4.0 Sand Control Fundamentals ILT 1.5 Sand Control Fundamentals Thursday, May 23, 11:00-12:30 Thursday, May 23, 08:00-09:30 Thursday, Sept 26, 11:00-12:30 Thursday, Sept 26, 08:00-09:30

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Week 9

OL 5.0 Primary and Remedial Cementing

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Week 10

ILT 2.5 Reciprocating Rod Pump Fundamentals Tuesday, June 4, 09:00-10:30 Tuesday, June 4, 08:00-09:30 Tuesday, Oct 8, 09:00-10:30 Tuesday, Oct 8, 08:00-09:30 OL 3.0 Reciprocating Rod Pump Fundamentals ILT 2.5 Reciprocating Rod Pump Fundamentals Thursday, June 6, 09:00-10:30 Thursday, June 6, 08:00-09:30 Thursday, Oct 10, 09:00-10:30 Thursday, Oct 10, 08:00-09:30

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Week 12

OL 4.0 Gas Lift and Electrical Submersible Pumps

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Week 13

ILT 1.5 Gas Lift Fundamentals - Session 1 Tuesday, June 18, 11:00-12:30 Tuesday, June 18, 08:00-09:30 Tuesday, Oct 29, 11:00-12:30 Tuesday, Oct 29, 08:00-09:30 OL 4.0 Gas Lift Fundamentals ILT 1.5 Gas Lift Fundamentals - Session 2 Thursday, June 20, 11:00-12:30 Thursday, June 20, 08:00-09:30 Thursday, Oct 31, 11:00-12:30 Thursday, Oct 31, 08:00-09:30

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Week 14

ILT 1.5 ESP Fundamentals - Session 1 Tuesday, June 25, 11:00-12:30 Tuesday, June 25, 08:00-09:30 Tuesday, Nov 5, 11:00-12:30 Tuesday, Nov 5, 08:00-09:30 OL 3.0 ESP Fundamentals ILT 1.5 ESP Fundamentals - Session 2 Thursday, June 27, 11:00-12:30 Thursday, June 27, 08:00-09:30 Thursday, Nov 7, 11:00-12:30 Thursday, Nov 7, 08:00-09:30

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Week 15

OL 3.0 Formation Damage and Matrix Acidizing

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Week 16

ILT 1.5 Formation Damage and Matrix Acidizing Fundamentals - Session 1 Tuesday, July 9, 09:00-10:30 Tuesday, July 9, 08:00-09:30 Tuesday, Nov 19, 11:00-12:30 Tuesday, Nov 19, 08:00-09:30 OL 6.0 Formation Damage and Matrix Acidizing Fundamentals ILT 1.5 Formation Damage and Matrix Acidizing Fundamentals - Session 2 Thursday, July 11, 09:00-10:30 Thursday, July 11, 08:00-09:30 Thursday, Nov 21, 11:00-12:30 Thursday, Nov 21, 08:00-09:30

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Week 17

OL 5.0 Flow Assurance and Production Chemistry

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Week 18

OL 3.0 Production Problem Diagnosis and Intervention Planning

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Week 19

OL 3.0 Production Logging

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Week 20

ILT 1.5 Production Logging Fundamentals - Session 1 Tuesday, July 30, 09:00-10:30 Tuesday, July 30, 08:00-09:30 Tuesday, Dec 10, 11:00-12:30 Tuesday, Dec 10, 08:00-09:30 OL 3.0 Production Logging Fundamentals ILT 1.5 Production Logging Fundamentals - Session 2 Thursday, August 1, 09:00-10:30 Thursday, August 1, 08:00-09:30 Thursday, Dec 12, 11:00-12:30 Thursday, Dec 12, 08:00-09:30

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Module Descriptions:

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Production Principles:

• Effects of depositional environment and the rock cycle in the formation of hydrocarbon accumulations
• Reservoir engineering principles that guide optimum conventional and unconventional reservoir development
• The important characteristics of oilfield Inflow and Outflow and their related mathematical flow equations and applied principles required for system modeling
• Why a well flows on natural flow and the eventual requirement for artificial lift to maximize overall recovery as reservoir depletion occurs and reservoir energy diminishes

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Well Performance and Nodal Analysis Fundamentals:

• Collect and validate required data to evaluate well performance using computer modeling and performance history matching, and predict potential problems
• Calculate productivity index, and estimate basic reservoir parameters by interpreting a simple pressure buildup analysis in conventional and unconventional resources plays
• Identify flow restrictions from basic inflow performance analysis, recommend actions to improve well productivity, and describe how to use choke equation calculations and its limitations

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Onshore Conventional Completion:

• The purpose and basic operational aspects of wellhead, flow control equipment., and the major components used in a basic well completion in conventional plays
• The impact that drilling practices may have on reservoir productivity
• Describe the function and limitations of each surface and subsurface component of a basic onshore completions
• Specify the production target of a well, and describe the type of completion or workover design components required to achieve the target
• Describe the basic properties of completion components materials and their limitations in conventional resources plays
• Describe which fluid systems are the most important for implementing successful completions and workovers in wells in conventional resources plays
• Describe the most common subsurface equipment components used in conventional resources plays wells, and what they are used for
• Describe the most relevant steps for implementing completion procedures in wells in conventional resources plays, and the proper interaction with all parties involved required
• Describe the most relevant aspects of HSE in completion operations
• Describe how a well flows, the impact of well control on fluid flow, and the most common control and monitoring devices
• Describe the basic requirements and local regulations to abandon conventional wells
• Specify the production target of a horizontal well, and describe the type of completion or workover design components required to achieve the target in conventional and unconventional resources plays

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Onshore Unconventional Completion:

• Describe the purpose and basic operational aspects of wellhead and flow control equipment in wells in unconventional plays
• Describe the purpose of each of the major components used in a basic well completion in unconventional resources plays, and the impact that drilling practices have on reservoir productivity
• Describe the function and limitations of each surface and subsurface component of a basic onshore completion in unconventional resources plays
• Describe the basic properties of completion components materials and their limitations in unconventional resources plays
• Describe which fluid systems are the most important for implementing successful completions and workovers in wells in unconventional resources plays
• Describe the most relevant steps for implementing completion procedures in wells in unconventional resources plays, and the proper interaction with all parties involved required
• Describe the most common techniques used to drill, complete, stimulate, and produce typical wells in coalbed methane reservoirs

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Primary and Remedial Cementing:

• The manufacturing processes to blend composite materials that make up oilfield cement
• The various uses of additives to modify cement properties
• The cementing tools at the surface and downhole and the related cement displacement process to achieve a quality primary cement job to isolate a casing string
• The casing cement evaluation tools and methods to assess cement job quality
• The various practices that comprise options to attempt repair of primary cementing jobs that are referred to as cement squeeze operations
• How to calculate typical casing string cement volume requirements
• How to evaluate a cement bond log and make recommendations

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Perforating:

• Discuss various shaped charges, their design, performance, shot phasing and shot density options, and their advantages and limitations
• Illustrate the three primary perforating gun conveyance systems and the various gun types available and their individual features
• How rod pump, PCP pump, jet pump, and plunger lift artificial lift systems work
• How to design and optimize rod pump, PCP pump, jet pump, and plunger lift completions
• Why surveillance and monitoring of artificial lift systems is essential
• Various API and related design standards and practices that represent key, proven artificial lift system performance fundamentals

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Reciprocating Rod Pump Fundamentals:

• Apply the working principles and operating characteristics of oilfield reciprocating rod pump artificial lift technology
• Employ the steps necessary to design, maintain, and service rod pump surface unit equipment
• Employ the steps necessary to design, maintain, and service rod pump rod strings
• Employ the steps necessary to design, maintain, and service rod pump downhole pumps
• Develop engineering and operating skills to successfully design, properly set up, maintain, and provide overall service for implementing and applying reciprocating rod pump artificial lift technology
• Illustrate using pictures, animations, sketches, design software, and other media and tools the key mechanisms of rod pump systems
• Design a rod pump rod string using the Modified Goodman method
• Work several rod pump design exercises to assess maximum and minimum pump load, minimum and maximum rod stress, motor selection, strokes per minute, stroke length, and related overall rod pump design parameter selection
• Describe how a rod pump surface dynamometer gathers rod pump loading data over each pump cycle, calculate maximum and minimum rod stress loading, predict downhole pump performance, select rod string taper sizing, select motor horsepower required, and evaluate overall pump performance while identifying rod pump problems, all using a rod pump dynamometer, known as The Analytic and Predictive Tool for reciprocating rod pumps
• Demonstrate how the use of modern instrumentation “smart well” systems to control pump operation, gather data, and manage pump functions results in optimum pump performance and minimized costs

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Gas Lift and Electrical Submersible Pump:

• Why artificial lift is required to maximize ultimate recovery
• How each artificial lift system works
• How to design and optimize gas lift and ESP completions
• Why surveillance and monitoring of artificial lift systems is essential
• Various API and related design standards and practices that represent key, proven artificial lift performance fundamentals

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Gas Lift Fundamentals:

• Explain situations when gas lift is appropriate
• Calculate the production rate and the flowing bottom-hole pressure from inflow performance analysis in a well completed with a gas lift system
• Calculate the gas lift rate and pressure required to produce the well at a stable flow for various tubing sizes
• Select the appropriate tubing size for a well to be completed with a gas lift system
• Calculate the production rate and flowing bottom-hole pressure using widely accepted techniques applicable to unconventional resources wells completed with a gas lift system
• Design a gas lift installation with the required number of unloading mandrels, charge pressure, and orifice size lift valves at the appropriate spacing based on available gas lift pressure and required lift rate for conventional and unconventional resources
• Operate, troubleshoot and optimize gas lifted wells and network systems

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Electrical Submersible Pumps:

• Calculate the production rate and the pump intake pressure from inflow performance analysis
• Determine the pump capacity and motor horsepower required to deliver the desired flow or rate limited by the ESP equipment
• Determine the power cable type and gauge based on formation parameters
• Ensure ESP equipment failure data is properly documented
• Review failure trends
• Calculate the production rate and pump intake pressure using widely accepted techniques applicable to unconventional resource wells
• Determine the pump capacity and motor horsepower required to deliver the desired production rate in unconventional resource wells

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Formation Damage and Matrix Stimulation:

• The basic causes of oilfield formation damage and how they are recognized
• The concept of “True Formation Damage” and the principles of formation remediation once it has been correctly identified as being the cause of lost production
• How “pseudo” damage and differs from True Formation Damage
• The principles of limestone matrix acidizing and the chemistry and reactions involved
• The principles of sandstone matrix acidizing and the chemistry and reactions involved
• Formation damage identification and the positive results achieved by successfully conducting matrix acidizing jobs

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Formation Damage and Matrix Acidizing Fundamentals:

• Illustrate the impact of formation damage upon production
• Explain the wide variety of reasons, sources, depositional environments, and routine operations’ activities that result in production limitations
• Assess formation damage “skin” values
• Calculate production rates with various levels of formation damage as well as no formation damage
• Describe how TFD is recognized and how PD is recognized and present the characteristics and elements of each
• Illustrate clay stabilization through the use of positively charged cation exchange to stabilize negatively charged clays to limit clay migration, hydration, and other damaging mechanisms

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Flow Assurance and Production Chemistry:

• Typical oilfield “flow assurance” issues and problems due to: waxes, asphaltenes, inorganic scales, and corrosion
• How to interpret revealing signs of corrosion and erosion failure, scale formation, and related downhole deposits and how to prevent or minimize their production loss effects
• How formations become damaged due to related flow assurance and production chemistry issues
• How to recognize, prevent, remove, and manage organic paraffin and asphaltene field deposits
• How to recognize, prevent, remove and manage typical common soluble and insoluble scales in oil and gas operations
• The importance of using oilfield production chemistry to resolve production problems
• The conditions required for the formation of gas hydrates
• The methods employed to treat gas hydrates in pipelines

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Sand Control:

• Identify the need for sand control
• Recognize the causes of sand movement
• Define what consolidated sand is, and what it is not
• Identify both non-mechanical and mechanical methods of sand control
• Recognize that rate restriction is a valid practice to manage sand production
• Recognize that minor sand volume produced may be tolerated
• Identify various screen types for sand control
• Describe the principles of sand control screen and gravel completions
• Identify the three steps comprising a gravel pack completion design
• Describe various fluid options for pumping gravel slurry into a gravel pack completion
• Outline the function of a gravel pack “crossover tool”
• Outline the function of a gravel pack “shunt tube”
• Describe the function of a frac pack completion
• Outline the frac pack completion well performance results
• Outline the function of an expandable sand screen completion
• Identify the components of an expandable screen and possible benefits resulting from the use of expandables

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Sand Control Fundamentals:

• Design and execute fracpack treatments in basic situations
• Use at least one commercial fracturing design model to perform specific calculations related to fracpacking such as, fluid efficiency, net pressure, closure pressure, bottom hole treating pressure, and friction.
• Interpret basic pressure information during minifrac or main frac in a fracpack operation
• Analyze data used for fracpack design purposes to ensure they are appropriate and sensible
• During a fracpack, describe the advantages and limitations of inducing a tip screen-out
• Design and obtain Tip Screenouts

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Hydraulic Fracturing (Conventional and Unconventional):

• Describe the significance of rock mechanics in all relevant production engineering operations
• Describe the most common non-chemical stimulation methods, their objectives and limitations in conventional resources plays
• Describe the most common non-chemical stimulation methods, their objectives and limitations in unconventional resources plays
• Describe the basic principles of hydraulic fracturing in conventional plays, the difference between acid and proppant treatments, and how to select optimum stimulation candidates
• Describe the basic principles of hydraulic fracturing in unconventional resource plays, the difference between slickwater and cross-linked treatments, and how to select optimum stimulation candidates

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Production Problem Diagnosis:

• Describe the different types of field collected data, and the most relevant factors that affect well performance in conventional and unconventional resources plays
• Describe the difference between drill stem and production tests, when to select and apply each test, how to validate collected data, and the purpose of pressure buildup analysis in conventional and unconventional resources plays

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Production Logging:

• Describe the purpose(s) of running cased hole production logs
• Describe the types of data collected from logs, and the mechanics of running logs
• Identify output from the most common production logs used
• Describe conveyance methods for production logs in horizontal wells
• Describe issues related to production log interpretation with poorly defined bed boundaries and complex fracture systems in ultra-low perm reservoirs
• Describe cased-hole micro seismic techniques

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Production Logging Fundamentals:

• Interpret and determine the validity of data obtained from the most common production logs, such as spinner surveys, temperature logs, and gamma-ray in wells
• Supervise logging jobs onsite, and make all necessary operational decisions to ensure job objectives are achieved
• Use production logging results to identify well production problems and create remedial actions

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Teaching:

• This workshop will be delivered virtually through PetroAcademy.
• Each PetroAcademy offering integrates multiple learning activities, such as reading assignments, self-paced e-Learning, virtual instructor-led sessions, discussion forums, group exercises, case studies, quizzes, field trips, and experiential activities.
• Activities include 22 hours of instructor-led, virtual training sessions, plus approximately 87 hours of self-paced work.
• In addition to the scheduled sessions, this course is available on demand, wherein the course work is self-paced and instructor-led sessions are available any time as videos.
• See demo of online learning and instructor-led modules.

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Other:

• The Production Operations Blended Program represents the core foundation series of PetroSkills production engineering curriculum.
• Participants will become familiar with both proven historical production practices as well as current technological advances to enhance oil and gas production.
• Applied skills guide the participant within a framework to make careful, prudent, technical oil and gas business decisions.
• In addition to online course materials, participants are able to purchase a hard copy of the textbooks prior to the course.
• Target Audience: Engineers starting a work assignment in production engineering and operations, Production operations staff, Reservoir engineers, Facilities staff, Drilling and completions engineers, Geoscientists, Field supervisors, managers, and technicians, Service company engineers and managers