Special Edition, February 2015

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2015 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT GUIDE
Special Edition, February 2015
Developing an exceptional workforce in a low price environment
Using blended learning and leveraging technology to maximize results.
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Well workovers achieve excellent economics in any price environment
Completions and Workovers – CAW .......................................................................................................................... page 4
Understand your reservoirs to optimize development and maximize reserves
Applied Reservoir Engineering – RE ......................................................................................................................... page 10
Shale plays demand deep understanding of your facility liquid and gas bottlenecks
Gas Conditioning and Processing – G-4 ................................................................................................................ page 15
Oil Production and Processing Facilities – PF-4 .................................................................................................. page 15
Troubleshooting is critical to maximizing performance
Troubleshooting Oil and Gas Processing Facilities – PF-49 ….......…….……………......................................... page 16
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2 Basic Drilling, Completion and Workover Operations – BDC
2 Basic Petroleum Engineering Practices – BE
2 Basic Drilling Technology – BDT
3 Drilling Practices – DP
3 Stuck Pipe Prevention - Train Wreck AvoidanceTM – SPP
3 Well Design and Engineering – WDE
4 Directional, Horizontal, and Multilateral Drilling – DHD
4 Surface Production Operations – PO3
4 Completions and Workovers – CAW
5 Production Operations 1 – PO1
5 Performance Analysis, Prediction, and Optimization Using NODALTM
Analysis – PO2
5 Production Technology for Other Disciplines – PTO
6 Flow Assurance for Offshore Production – FAOP
6 Formation Damage: Causes, Prevention and Remediation – FD
6 Gas Production Engineering – GPO
7 Gas Well Deliquification – GWD
7 Production Chemistry – OGPC
7 Sand Control – SNDC
8 Hydraulic Fracturing Applications – HFU
8 Surface Water Management in Unconventional Resource Plays – SWM
8 Horizontal and Multilateral Wells: Completions and Stimulation – HML2
9 Reservoir Management for Unconventional Reservoirs – RMUR
9 Unconventional Know How - List of Unconventional Courses
10 Basic Reservoir Engineering – BR
10 Applied Reservoir Engineering – RE
10 Reservoir Engineering for Other Disciplines – REO
11 Waterflooding A to Z – WF
11 Well Test Design and Analysis – WTA
11 Oil and Gas Reserves Evaluation – OGR
12 Reservoir Simulation Strategies – RSS
12 Foundations of Petrophysics – FPP
12 Well Log Interpretation – WLI
13 Basic Petroleum Geology – BG
13 Development Geology – DG
13 Basic Geophysics – BGP
14 Expanded Basic Petroleum Economics – BEC
14 Petroleum Risk and Decision Analysis – PRD
15 Petroleum Project Management: Principles and Practices – PPM
15 Gas Conditioning and Processing – G-4
15 Oil Production and Processing Facilities – PF-4
16 Onshore Gas Gathering Systems: Design & Operation – PF-45
16 Troubleshooting Oil and Gas Processing Facilities – PF-49
16 Onshore Pipeline Facilities - Design, Construction & Operations – PL-42
17 Process Safety Engineering – PS-4
17 Piping Systems - Mechanical Design and Specification – ME-41
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Basic Drilling,
Completion and
Workover Operations
– BDC
Basic Petroleum
Engineering
Practices – BE
Basic Drilling
Technology – BDT
BASIC
BASIC
BASIC
D E S IG N E D F O R
DESIGNED FOR
DES IGNED FOR
Technical, field, service, support and supervisory
personnel desiring to gain an introductory overview
of these topics and how they interrelate. Excellent
for cross-training of other technical disciplines
such as reservoir and surface facility engineers
plus geoscientists, and anyone who interacts with
drilling, completion or workover design engineers
such as technical supervisors and technical
service personnel.
This is not a fundamental course for training
engineers seeking a career in drilling or workovers
(for these, PO1 is recommended).
Y OU W I L L L E A R N
• How drilling, completing and reworking a well
affects its ability to produce
• What can be done within open-hole and cased
wells, as a part of reservoir management
• How drilling practices can damage or stimulate
producing wells
AB OUT T H E C O U R S E
This course gives a technical overview of the
science and art of drilling operations, completion
practices and post-completion wellbore
enhancement or remedial workover techniques (well
intervention). It develops an understanding of the
WHAT, WHY, and HOW of each of these areas of
engineering practice. Reservoir Engineers will learn
what can be done within open-hole and cased wells
as they execute reservoir management. Drilling and
completion personnel will learn how the producing
reservoir can be damaged or stimulated by what
they do. The participants learn to visualize what is
happening “downhole”, discover what can be
accomplished and gain an appreciation for wellbore
risks and the possibility of damage to the formation;
and how drilling and completion practices can alter
reservoir interpretation and performance. The
participant will become conversant with specific
technical terminology and aware of practical
applications, which should enhance communication
and interaction between disciplines.
COUR SE C O N T E N T
• Overview of workover techniques stimulation application; formation and sand control;
and more
• Overview of the completion process - zonal
isolation; tubing, packers and completion
equipment; and more
• Overview of the drilling process - language of
drilling; reservoir rock and fluid properties; and
more
2015 Schedule and Tuition / 5 Days
ABERDEEN, U.K. BAKERSFIELD, U.S. CALGARY, CANADA DALLAS, U.S. DENVER, U.S. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. MIDLAND, U.S. 9-13 FEB
26-30 OCT
20-24 APR
14-18 SEP
6-10 JUL
11-15 MAY
23-27 MAR
1-5 JUN
10-14 AUG
2-6 NOV
7-11 DEC
23-27 NOV
17-21 AUG
27 APR-1 MAY
US$4,570+VAT
US$3,900
US$3900+GST
US$3900+GST
US$3,900
US$3,900
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$4,570
US$4,570+VAT
US$3,900
Engineers, engineering trainees, technical
managers and assistants, technicians, geologists,
geophysicists, chemists, physicists, service
company personnel, sales representatives, and
data processing personnel.
FIELD TRIP
Petroleum and production engineers, completion
engineers, geoscientists, managers, technical
supervisors, service and support personnel, entry
level drilling engineers, drilling operations personnel,
drilling office support staff.
Y OU WILL LEA RN
YOU W I LL LEA RN
• Basic petroleum geology
•Reservoir fluid and rock properties
•Fundamentals of reservoir fluid flow
•Oil and gas reservoir classification, definition,
delineation and development
•Unconventional gas (“tight shale” gas)
•Fundamentals of drilling, well completion, and
production operations
•Basics of casing design and primary cementing
•Primary and enhanced recovery mechanisms
•Surface operations
ABOU T T H E COURSE
This course is far more than an introduction to petroleum
engineering and certainly is not a superficial presentation
of the technology of the industry. Its purpose is to
develop an understanding of the technology and its
applications at an engineer’s level, and the confidence
and professional enthusiasm which comes with that
understanding. The course has had a revolutionary effect
on training programs for many major oil and service
companies by making specialized training that follows far
more effective. Participants enter those specialized
programs with a depth of understanding of that particular
technology and relation to other classic and new
technologies of the industry. The course focuses on the
field and application approach, and includes classroom
exercises, fundamental engineering problems, and basic
field exercises. Basic Petroleum Engineering Practices
will set the foundation for technical professionals with
regards to technology and its engineering applications.
The course starts out with a brief introduction of the
history and current state of the oil and gas industry. Next,
reservoir fluids, petroleum geology, and petroleum
reservoirs are discussed. Then, various facets of
exploration technology, drilling engineering and
operations, well completion technology, and production
technology are covered before finishing with surface
processing of produced fluids.
C OU RSE C ONTENT
Reservoir fluid properties • Petroleum geology
• Reservoir properties and evaluation • Unconventional
gas (“tight shale” gas) • Exploration technology
• Drilling engineering • Well completion, stimulation and
workover • Well testing and formation damage
• Production operations
• About drilling equipment and how it is used
• Drilling terminology and abbreviations
• Keys to planning a successful well
• Common drilling problems and how to avoid them
• How to read a morning report
• Technology behind information in a morning report
A BOUT THE COURSE
Equipment and procedures involved with drilling oil and
gas wells are described for those who are interested in
understanding the drilling process regardless of the
academic background. During the first day, the overall
drilling process is presented along with definitions and
descriptions of drilling equipment. During the remainder
of the week, the various components are discussed in
greater detail with explanations of the basic science
concepts which guide these processes. Subjects
include descriptions of drill bits, directional drilling,
drilling fluids, solids control, cementing, casing, well
bore stability, well control, measurement-while-drilling
techniques, stuck pipe, lost circulation, and well bore
hydraulics. Some technology enhancements are
included to improve understanding of drilling operations
for all participants, with or without a science
background. An understanding of clay mineralogy helps
understand well bore instability and drilling fluids. A
discussion of pressure and pressure effects helps
explain many of the procedures and problems
associated with drilling wells. Rocks behave differently
under pressure and understanding this behavior helps
understand drilling performance. The art and science of
drilling are explained in simple terms.
After all of the various components and procedures are
discussed, the information contained in morning reports
is explained and used as a summary of the course
content.
COURS E CONTENT
• The overall drilling process and equipment • The
language of drillers – understanding their terminology
• Understanding the abbreviations and acronyms
associated with drilling • Rig equipment and types
• Types of drill bits • MWD • Drill strings • Drilled
solids management • Mud tank arrangements •
Drilling fluid properties • Well control • Cementing
• Casing design • Hole problems (stuck pipe,
lost circulation) • Well control • Directional drilling
operations and tools • Safety
Houston sessions will include field trip to rig when available.
ABERDEEN, U.K. DENVER, U.S. DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. OKLAHOMA CITY, U.S. ABERDEEN, U.K. CALGARY, CANADA DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. †
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. OKLAHOMA CITY, U.S. 13-17 JUL
3-7 AUG
17-21 MAY
2-6 FEB 20-24 APR
6-10 JUL
31 AUG-4 SEP
16-20 NOV 14-18 DEC
24-28 AUG
16-20 FEB
21-25 SEP
30 NOV-4 DEC 23-27 MAR
US$4,570+VAT
US$3,900
US$4,990
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$4,570
US$4,570+VAT
US$4,570+VAT
US$4,570+VAT
US$3,900
Available from anywhere via PetroFlex delivery
(see Inside Back Cover)
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1-5 JUN
17-21 AUG
22-26 MAR
23-27 FEB
6-10 APR
18-22 MAY
20-24 JUL
17-21 AUG
21-25 SEP
9-13 NOV
14-18 DEC
19-23 OCT
20-24 APR
26-30 OCT
22-26 JUN
US$4,570+VAT
US$3900+GST
US$4,990
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$4,570
US$4,570+VAT
US$4,570+VAT
US$3,900
† includes field trip
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Stuck Pipe
Prevention – Train
Wreck Avoidance™
Drilling Practices – DP
– SPP
Well Design and
Engineering – WDE
FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION
DES IG NE D F O R
DESI GN ED FOR
DES IGNED FOR
Drilling supervisors, drilling engineers, toolpushers,
managers and technical support personnel.
YO U W IL L L E A R N H O W TO
• Review drilling data and plan the well
• Incorporate completion plans into the drilling plan
• Drill a well cost effectively and maximize
penetration rate
• Evaluate stuck pipe problems and avoid potential
problems
• Evaluate and maintain drilling fluids
• Optimize hole cleaning
• Design casing, drill string and BOP/wellheads
• Evaluate and implement cementing programs
• Design and implement bit and hydraulics
programs
• Incorporate directional drilling and deviation
control
• Recognize and evaluate well control problems
A B OUT TH E C O U R S E
The two-week course is designed for engineers and
field personnel involved in the planning and
implementation of drilling programs. The seminar
covers all aspects of drilling technology,
emphasizing both theory and practical application.
Drilling is a complex operation requiring the
marriage of different technologies and disciplines.
Today’s drilling personnel must have a working
knowledge of all these disciplines in order to
effectively drill a well. The course provides all the
fundamentals necessary to drill a well whether it is
a shallow well or a complex, high pressure well.
Computer programs are used to design many
aspects of the modern well and the course will
provide the participants with the theory behind most
programs along with practical implementation.
Participants are required to bring a scientific
calculator.
C OUR S E C O N T E N T
Planning including requirements for the completion
and testing, AFE preparation • HSE at the rig site •
Cost control, evaluating alternative drilling methods
and maximizing penetration rate • Hole cleaning,
sloughing shale, lost circulation, stuck pipe and
fishing operations • Drilling fluids • Lifting capacity
of drilling fluids, pressure losses in the circulating
system and ECD • Maximizing hydraulics in the
planning phase and at the rig • Bit selection and
application • Casing and drill string design,
selection of casing seats, BOP equipment •
Cement, cement additives and displacement
mechanics • Deviation control, directional drilling
and horizontal drilling • Pressure control, routine
and special problems • Project post analysis
Entire drilling and completions team, including
operator, drilling contractor, and service
companies. Agendas are typically customized to
address topics relevant to the team.
YOU W I LL L EA RN HOW TO
• Identify mechanisms and risk factors that lead to
stuck pipe incidents.
•Anticipate, prevent, recognize and resolve stuck
pipe due to the following:
• Wellbore Instability
• Hole Cleaning
• Differential Sticking
• Wellbore Geometry
•Assess mechanics of wellbore stresses and the
impact on wellbore stability
•Analyze trends to identify early warning signs of
developing wellbore problems
•Use hole cleaning factors in both vertical and
deviated wellbores
•Apply mechanics of jars and how to use them
effectively
•Implement effective drilling and tripping practices
•Make cost-effective choices in planning fishing
operations
ABOU T T H E COURSE
The Stuck Pipe Prevention - Train Wreck Avoidance
™ workshop provides the most comprehensive
coverage in the industry for understanding and
preventing the underlying causes of Stuck Pipe,
Wellbore Instability, Loss Circulation, and other
sources of non-productive time (NPT) in drilling
operations. The workshop also focuses on correct
responses by individuals and teams, early warning
signs, and minimizing the impact to drilling
operations. Through world-class presentations,
practical discussion, and the best reference and
instructional materials available, delegates hone
their knowledge of basic drilling technology and how
it relates to avoiding NPT.
C OU RSE C ON TENT
Stuck Pipe Prevention • Rock Mechanics
• Wellbore Stress • Wellbore Instability • Trend
Recognition • Hole Cleaning • Differential Sticking
• Wellbore Geometry • Tripping Practices • Fishing
Practices
For in-house courses, the instructors of this course
will accept examples from your company for
analysis in the class as one of the demonstration
exercises. Please contact PetroSkills Training for a
list of the information and support data required, as
well as the necessary lead-time.
A BOUT THE COURSE
Well Design and Engineering integrates all major well
design technologies from pre-spud to TD. Participants are
actively engaged in every aspect of the technical activities
required to deliver a cost-effective well plan while also
gaining valuable perspective on how the overall process
should be managed in a dynamic team environment. The
workshop content is often customized to address
technologies and practices that may be specific to a project
or operational situation. The course delivery is carefully
balanced to integrate technical lectures and group
discussion with roughly half of each day allotted for the
teams to apply what they have learned on the project well
design. The single most important goal of the workshop is
to draw the linkages between the design topics and to leave
the participants with an understanding that each decision
has influence on those that follow. Intensity mounts as the
course progresses and each design topic builds on those
that came before. Design iterations are commonly required,
especially as the course progresses and seemingly
unrelated decisions push the teams into situations of
uncomfortable operational risk. On the last day, each team
presents their completed design before the class and an
invited panel of industry professionals.
A scientific calculator is required and a laptop computer
is strongly recommended.
27 APR-8 MAY US$7010+GST
6-17 DEC
US$8,980
9-20 FEB
US$7,080
27 JUL-7 AUG
US$7,080
12-23 OCT
US$8,180
23 FEB-6 MAR US$8,050+VAT
Y OU WILL LEA RN HOW TO
• Understand the responsibilities of a well planner as a
designer and project manager
• Review offset analysis and data gathering
• Understand the influence of completion design and
production requirements on well design
• Identify trajectory design issues and their influence
on torque and drag, wellbore stability, and future
intervention
• Develop specific casing design skills• Perform cement
slurry and displacement volume calculations
• Complete drill string and BHA designs and failure
prevention assessment for each hole section
• Review for directional well applications
• Understand different bit types and applications
• Perform calculations to support bit run economics
• Optimize hydraulics for each hole interval
• Compile risks to well delivery
• Develop mitigations and contingency plans
• Develop minimum rig capability specifications to deliver
well requirements
• Present and defend a well plan to management
COURS E CONTENT
Trajectory Design • Wellbore Stability and Casing Point
Selection• Drilling Fluids and Solids Control • Casing
Design • Primary Cementing • Drill String and BHA Design
• Bit Technology • Circulating System Hydraulics and Hole
Cleaning
EXAM P L ES
CALGARY, CANADA
DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. Drilling engineers, completion engineers, and
drilling supervisors involved with drilling operations
and well planning.
ABERDEEN, U.K. HOUSTON, U.S. 12-14 OCT
22-24 JUN
16-18 NOV
US$3,490+VAT
US$3,020
US$3,020
ABU DHABI, U.A.E. DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. OKLAHOMA CITY, U.S. 5-16 APR
US$8,990
6-17 SEP
US$8,990
2-13 MAR
US$7,430
20 APR-1 MAY
US$7,430
1-12 JUN
US$7,430
24 AUG-4 SEP
US$7,430
12-23 OCT
US$7,430
7-18 DEC
US$7,430
18-29 MAY
US$8,660
26 JAN-6 FEB US$8,530+VAT
10-21 AUG
US$8,530+VAT
2-13 NOV
US$7,430
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Directional,
Horizontal, and
Multilateral Drilling
– DHD
Surface Production
Operations – PO3
Completions and
Workovers – CAW
INTERMEDIATE
BASIC
FOUNDATION
DESI GN ED FOR
DES IGNED FOR
Drilling, production and operations engineers, field
supervisors, toolpushers, managers and technical
support personnel.
Y OU W I L L L E A R N H O W T O
• Make survey calculations
• Interpret TVD, polar and rectangular coordinates and
vertical section
• Interpret dogleg severity and the problems associated
with dogleg severity
• Plan a two-dimensional directional well
• Plan horizontal wells based on the objectives of the
well
• Determine the best multi-lateral completion for an
application
• Determine declination and non-magnetic drilling
collar selection
• Apply the best survey instrument for the job
• Directionally drill with rotary BHA’s, jetting,
whipstocks, motor, steerable motors, and rotary
steerable systems
• Drill horizontally underbalanced
• Interpret torque and drag and determine what factors
will affect the torque and drag
• Determine cementing requirements for directional
wells
This course builds a firm foundation in the principles
and practices of directional drilling, calculations, and
planning for directional and horizontal wells. Specific
problems associated with directional/horizontal drilling
such as torque, drag, hole cleaning, logging and drill
string component design are included. Participants will
receive instruction on planning and evaluating
horizontal wells based on the objectives of the
horizontal well. The basic applications and techniques
for multi-lateral wells are covered in the course.
Additionally, they will become familiar with the tools and
techniques used in directional drilling such as survey
instruments, bottomhole assemblies, motors, steerable
motors and steerable rotary systems. Participants will
be able to predict wellbore path based on historical
data and determine the requirements to hit the target.
Applications for directional drilling • Directional
profiles • Extended reach wells • Survey
calculations and accuracy • Dogleg severity
calculations and problems associated with doglegs
• Planning directional and horizontal wells
• Horizontal drilling methods and applications
• Logging high angle wells • Hole-cleaning
• Multi-laterals • Types of survey instruments
• Tools used to deflect a wellbore • Torque and
drag calculations • Cementing
Technical, field, service, support and supervisory
personnel having interaction with Facilities
Engineers and desiring to gain an awareness level
understanding of the field processing of production
fluids. This course is excellent for cross-training.
This course delivers an understanding of all the
fundamental field treating facilities: What they are Why they are needed - How they work.
YOU W I LL LEA RN
• The physical properties and phase behavior of crude
oil and natural gas that govern production operations
• Field processes for treating and conditioning full
wellstream production for sales or final disposition
• An introduction to the wide range of equipment
used to process, treat, transport, and store oilfield
produced fluids
• The basics of oilfield corrosion prevention, detection
and treatment
• How to determine and minimize pressure drop in
pipelines, valves and pressured vessels
• Internal workings of separators, pumps,
compressors, valves and other treating equipment
• An overview of the processes and equipment used to
handle acid gases
• A basic understanding of a wide range of produced
fluid volume measurement and metering devices
• A description of treating equipment whether located
on the surface, offshore platform or sea floor
ABOU T T H E COURSE
The purpose of this course is to present an overview
and basic understanding of the wide range of oilfield
production handling and treatment equipment. The
participant should learn not only “what” but “how” field
fluid treating equipment works. The fundamental
principles of fluid behavior are first introduced, then
applied to all of the various equipment and systems
comprising production operations. Emphasis is on
understanding the internal workings inside the piping,
valves and treating vessels.
A major goal of this course is to improve communication
among the technical disciplines, field and office in order
to enhance operational efficiencies, lower costs and
improve production economics. Example step-by-step
exercises are worked together with the instructor to
drive home the important points. Daily sessions include
formal presentation interspersed with many short
directed discussions and problem solving.
C OU RSE C ONTENT
Properties of produced fluids • Valves • Safety systems
• Flowlines, manifolds and gathering systems
• Mechanical equipment • Gas separation / treating
• Oil / water separation and treatment • Fluid
measurement and instrumentation • Acid gas treatment
• Corrosion • Treating facility innovations
ABERDEEN, U.K. DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA MIDLAND, U.S. OKLAHOMA CITY, U.S. 13-17 JUL
US$4,770+VAT
23-27 AUG
US$5,190
13-17 APR
US$4,140
10-14 AUG
US$4,140
5-9 OCT
US$4,140
30 NOV-4 DEC
US$4,140
8-12 JUN
US$5,460
22-26 JUN
US$4,100
26-30 OCT
US$4,100
BAKERSFIELD, U.S. CALGARY, CANADA DALLAS, U.S. DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. MIDLAND, U.S. OKLAHOMA CITY, U.S. PERTH, AUSTRALIA 23-27 MAR
US$3,900
27 APR-1 MAY US$3900+GST
5-9 OCT
US$3,900
8-12 NOV
US$4,990
18-22 MAY
US$3,940
31 AUG-4 SEP
US$3,940
14-18 DEC
US$3,940
25-29 MAY
US$4,570
10-14 AUG
US$4,570+VAT
16-20 NOV
US$3,900
6-10 APR
US$3,900
3-7 AUG
US$4,570+GST
Beginning level drilling operations, production
operations, workover and completions personnel;
petroleum engineers; drilling and completion
contractor personnel; service company personnel.
• Develop a high level completion strategy for wells in a
variety of situations
• Select tubing, packers, and completion flow control
equipment
• Appraise/design a suitable flow barrier strategy
• Make recommendations on installation and retrieval
practices for tubing, packers, etc.
• Identify key design for horizontal, multilateral, HPHT
wells, etc.
• Select an appropriate intervention strategy/equipment
• Identify key features/applicability of the main sand
control, fracpack and well stimulation options
• Assess/specify concerns/remedial measures for
formation damage/skin removal
• Develop and outline overall strategy for a completion
program
A BOUT THE COURSE
The Completions and Workovers course is an introduction
to many facets of completion and intervention technology.
The material progresses through each of the major
design, diagnostic and intervention technologies, ending
with the effect of operations on surface facilities and plug
and abandonment requirements. The course focuses on
the practical aspects of each of the technologies, using
design examples and both successes and failures to
illustrate the points of the design and the risks involved
with the entire process. The overall objectives of the
course are to focus on delivering and maintaining “well
quality.”
This course sets a firm foundation for future work in
completions and workover technology. Numerous
exercises emphasize the application of learning
objectives. During the first day, topics include the
objectives and key decisions for completion design,
integrating completion with well construction, the impact
of well flow capacity, and artificial lift options. Days two,
three, and four cover completion equipment, perforating,
horizontal and multilateral wells, specialized completion
technologies, formation damage, well servicing fluids,
completion programming, well stimulation options and
screening.
ABERDEEN, U.K. ABU DHABI, U.A.E. BAKERSFIELD, U.S. BOGOTA, COLOMBIA CALGARY, CANADA DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. MIDLAND, U.S. OKLAHOMA CITY, U.S. PERTH, AUSTRALIA 2-6 MAR
US$4,940+VAT
13-17 SEP
US$5,410
16-20 MAR
US$4,240
13-17 JUL
US$4,350
11-15 MAY
US$4240+GST
22-26 MAR
US$5,410
23-27 FEB
US$4,240
9-13 MAR
US$4,240
20-24 APR
US$4,240
18-22 MAY
US$4,240
22-26 JUN
US$4,240
24-28 AUG
US$4,240
5-9 OCT
US$4,240
9-13 NOV
US$4,240
30 NOV-4 DEC
US$4,240
7-11 SEP
US$4,940
8-12 JUN
US$4,940+VAT
3-7 AUG
US$4,940+VAT
30 NOV-4 DEC US$4,940+VAT
1-5 JUN
US$4,240
4-8 MAY
US$4,240
19-23 OCT US$4,940+GST
5
Production
Operations 1 – PO1
Performance Analysis,
Prediction, and
Optimization Using
NODAL™ Analysis – PO2
Production
Technology for Other
Disciplines – PTO
FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION
DE S IG NED F O R
DESI GN ED F OR
DES IGNED FOR
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.
Petroleum engineers, production operations staff,
reservoir engineers, facilities staff, drilling and
completion engineers; geologists; field supervisors
and managers; field technicians, service company
engineers and managers, and, especially engineers
starting a work assignment in production engineering
and operations or other engineers wanting a firm
foundation in production engineering.
• Design and properly select well completion mechanical
equipment
• Evaluate the flow capacity of a well
• Achieve successful well casing primary cementing and
remedial casing cement repair techniques
• Select equipment and engineer alternate methods
for perforating operations in varied down hole well
environments including underbalanced procedures
• Utilize alternate well intervention techniques of applied
wireline operations and coiled tubing methods
• Recognize harsh well producing environments leading
to potential corrosion and erosion failure, scale
formation, and related downhole deposits
• Choose proper wellbore completion and workover
fluids, fluid solids control, and fluids filtration standards
and best practice methods
• Distinguish the characteristics and types of mechanical
artificial lift systems
• Ascertain why and how formations become damaged
and how to interpret, prevent, and correct reservoir
damage
• Collect data to categorize options to choose an
optimum well stimulation plan
• Understand the causes of and the best approach to
managing sand production
• Understand how to properly acidize a carbonate or a
sandstone reservoir
• Understand the proper use and effects of surfactants
and their presence in the oilfield in order to benefit
from their use and avoid problems mis-application
• Manage organic paraffin and asphaltene field deposits
in tubing and surface facilities
• Understand modern fracture stimulation and
productivity improvement including multistage
horizontal well shale gas and shale oil massive frac job
design and operations
• Review heavy oil development and extraction including
mining operations and current modern thermal
processes
• Choose proven technology for cased hole production
logging tools and interpretation methods
• Select mechanical and / or permeability altering
chemical methods to attempt downhole water shut off
• Recognize, prevent, and manage corrosive conditions
and typical common soluble and insoluble scales,
and much more
Production, operations, and reservoir engineers;
senior technicians and field supervisors with an
engineering background.
YOU WI L L L EA RN HOW TO
•Apply NodalTM Analysis concepts viewing the total
producing system as a whole from the reservoir rock
through the completion, well bore and gathering
system, to the market while honoring system rate/
pressure constraints
• Avoid improper design where any one component,
or a mismatch of components, adversely affects the
performance of the entire system
• Perform a system-wide analysis to increase well rates
by identifying bottlenecks and design an efficient
field-wide flow system, including wells, artificial lift,
gathering lines and manifolds
• Use NodalTM Analysis, together with reservoir
simulation and analytical tools, for planning new field
development
ABOU T T H E COURSE
Improper design of any one component, or a mismatch
of components, adversely affects the performance of the
entire system. The chief function of a system-wide
analysis is to increase well rates. It identifies bottlenecks
and serves as a framework for the design of efficient
field wide flow systems, including wells, artificial lift,
gathering lines and manifolds. Together with reservoir
simulation and analytical tools, NodalTM Analysis is used
in planning new field development. Initially, this
technology was applied using pressure traverse curves
and simple PI models. Now state-of-the-art software
programs have enabled a well-trained engineer to
concentrate on matching field data, interpreting results,
and understanding a system’s interdependencies.
Software is used extensively during the class and the
participant is encouraged to bring his/her own laptop
and nodal software. However, if the attendee chooses
not to supply his/her own software, NodalTM Analysis and
gas deliverability planning programs will be provided at
no extra charge.
One personal computer is provided, at additional cost,
for each two participants.
C OU RSE C ON TENT
General Overview of NodalTM Analysis • Inflow
Performance • Completion Performance • Tubing
Performance • Flowline Performance • Artificial Lift
13-24 APR
US$8,050+VAT
9-20 NOV
US$7,010
24 AUG-4 SEP
US$7,190
2-13 FEB
US$7010+GST
13-24 APR
US$7010+GST
24 AUG-4 SEP US$7010+GST
3-14 AUG
US$7,010
2-13 MAR
US$7,010
15-26 NOV
US$8,980
16-27 MAR
US$7,080
1-12 JUN
US$7,080
14-25 SEP
US$7,080
19-30 OCT
US$7,080
7-18 DEC
US$7,080
30 NOV-11 DEC
US$8,180
15-26 JUN
US$8,050+VAT
2-13 NOV
US$8,050+VAT
11-22 MAY
US$7,010
7-18 SEP
US$8,180+GST
A BOUT THE COURSE
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.
One personal computer is provided, at additional cost, for
each two participants.
COURS E CONTENT
Completion design • Inflow and outflow performance
• Artificial lift well completion systems (gas-lift, electrical
submersible pump, beam-pump, progressing cavity pump)
• Formation damage and well stimulation • Perforating
• Sand Control • Fracturing • Intelligent well completions
• Swellables and expandables well completions • Field
surveillance and data • Production system optimization
ABERDEEN, U.K. BAKERSFIELD, U.S. BOGOTA, COLOMBIA CALGARY, CANADA COVINGTON, U.S. DENVER, U.S. DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. MIDLAND, U.S. PERTH, AUSTRALIA Y OU WILL LEA RN 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
• Perform system analyses (Nodal AnalysisTM) evaluations
to optimize well tubing design and selection
• Perform basic 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
CALGARY, CANADA DENVER, U.S. DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA OKLAHOMA CITY, U.S. PERTH, AUSTRALIA VIENNA, AUSTRIA *plus computer charge
14-18 SEP US$4000+GST*
17-21 AUG
US$4,000*
19-23 APR
US$5,090*
1-5 JUN
US$4,040*
7-11 DEC
US$4,670*
16-20 MAR
US$4,000*
27-31 JUL US$4,670+GST*
19-23 OCT
US$4,670*
HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS 10-14 AUG
14-18 DEC
18-22 MAY
16-20 NOV
US$4,040*
US$4,670*
US$4,670*
US$4,670*
*plus computer charge
6
Flow Assurance for
Offshore Production
– FAOP
Formation Damage:
Causes, Prevention,
and Remediation
– FD
Gas Production
Engineering – GPO
INTERMEDIATE
INTERMEDIATE
INTERMEDIATE
DESI GN ED FOR
DES IGNED FOR
Production, reservoir, and facilities engineers and others
involved in gas production, transportation, and storage
including field supervisors.
Engineers, operators and technical managers
who are responsible for offshore completions,
production and development; technical staff
needing a foundation in principals, challenges
and solutions for offshore flow assurance. The
course is also appropriate for persons involved
in produced fluids flow in onshore production
operations.
• Identify the components of a complete flow
assurance study for offshore developments and
understand how they relate to the production
system design and operation
•Interpret and use sampling and laboratory
testing results of reservoir fluids relative to flow
assurance
•Understand the basic properties of reservoir fluids
and how they are modeled for the production
flowline system
•Understand the thermohydraulic modeling of
steady state and transient multiphase flow in
offshore production systems
•Evaluate and compare mitigation and remediation
techniques for: gas hydrates, paraffin (waxes),
asphaltenes, emulsions, scale, corrosion, erosion
and solids transport, and slugging
•Understand the elements of an operability report
for subsea production facilities, flowlines, and
export flowlines
Flow assurance is a critical component in the design
and operation of offshore production facilities. This
is particularly true as the industry goes to deeper
water, longer tiebacks, deeper wells and higher
temperature and pressure reservoirs. Although gas
hydrate issues dominate the thermal design; waxes,
asphaltenes, emulsions, scale, corrosion, erosion,
solids transport, slugging and operability are all
important issues which require considerable effort.
The participant will be presented with sufficient
theory/correlation information to be able to
understand the basis for the applications. This
intensive five day course has considerable time
devoted to application and design exercises to
ensure the practical applications are learned.
One personal computer is provided, at additional
cost, for each two participants.
Overview of flow assurance • PVT analysis and fluid
properties • Steady state and transient multiphase
flow modeling • Hydrate, paraffin and asphaltene
control • Corrosion, erosion and sand control
• Fluid property and phase behavior modeling
• Equations of state • Fugacity and equilibrium
• Viscosities of oils • Thermal modeling
• Multiphase pressure boosting • Slugging:
hydrodynamic, terrain induced & ramp up
• Commissioning, Start-up, and Shutdown
Operations
ABERDEEN, U.K. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. PERTH, AUSTRALIA *plus computer charge
24-28 AUG US$4,770+VAT*
9-13 MAR
US$4,140*
30 NOV-4 DEC
US$5,460*
29 JUN-3 JUL US$4,770+VAT*
7-11 DEC
US$5,460+GST*
Production, completion, reservoir, and drilling
engineers; geologists concerned with well
performance and production enhancement; field
supervisors, production foremen, engineering
technicians, production and exploration managers;
those involved in vertical, horizontal and multilateral
wells, conventional and unconventional reservoirs.
YOU W I LL LEA RN HOW TO
• Recognize formation damage and damage
mechanisms in carbonates, sandstones and shales
• Prevent and overcome damage, when it exists,
through the application of non-acid approaches,
acidizing and small fracturing treatments
ABOU T T H E COURSE
Formation damage seems to be inevitable and it is
costing your company money! Whether formation
damage can be prevented, removed economically, or
must be accepted as the price for drilling and
producing a well will depend upon many factors.
Concerns for formation damage have been with our
industry from the early days. These concerns become
more prevalent as we embark on more challenging
reservoirs utilizing even more challenging drilling,
completion and production methods. Additional
concerns relate to the common lost production or
injectivity following workovers in these challenging
environments. These subjects and many more are
addressed in this fast-paced, informative course
covering all aspects of formation damage. Examples,
case histories, and class team exercises are used
throughout the course to emphasize key points on this
important industry subject. This subject is briefly
covered in the PetroSkills Production Operations 1
course (Foundation Level) as well as in the Well
Stimulation: Practical and Applied (Basic Level) course.
However, this course is more concentrated, detailed
and applied in the subject matter than either of the
other courses
C OU RSE C O NTENT
Geological / depositional environment, reservoir
properties review • Properties influencing formation
damage • Damaging sandstones, shales and
carbonates, clay mineralogy • Damage mechanisms –
Causes of damage: Fluids and Polymers, During drilling,
running pipe and cementing, From perforating, During
well completions, During production (fines migration,
paraffin, scale, etc), During workovers and Damage to
Injection wells. • Evaluating damage potential:
Laboratory testing • Evaluating wells that may be
damaged: Production performance, Pressure analysis,
Production logging • Damage removal: Non-acid
approaches, Acidizing and Bypassing damage with
hydraulic fracturing
• Apply proven techniques to field problems which
increase profitability
• Calculating gas well performance, from the reservoir
to the sales line
• Optimize gas well production
• Relate reservoir and well performance to time
• Predict when a well will die due to liquid loading
A BOUT THE COURSE
Participants learn the latest methods for calculating gas
well performance from reservoir to sales. Reservoir
performance covers the fundamentals of reservoir gas
flow and details the best methods for testing wells,
according to the time and money available. The
importance of flow regime and non-Darcy flow on test
design and interpretation is emphasized for new wells
and for the possibility of improving the performance of
older wells. Also discussed are performances of tight
formations, horizontal wells, fractured wells, and
methods for estimating gas reserves, the effect of each
system component on total well performance, which
permits optimum sizing of tubing, flowlines, separators,
and compressors. Formation damage, gas well dewatering, hydrate formation, water influx, and abnormal
reservoir pressure problems are reviewed. Reservoir
and well performance to time, as well as calculate cash
flow and compression requirements and the best
procedures to predict when liquid loading will make a
well nonproductive are also covered . Field gas
processing, including dehydration and condensate
recovery, is briefly reviewed. Participants receive free
software at the end of the course.
COURS E CONTENT
Gas properties, classifying gas reservoirs • Reservoir
performance: Gas well testing - flow after flow,
isochronal, stabilized inflow performance; turbulence and
skin effects; perforation effects; tight well analysis;
horizontal wells; hydraulically fractured wells • Reserve
calculations: P/Z plots, energy plots, water influx,
abnormal pressure effects; diagnostic testing based on
production data • Flow in pipes and restrictions:
Pressure loss - tubing, flowlines, chokes, safety valves;
effects of liquids-liquid loading, liquid removal methods,
multiphase flow correlations; erosional velocity
• Compression: Types; selection - reciprocating and
centrifugal; effects of variables; capacity and horsepower
• Total system analysis: Tubing and flowline size effects;
perforating effects; relating deliverability to time;
evaluating compressor installations; analyzing injection
wells • Flow measuring: Orifice metering - design,
accuracy, troubleshooting; other metering methods
• Condensate reservoir: Reservoir types - wet gas,
retrograde; reserve estimates, laboratory simulation; gas
cycling • Field operations problems
BAKERSFIELD, U.S. COVINGTON, U.S. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. OKLAHOMA CITY, U.S. 21-25 SEP
US$4,100
8-12 JUN
US$4,100
30 NOV-4 DEC
US$4,140
5-9 OCT
US$5,460
20-24 JUL
US$4,770+VAT
16-20 MAR
US$4,100
CALGARY, CANADA HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. TULSA, U.S. 1-5 JUN
23-27 NOV
16-20 MAR
3-7 AUG
22-26 JUN
4-8 MAY
US$4100+GST*
US$4100+GST*
US$4,140*
US$5,460*
US$4,770+VAT*
US$4,100*
7
Gas Well
Deliquification – GWD
Production
Chemistry – OGPC
Sand Control – SNDC
INTERMEDIATE
INTERMEDIATE
INTERMEDIATE
DES IG NE D F O R
DESI GN ED FOR
DES IGNED FOR
Engineers, field technicians, field supervisors,
and others who select, design, install, evaluate, or
operate artificial lift systems for use in de-watering
gas wells.
• Maximize gas production using optimized
dewatering techniques
•Recognize liquid loading in a gas well using field
symptoms, critical velocity and Nodal Analysis
•Recognize the advantages and disadvantages of
various methods of liquid removal
•Install and troubleshoot several methods
•Understand economics of each method covered
As gas wells deplete, the velocity in the tubing drops
and eventually liquids from the well and from
condensation begin to accumulate in the tubing.
This increase of liquids in the tubing adds back
pressure on the formation, which in turn reduces
flow or even stops flow all together. The course
introduces this problem and discusses how to
recognize liquid loading as opposed to other
possible well problems. The course will then cover
the various methods of solving the problem of liquid
loading, showing how to apply the various solutions
and the advantages and disadvantages of each
method. Solution methods include use of
surfactants, velocity strings, compression, use of
plunger lift, various other pumping methods, gas lift,
and the injection of fluids below a packer so gas
can flow up the annulus.
The attendee should be able to recognize the
problem of liquid loading and have a good idea of
which methods can solve the problem and select
the best method/s for solution after attending the
course. There are about 400,000 gas wells in the
USA and most are liquid loaded. Solving this
problem may on the average increase production by
~40% per well. The course will consist of slide
presentations, example problems and discussion.
Some films will be shown.
Recognize symptoms of liquid loading in gas wells
• Critical velocity • Systems Nodal analysis
• Sizing tubing • Compression • Plunger lift • Use
of foam to de-liquefy gas wells • Hydraulic pumps
• Use of beam pumps to de-liquefy gas wells • Gas
lift • Electrical submersible pumps • Progressive
cavity pumps • Other methods to attack liquid
loading problems
CALGARY, CANADA DENVER, U.S. HOUSTON, U.S. OKLAHOMA CITY, U.S. 22-26 JUN
5-9 OCT
15-19 JUN
9-13 NOV
US$4100+GST*
US$4,100*
US$4,140*
US$4,100*
Production engineers, facilities engineers,
chemists and technicians involved with production
systems from the well-bore through the topside
production equipment, transmission pipelines
and storage facilities, who are responsible for
recognizing and treating problems which might
require treatment chemicals.
• Recognize corrosive conditions and monitor corrosion
rates
• Select and apply corrosion inhibitors
• Predict and treat emulsions
• Understand causes and control of foaming
• Predict scale forming conditions
• Select and apply scale inhibitors
• Control gas hydrate formation
• Predict and control paraffin (wax) deposition
• Evaluate methods for asphaltene control
• Scavenge low concentrations of H2S
• Select and apply water clarifiers
• Select chemicals for use in deep water
• Select environmentally friendly chemicals
ABOU T T H E COURSE
This course covers the selection and use of chemicals
used in oil and gas production. As oil fields mature
more water is produced which requires the use of more
chemicals to maintain production. Chemicals used for
controlling corrosion, emulsions, foaming, mineral
scales, paraffins (waxes), asphaltenes, gas hydrates,
hydrogen sulfide scavengers and water clarifiers are
covered. The course includes methods to determine the
need for chemical treating, how to select the proper
chemicals, and how testing for chemical compatibility
with the formation and other chemicals is performed.
Requirements for environmentally friendly products and
products for deep water production are discussed. The
course will include how the use of chemicals can
prevent problems, improve production and economics,
and extend the life of the production equipment. Due to
its modular construction, this course can be offered on
an in-house basis with expansion of some of the major
sections and deletion of others to suit the needs of
individual client groups. Should you desire this
approach, please contact PetroSkills.
C OU RSE C ON TENT
Corrosive agents • Corrosion inhibitor selection and
application • Predicating and monitoring corrosion
rates • Basics of oil field emulsions • Demulsifier
selection and field application • Foams • Defoamers
• Foam basics • Field application of foams • How
defoamers work • Compounds that cause scaling
• Predication of scaling tendency • Scale inhibitors
• Solvents to dissolve scales • Requirements for gas
hydrates to form • Types of compounds used to control
hydrate formation • Causes of paraffin (wax) problems
• Paraffin treatment chemicals • Asphaltene stability
tests • Asphaltene treat• Chemicals used as H2S
scavengers • Application of scavengers • Oil carryover
in water • Removal of oil and oily solids • Tests
required for chemicals used in deep water • Green
chemicals (Environmentally friendly chemicals)•
International guidelines
Drilling, completion, production and research
engineers; field supervisors and production
foremen; technical personnel who supply services
and equipment.
• Determine the causes of sand production
•Determine the need for sand control
•Select the best sand control method
•Prepare the well for gravel packs
•Prepack perforations and determine when
prepacking is appropriate
•Apply “Best Practices” to ensure successful sand
control completions
•Conduct successful “frac packs”
•Evaluate sand control performance
•Minimize production losses
•Evaluate new technologies for proper applications
A BOUT THE COURSE
Sand causes a wide variety of costly problems when
oil and gas are produced from unconsolidated
reservoirs. The most costly problem is usually the
loss of production resulting from formation damage
caused by poorly planned and/or executed sand
control applications. This course will identify the
parameters that must be considered when selecting
the sand control technique to be used. Examples,
problems and case histories will be examined to
illustrate key points. Sand control failures will be
used to illustrate the types of problems that can
lead to early well failures. The course will also teach
how to perform quality control checks during the
sand control application to help insure successful
wells. Because Sand Control in horizontal wells
often proves to be short-lived when incorrectly
applied, examples and class problems will focus on
correctly choosing successful completion
techniques for horizontal wells. Several new
promising sand control technologies have been
introduced in the last few years such as expandable
screens. The proper application of these new
technologies will also be thoroughly covered.
Attendees will leave this course with a thorough
understanding of what is necessary to design and
implement cost-effective sand control in producing
and injection wells.
COURS E CONTENT
Sand control techniques • Radial flow and formation
damage • Causes and effects of sand production
• Predicting sand production • Gravel pack design
• Slotted liners and wire wrapped screens • Gravel
pack completion equipment and service tools • Well
preparation for gravel packing • Perforating for
gravel placement techniques • Perforation
prepacking and enhanced prepacking • Frac packing
• Open hole gravel packing • Expandable screens
• Gravel pack performance • Horizontal well
completions
DENVER, U.S. DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. LONDON, U.K. OKLAHOMA CITY, U.S. BAKERSFIELD, U.S. BOGOTA, COLOMBIA HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. 4-8 MAY
13-17 SEP
2-6 MAR
27-31 JUL
2-6 NOV
US$4,100
US$5,190
US$4,140
US$4,770+VAT
US$4,100
27 APR-1 MAY
US$4,100
10-14 AUG
US$4,190
12-16 OCT
US$4,140
8-12 JUN
US$5,460
23-27 MAR US$4,770+VAT
8
Hydraulic Fracturing
Applications – HFU
Surface Water
Management in
Unconventional
Resource Plays – SWM
Horizontal and
Multilateral Wells:
Completions and
Stimulation – HML2
INTERMEDIATE
INTERMEDIATE
SPECIALIZED
DESI GN ED FOR
DES IGNED FOR
Production, reservoir, and drilling engineers, as
well as others who need a better understanding of
fracturing applications.
• Design hydraulic fracture treatments for typical
field situations
• Apply the concepts of well stimulation by hydraulic
fracturing to various types of reservoir conditions
to optimize well productivity
• Recognize opportunities for substantial production
improvement by application of effective hydraulic
fracturing
• Gather pertinent well data and information to
plan, design, implement, and evaluate fracturing
treatments for all types of reservoirs
• Realize the strengths and limitations of hydraulic
fracture theory as it relates to field applications
of fracturing
• Become a participant in each fracturing treatment
rather than just a technical observer
The course takes a practical approach to the
applications of hydraulic fracturing. Fracturing
technology benefits and limitations in all types of
sandstone and carbonate reservoirs are explained.
Fracture modeling is used as a tool to demonstrate
how modeling software can be used effectively in
practical applications. All aspects of the planning,
designing, and implementation of fracturing
treatments are covered. In addition to the technical
presentation, the course contains many practical
exercises and class problems based on case
histories. You will take home a fresh approach to
hydraulic fracturing, eager to select viable
candidates for more effective fracturing applications.
Introduction to the fracturing process and mechanics
• Practical fracture design • Fracturing fluid
additives and proppant • Strengths and limitations of
fracturing applications • Production increase
• Factors involved in field implementation • Acid
fracturing vs. proppant fracturing • Frac packs
• Waterfracs • Fracturing in horizontal wells
• QA/QC of fracturing treatments • Evaluation of
fracturing treatment success
Production, completion, operations, and surface
facilities engineers; operations managers, logistics
coordinators, field superintendents; any personnel
involved in establishing, improving, or supervising
the implementation of an organization’s water
management plan; personnel in service organizations
seeking a more thorough understanding of the water
system in unconventional resource plays.
• Design and implement a water management plan for
an unconventional resource play
• Assess the regional hydrological cycle in the
operational area
• Adopt emerging best practices regarding water
management
• Establish a water sampling and analysis program
• Design and run a water treatment technology pilot test
• Find the lowest cost solution for sourcing fluid for
hydraulic fracturing operations
• Select a water treatment technology for a project
• Manage the primary service/equipment providers
critical to water management
• Establish basic water quality requirements necessary
for frac fluid
• Build a water management plan that complies with
regulations
• Build a water management cost model to use as a
tool to optimize a water management plan
ABOU T T H E COURSE
Water management in unconventional resource plays has
become a critical topic to the oil and gas industry in the
last decade. In order to establish and implement an
optimized water management plan for hydraulic fracturing
operations, operators and service companies need an
understanding of a broad array of subjects, including water
chemistry, systems modeling, water treatment technology,
the regulatory landscape, and best practices for field
operations. This course first establishes a foundation of
knowledge regarding water awareness, water chemistry,
fluid dynamics, and water analysis tools. Upon this
foundation the course will build a model for optimizing
water management in support of hydraulic fracturing
operations, providing reviews of best practices and the
latest industry technology, while always considering key
stakeholders. This course is designed for the practitioner;
for the people who will design and implement all or part of
a water management plan in unconventional resource
plays.
C OU RSE C ONTENT
Global water awareness and the oil and gas industry’s
impact • Flowback and produced fluid • Basic water
chemistry focused on oilfield concerns • Water quality
considerations for hydraulic fracturing operations
• Water sampling and analysis, in the field and in the
lab • Water treatment for reuse and recycling programs
• Acquisition, storage, transportation, disposal, and
treatment of water • Holistic field water management
• Regulations applicable to water management • Water
management system cost modeling
27-31 JUL
US$4,770+VAT
9-13 MAR
US$4100+GST
27 APR-1 MAY
US$4,140
21-25 SEP
US$4,140
6-10 APR
US$5,460
15-19 JUN
US$4,100
19-23 OCT
US$4,100
• Successfully design and optimize horizontal and
multilateral well completions
•Engineer wells, taking into account limitations
imposed by well bore stability and borehole
friction
•Determine the appropriate zonal isolation
methods for horizontal and multilateral wells
•Hydraulic fracturing of horizontal wells
•Design damage removal, stimulation, and
workover operations
A BOUT THE COURSE
Successful multilateral and horizontal wells require
new considerations, interdisciplinary planning, and
special techniques. This intense course addresses
the critical need for a proper understanding of all
aspects of horizontal and multilateral well design,
completion and stimulation that make these wells
unique. It is designed for those planning or working
with horizontal and multilateral wells, and interested
in effective use of the latest technology. Basic
understanding of important reservoir characteristics,
hole stability, formation damage, crucial zonal
isolation and hydraulic fracturing are just some of
the issues critical to successful horizontal and
multilateral wells addressed by this course. A
combined practical and technical theme is
employed, with emphasis on economy and
efficiency in designing, completing and producing
horizontal and multilateral wells. Participants
develop an appreciation for the complexity of these
wells and become equipped to design programs for
horizontal and multilateral wells. Drilling engineers
that are solely interested in the details of drilling
horizontal wells should take Directional, Horizontal,
and Multilateral Drilling.
Participants are required to bring a scientific
calculator. One personal computer is provided, at
additional cost, for each two participants
COURS E CONTENT
Reservoir characteristics for horizontal and
multilateral well applications • Well performance
prediction • Wellbore stability of horizontal wells
• Stress field effect on drilling, completion,
production and stimulation • Geosteering
• Multilateral well structure, junction and application
• Formation damage and its effect on horizontal
well performance • Well completion and its effect
on horizontal and multilateral wells • Intelligent
completion: downhole monitoring and control • Well
trajectory and completion optimization • Horizontal
well fracturing • Acidizing of horizontal wells •
Other stimulation methods
ABERDEEN, U.K. CALGARY, CANADA HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA OKLAHOMA CITY, U.S. PITTSBURGH, U.S. Completion, production, reservoir, and research
engineers; geologists; managers in completion,
production, drilling, and exploration; others
involved in various phases of horizontal and
multilateral wells or interested in gaining an
interdisciplinary up-to-date understanding of this
continually evolving technology.
HOUSTON, U.S. OKLAHOMA CITY, U.S. PITTSBURGH, U.S. 6-8 JUL
16-18 NOV
13-15 APR
5-7 OCT
US$3,080
US$3,080
US$3,050
US$3,050
CALGARY, CANADA DENVER, U.S. HOUSTON, U.S. OKLAHOMA CITY, U.S. VIENNA, AUSTRIA 1-5 JUN
20-24 JUL
16-20 MAR
14-18 DEC
12-16 OCT
22-26 JUN
US$4200+GST*
US$4,200*
US$4,240*
US$4,240*
US$4,200*
US$4,870*
Reservoir
Management for
Unconventional
Reservoirs – RMUR
INTERMEDIATE
DES IG NE D F O R
All petro-technical professionals who have little
experience with unconventional reservoirs but
who need or desire to start developing some
understanding of important basic concepts and
methods associated with these resource types.
The course is focused on reservoir management
issues for tight gas, tight oil and shale reservoirs.
CBM reservoirs are not addressed.
• Plan solutions to common reservoir management
problems for unconventional reservoirs
• Apply approaches to estimate rate and
recoverable volumes for develop wells prior to
development in an unconventional reservoir
• Use classical and current non-simulation
methods for estimating wells rates and
recoverable volumes using production data from
unconventional reservoirs
• Better understand the limitations of these rate and
recoverable volume prediction methods
• Address the development of a life-of-field
surveillance plan for an unconventional reservoir
• Better understand the use, design and analysis
of pressure transient tests appropriate for the
characterization of unconventional well/reservoir
systems (DFITs & PBUs)
This course in unconventional reservoir management is
aimed at all petro-technical professionals who have little
experience with these resource types but who wish to
quickly learn some key elements and issues associated
with the exploitation of unconventional reservoirs (tight
gas, tight oil and shales). The course is built around the
role of the reservoir engineer and, hence, concerns itself
with the integration and use of information to make well
rate and recoverable volumes estimates, making
decisions on desirable data collection and planning
answers to common questions such as choice of initial
development spacing and the value of subsequent infill
drilling. Attendees should leave this course with an
improved understanding of unconventional reservoir
exploitation.
Reservoir Management and the role of the reservoir
engineer• Unconventional reservoirs: Quality recognition
and development life-stages • A review of the
fundamentals of volumetric in unconventional reservoirs •
Rate & recoverable volumes prediction: Before development
• Rate & recoverable volumes prediction: After development
• Pressure transient testing: appropriate methods; design
and analysis • Life-of-field surveillance planning • Solving
common unconventional reservoir management problems:
Setting initial spacing • Solving common unconventional
reservoir management problems: Valuing & planning infill
drilling • Solving common unconventional reservoir
management problems: Development drilling sequence
• Reservoir simulation versus non-simulation tools
• Uncertainty issues
UNCONVENTIONAL
KNOW HOW
PetroSkills delivers the knowledge
and skills required for unconventional
resource plays.
Breakthroughs in technology combined with the economic landscape have
made unconventional resources a vital and growing part of the energy business.
PetroSkills courses for Unconventional Resources are designed to ensure that
industry professionals achieve maximum competency for shales, tight sands,
and coalbed methane plays.
Challenges with developing unconventional resources are driving industry
to implement more efficient work flows and more cost-effective formation
evaluation solutions, which in turn force optimization at every step. PetroSkills
continues to lead the way in delivering knowledge and skills for these everevolving requirements, constantly expanding our unconventional program to
deliver the know-how required for unconventional resource plays.
In addition to the programs shown here, PetroSkills course offerings across the
board recognize that unconventional resources are now part of the resource set
for all industry professionals.
PETROSKILLS UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCE COURSES:
• Advanced Hydraulic Fracturing
• Applied Rock Mechanics
• Basic Petroleum Engineering Practices
• Basic Petroleum Technology
• Coalbed Methane
• Directional, Horizontal, and
Multilateral Drilling
• Evaluating and Developing Shale Resources
• Foundations of Petrophysics
• Gas Conditioning and Processing
• Gas Production Engineering
• Geosteering
• Horizontal and Multilateral Wells:
Analysis and Design
• Horizontal and Multilateral Wells: Completions and Stimulation
• Hydraulic Fracturing Applications
• Petrophysics of Unconventional
Reservoirs
• Project Management in Upstream Field Development
• Reservoir Management for Unconventional Reservoirs
• Surface Water Management in Unconventional Resource Plays
• U
nconventional Resources
Completion and Stimulation
• Use of Full Azimuth Seismic and Microseismic for Unconventional
Plays
• W
ell Test Design and Analysis
• W
ell Design and Engineering
CALGARY, CANADA DENVER, U.S. HOUSTON, U.S. LONDON, U.K. OKLAHOMA CITY, U.S. PERTH, AUSTRALIA 17-21 AUG US$4100+GST*
16-20 NOV
US$4,100*
27 APR-1 MAY
US$4,140*
21-25 SEP US$4,770+VAT*
16-20 MAR
US$4,100*
19-23 OCT US$5,460+GST*
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE PROGRAMS,
SEE www.petroskills.com/unconventional
OR EMAIL US AT [email protected]
+1.918.828.2500 or 1.800.821.5933 (toll free North America)
10
Basic Reservoir
Engineering – BR
Applied Reservoir
Engineering – RE
Reservoir Engineering
for Other Disciplines
– REO
BASIC
FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION
DESI GN ED FOR
DES IGNED FOR
Geologists, geophysicists, engineers, engineering
trainees, technical managers, technical assistants,
technicians, chemists, physicists, technical
supervisors, service company personnel, sales
representatives, data processing personnel, and
support staff working with reservoir definition,
development and production.
• The fundamentals of fluid flow in porous media
• How reservoirs are characterized by fluid type and
drive mechanisms
• The basis for reservoir fluid distribution
• About oil and gas well performance and pressure
buildup analysis
• About oil displacement and optimizing reservoir
performance
• The basics of enhanced oil recovery
• How oil and gas in place can be estimated and
recovery predicted
The intent of Basic Reservoir Engineering is
development of a more complete “understanding” of
the characteristics of oil and gas reservoirs, from fluid
and rock characteristics through reservoir definition,
delineation, classification, development plan, and
production. Data collection, integration and application
directed toward maximizing recovery are stressed.
Basic reservoir engineering equations are introduced
with emphasis directed to parameter significance and
an understanding of the results. For nearly 30 years this
has been one of our most popular and successful
courses.
The first day of the course includes an discussions on
reservoir geology, an overview of drilling and
production, reservoir properties, and PVT. The next two
days cover rock properties, original oil in place, relative
permeability, reservoir and drive mechanisms, well
testing, and fluid flow in radial systems. The fourth day
goes over inflow/outflow performance, pressure
maintenance and recovery efficiency, optimizing
reservoir performance, waterflooding and enhanced oil
recovery, material balance, and decline curves. The
course wraps up on the last day with gas reservoirs and
reservoir development planning.
Engineers or geoscientists who will occupy the
position of reservoir engineer, any other technically
trained individual that desires a more in-depth
foundation in reservoir engineering than is offered
in the one-week Basic Reservoir Engineering and
Reservoir Engineering for Other Disciplines courses.
• Determine critical properties of reservoir rocks Fluid
(oil, water, and gas) PVT relationships
• Calculate hydrocarbons initially in place using several
methods
• Assess reservoir performance with dynamic
techniques
• Determine the parameters that impact well/reservoir
performance over time
• Analyze well tests using standard well testing
principles and techniques
• Characterize aquifers
• Determine reservoir drive mechanisms for both Oil
and Gas reservoirs
• Apply oil and gas field development planning
principles
• Forecast production decline
• Screen reservoirs for the appropriate enhanced oil
recovery processes
ABOU T T H E COURSE
This course represents the core of our reservoir
engineering program and the foundation for all future
studies in this subject. A ten-day, in-depth study of the
subject is presented. Numerous engineering practices
are covered ranging from fluid and rock properties to
simulation and field development planning. Proficiency
in using Microsoft Excel to perform calculations and
make graphs is desirable. Reservoir engineering is also
presented in the context of a modern, multi-disciplinary
team effort using supporting computer technology.
An extensive manual and set of references are
included. This course has been taught for many years
on a worldwide basis. It has been continuously updated
and improved by a team of experienced reservoir
engineering consultants who spend most of their time
working on major reservoir engineering projects and
field studies.
One personal computer is provided, at additional cost, for
each two participants.
ABERDEEN, U.K. ABU DHABI, U.A.E. BAKERSFIELD, U.S. BOGOTA, COLOMBIA CALGARY, CANADA COVINGTON, U.S. DALLAS, U.S. DENVER, U.S. HOUSTON, U.S. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. MIDLAND, U.S. ORLANDO, U.S. PERTH, AUSTRALIA 7-11 DEC
US$4,570+VAT
17-21 MAY
US$4,990
9-13 NOV
US$3,900
5-9 OCT
US$3,990
9-13 MAR
US$3900+GST
2-6 NOV
US$3900+GST
7-11 DEC
US$3900+GST
10-14 AUG
US$3,900
13-17 APR
US$3,900
1-5 JUN
US$3,900
2-6 FEB
US$3,940
16-20 MAR
US$3,940
4-8 MAY
US$3,940
13-17 JUL
US$3,940
14-18 SEP
US$3,940
26-30 OCT
US$3,940
30 NOV-4 DEC
US$3,940
17-21 AUG
US$4,570
23-27 MAR US$4,570+VAT
27-31 JUL
US$4,570+VAT
19-23 OCT
US$4,570+VAT
12-16 OCT
US$3,900
24-28 AUG
US$3,900
2-6 FEB
US$4,570+GST
Engineers and geoscientists now working in
an asset environment where they need to
better understand the practices and limitations
of the methods and procedures employed by
the reservoir engineers with whom they work.
Participants should have three or more years of
technical experience in the upstream petroleum
industry.
YOU WI L L L E A RN H OW T O
• Utilize the tools and techniques of the reservoir engineer
• Apply the principles of reservoir engineering
• Develop reservoir, well performance and asset management options
A BOUT THE COURSE
This course gives the non-reservoir engineer a better
understanding of reservoir engineering practices and
limitations. The course is designed to provide a good
understanding of reservoir engineering processes, the
required data, and the limitations on the engineers’
analysis and interpretations. The course also provides
persons who are already well trained in the other
upstream petroleum industry technical disciplines with
an understanding of the current state-of-the-art
practice of reservoir engineering.
COURS E CONTENT
Distribution of reservoir properties: Structure, rock
properties, porosity, permeability, water saturation, fluid
contacts, and pressure • Rock and fluid properties:
Relative permeability, capillary pressure, phase behavior
of reservoir fluids, gas properties, oil properties, PVT
sampling and PVT laboratory reports
• Volumetric calculation of reservoir fluids in
place: Oil in place, gas in place, uncertainty and
probabilistic methods and recovery efficiencies
• Material balance methods: Oil reservoir material
balance, Havelena Odeh method, gas material balance,
volumetric, compaction, water drive and
compartmentalized reservoirs • Fluid flow/well
performance: Radial and linear flow, transient, pseudo
steady state, steady state flow regimes, well productivity,
aquifer influx • Immiscible displacement: Fluid
displacement process, fractional flow, Buckley Leverett,
Welge, water under-running and gas overriding
• Coning, cusping, horizontal wells: Gas reservoirs,
Oil reservoirs • Reservoir simulation: Why simulate?,
various models and types, setting up models and
conducting studies
ABERDEEN, U.K. BAKERSFIELD, U.S. CALGARY, CANADA COVINGTON, U.S. DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. MIDLAND, U.S. 9-20 FEB
US$8,050+VAT*
9-20 MAR
US$7,010*
13-24 APR US$7010+GST*
19-30 OCT US$7010+GST*
5-16 OCT
US$7,010*
30 AUG-10 SEP
US$8,980*
16-27 FEB
US$7,080*
20 APR-1 MAY
US$7,080*
1-12 JUN
US$7,080*
20-31 JUL
US$7,080*
14-25 SEP
US$7,080*
9-20 NOV
US$7,080*
7-18 DEC
US$7,080*
23 NOV-4 DEC
US$8,180*
1-12 JUN
US$8,050+VAT*
14-25 SEP US$8,050+VAT*
9-20 NOV
US$8,050+VAT*
17-28 AUG
US$7,010*
ABERDEEN, U.K. DENVER, U.S. DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. PERTH, AUSTRALIA THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS 22-26 JUN US$4,670+VAT*
23-27 NOV US$4,670+VAT*
27-31 JUL
US$4,000*
25-29 OCT
US$5,090*
2-6 MAR
US$4,040*
12-16 OCT
US$4,040*
30 NOV-4 DEC
US$4,670*
18-22 MAY US$4,670+VAT*
13-17 JUL US$4,670+GST*
5-9 OCT
US$4,670*
11
Waterflooding
A to Z – WF
Well Test Design
and Analysis – WTA
Oil and Gas Reserves
Evaluation – OGR
FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION
INTERMEDIATE
DES IG NE D F O R
DESI GN ED FOR
DES IGNED FOR
Reservoir, production, facilities, research and
development, and operations engineers who are
involved with some aspects of a new or existing
waterflood project; geoscientists and professionals
who want to get a better feel for the entire process of
planning, development, management, and recovery
optimization of a waterflood project.
• Distinguish rock characteristics and fluid properties
that control displacement of oil and thereby influence
oil recovery
• Predict incremental oil recovery and develop production
profile using required data and its sources
• Specify components of a well-designed waterflood plan
• Estimate injection water requirement, incremental oil
production, and volumes of produced water
• Monitor waterflood performance and optimize oil
recovery through new technology
• Use reservoir simulation to address basic recovery
mechanisms and optimization
Waterflooding has long been proven as the simplest
and the lowest cost approach to maintaining production
and increasing oil recovery from an oil reservoir.
However, these benefits may fall far short of the
expectations unless the time-tested concepts and
practices are clearly understood and judiciously
implemented. These concepts and practices aim at
process optimization - reducing production cost while
minimizing waste and maximizing oil recovery and
income. This course is light on theory but heavy on
proven and successful practices. Published case
histories of projects around the world are reviewed to
provide an understanding of divergent points-of-view,
what works where, what fails when, and why. This
training covers all elements of a waterflood project from
A to Z - from source water selection to produced water
disposal and everything in between. Participants are
grouped into small multi-disciplinary teams. All
classroom discussions and problem-solving sessions
are handled in an asset-management team format.
Simulation studies are done in class to evaluate basic
waterflooding physics as well as to optimize the
development of a hypothetical field.
Engineers and geoscientists who want
to understand well testing principles and
interpretation techniques to design, analyze,
report, evaluate results or intelligently participate
in the well testing process. Previous experience
in production and/or reservoir engineering is
recommended. Previous experience in well testing
is helpful but is not required.
• Analyze drawdown and buildup tests in oil and
gas wells.
•Identify flow regimes using the log-log diagnostic
plot.
•Describe characteristic pressure behavior for
common bounded reservoir geometries.
•Identify well test data affected by various wellbore
and near-wellbore phenomena.
•Design a well test to meet desired objectives.
•Estimate average drainage area pressure.
•Analyze well tests in hydraulically fractured wells,
horizontal wells, and naturally fractured reservoirs.
ABOU T T H E COURSE
This course stresses practical application of well
test theory to design and interpret pressure
transient tests. An integrated approach to well test
interpretation is emphasized throughout the course.
Class exercises involving hand calculations and
simple spreadsheet applications will reinforce the
concepts illustrated by both synthetic data sets and
real field examples. Participants will be able to apply
the knowledge and skills in their job assignments
upon course completion.
C OU RSE C ON TENT
Introduction to Well Testing • Radial Flow • Log-log
Type Curve Analysis • Pressure Transient Testing for
Gas Wells • Flow Regimes and the Log-log
Diagnostic Plot • Bounded Reservoir Behavior
• Wellbore and Near-wellbore Phenomena • Well
Test Interpretation • Well Test Design • Estimation
of Average Drainage Area Pressure • Hydraulically
Fractured Wells • Horizontal Wells • Naturally
Fractured Reservoirs
Why is water and/or gas injection needed? • Reservoir
characterization and aquifer influence • Waterdisplacing-oil flood mechanisms • Design aspects
• Recovery expectations and production forecast
• Production engineering aspects and performance
indices • Associated problems/risks and ways to
minimize impact • Reservoir monitoring • Optimization
of oil recovery • Review of case histories • Oil recovery
enhancement beyond waterflood
BAKERSFIELD, U.S. BANDUNG, INDONESIA CALGARY, CANADA HOUSTON, U.S. LONDON, U.K. 12-16 OCT
20-24 APR
20-24 JUL
11-15 MAY
15-19 JUN
US$4,000*
US$4,670*
US$4000+GST*
US$4,040*
US$4,670+VAT*
ABERDEEN, U.K. BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA CALGARY, CANADA HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. *plus computer charge
15-19 JUN
21-25 SEP
27-31 JUL
16-20 MAR
14-18 SEP
25-29 MAY
9-13 NOV
US$4,670+VAT*
US$4670+GST*
US$4000+GST*
US$4,040*
US$4,040*
US$4,670*
US$4,670+VAT*
Geologists, geophysicists, reservoir engineers,
reserves managers, bankers, and government
officials involved in reserves reporting, reserves
auditing, and reserves estimations.
• Correctly interpret and apply the SPE-PRMS
reserves definitions and principles
•Interpret and apply the SEC Modernization of Oil
and Gas Reporting definitions and guidelines
•Generate compliant reserves estimates and
reports using either set of definitions
•Understand and use various traditional
engineering and geoscience techniques to satisfy
reserves reporting requirements
•Incorporate modern, “reliable technology” into
your reserves estimates
•Document your reserves estimations
•Prepare for an SEC, third party, or bank audit of
your work
•Successfully defend your estimates during an
audit
•Conduct a thorough audit of another party’s
reserves report
A BOUT THE COURSE
Key objectives of the course are to learn various
compliant methods of preparing reserves estimates,
learn to estimate and understand the impact of
economics on those estimates, and properly classify
those reserves using the current reserves definitions.
Recent case studies, SEC audit questions, and class
problems are used extensively to develop an
understanding of those skills and include ethical
issues that arise when calculating and reporting
reserves.
COURS E CONTENT
Purpose and uses of reserves estimates • Types of
reserves studies • How to read and understand a
reserves report • SPE-PRMS reserves definitions
• SEC reserves definitions • Compliant reserves
estimation methods using: • Analogies, volumetric
analysis, performance analysis, and material balance
• Supplemental compliant estimation techniques
incorporating • Probabilistic analysis and simulation
• Economics and reserves • Special reserves
estimation topics – Reserves reporting in low
permeability reservoirs, shale gas reservoirs, CBM,
and EOR projects
DENVER, U.S. DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. PERTH, AUSTRALIA 13-17 JUL
US$4,100*
13-17 DEC
US$5,190*
23-27 MAR
US$4,140*
5-9 OCT
US$5,460*
13-17 APR US$4,770+VAT*
22-26 JUN US$5,460+GST*
12
Reservoir Simulation
Strategies – RSS
Foundations of
Petrophysics – FPP
Well Log
Interpretation – WLI
INTERMEDIATE
FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION
DESI GN ED FOR
DES IGNED FOR
Reservoir and petroleum engineers who will be
actively using reservoir simulation.
• Apply the principles of reservoir engineering to
numerical modeling
• Set up, run, and analyze the results for single well,
pattern and full-field models
• Prepare fluid and rock property data in the
manner required for simulation studies
• Identify and eliminate causes of numerical
problems
• Perform a history match
• Use the matched model to predict future
performance under a variety of assumptions
The course is designed to give an introduction to the
fundamental and practical aspects of modern
reservoir simulation. Particular emphasis is placed
upon the available data and its integration into a
data set that reflects a coherent model of the
reservoir. These aspects are reinforced with small
practical examples run by groups of the course
participants. The course is organized in morning
lecture sessions and afternoon practical sessions.
Buckley Leverett displacement • One dimensional
water oil displacement • Model components, types,
and modern gridding methods • Two dimensional
displacement • Grid orientation and refinement
• Routine and special core analysis • Pseudo
relative permeability and capillary pressure
• Relative permeability manipulation • PVT
experiments, aquifer representation • Debug a
problem model • Recurrent data, history matching,
and transition to prediction mode • Well test history
match and prediction for design of extended test
Geoscientists and engineers with less than twelve
months experience using petrophysical data, and
other technical staff at all experience levels wanting
a fundamental background in the petrophysics
discipline.
• Understand and apply at a basic level the theory and
operation of major petrophysical tools
• Calibrate porosity and permeability values from core
and log sources for improved saturation calculations
• Apply basic cased-hole logging, borehole seismic,
image, and LWD/MWD
• Analyze and integrate log, core, geoscience, and
engineering well data for well and field development
projects
• Select petrophysical tool combinations for specific
applications
• Assess the impact of petrophysical analyses on
technical uncertainty estimates of reservoirs
ABOU T T H E COURSE
Petrophysics is fundamental to all aspects of the
petroleum business. Principles, applications, and
integration of petrophysical information for reservoir
description will be discussed in depth. Through a
combination of class discussion and exercises/
workshops, participants will learn how to conduct
competent quick-look evaluations. Using data from
open hole logs, logging-while-drilling, and core data
you will evaluate porosity, permeability, and saturation
in a variety of reservoirs. Knowing how to integrate
petrophysical information with other data sources will
improve participants’ ability to assess technical risk
when examining hydrocarbon opportunities.
This course is ideal for providing technical staff with a
fundamental background of petrophysics. The first day
gives an introduction and covers mudlogging, data
acquisition, and Quicklook. The second and third days
cover core and core analysis, and evaluation. Day four
introduces special tools and integration, including
image logs, NMR, pressures, shear, seismic, and
integration of petrophysics. The course wraps up with
integration and cased hole logging.
C OU RSE C ONTENT
• Fundamental concepts of petrophysics • Depositional
systems and petrophysical rock parameters • Nature of
porosity and permeability • Basic rock properties;
theory and quicklook techniques • Mudlogging
• Core analysis, acquisition, interpretation, and quality
checks • Theory and basics of resistivity, radioactivity,
acoustic tools • LWD/MWD versus open hole logging
• Determination of rock types using core and logs •
Cased hole logging • Petrophysical impact on
economic uncertainty • Evolving petrophysical
technologies
ABERDEEN, U.K. DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. LONDON, U.K. PERTH, AUSTRALIA *plus computer charge
13-17 JUL US$4,770+VAT*
3-7 MAY
US$5,190*
1-5 JUN
US$4,140*
19-23 OCT
US$4,140*
14-18 DEC
US$4,140*
16-20 MAR US$4,770+VAT*
2-6 NOV
US$4,770+VAT*
31 AUG-4 SEPUS$5,460+GST*
ABERDEEN, U.K. BAKERSFIELD, U.S. CALGARY, CANADA DALLAS, U.S. DENVER, U.S. DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. ORLANDO, U.S. 17-21 AUG
21-25 SEP
24-28 AUG
30 NOV-4 DEC
22-26 JUN
17-21 MAY
13-17 APR
1-5 JUN
27-31 JUL
2-6 NOV
26-30 OCT
9-13 MAR
16-20 NOV
5-9 OCT
US$4,670+VAT
US$4,000
US$4000+GST
US$4,000
US$4,000
US$5,090
US$4,040
US$4,040
US$4,040
US$4,040
US$4,670
US$4,670+VAT
US$4,670+VAT
US$4,000
Petrophysicists, geologists, geophysicists,
engineers, technicians, or anyone interested in a
solid understanding of the principles of borehole
geophysics.
• Identify reservoirs
• Determine mineralogy, porosity and saturation in
various lithogies
• Recognize the importance of electrical properties
of earth materials
• Highlight oil mobility
• Interpret pressure profiles
• Develop optimum tools and logging programs
• Apply quickbook methods of formation evaluation
A BOUT THE COURSE
The most universal, comprehensive and concise
descriptive documents on oil and gas wells are logs.
They impact the work of almost every oilfield group
from geologists to roustabouts to bankers.
Familiarity with the purposes and optimum
applications of well logs is therefore essential for
people forging their careers in the oil business.
The instructor uses a novel approach to help
participants develop a good grounding in
understanding and applying well logging techniques.
General principles of physics are developed to
explain the functioning of modern logging tools.
Wherever possible, the physics of logging
measurements is related to everyday tools and
appliances. Participants develop an appreciation for
the constraints and limitations of operating in the
borehole environment.
A number of actual log examples are related to basic
principles in the description of reservoir properties
such as porosity, mineralogy, formation factor,
saturation, and hydrocarbon type, for essentially
clean reservoirs. Cross-plotting and reconnaissance
techniques (the eyes of the part-time log interpreter),
quickly and efficiently discriminate between water,
oil, and gas. Error minimization techniques,
applicable only to computerized log analysis,
produce optimal results. Participants gain realistic
experience by working in teams on a
comprehensive log interpretation exercise.
ABERDEEN, U.K. BOGOTA, COLOMBIA CALGARY, CANADA DENVER, U.S. DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. OKLAHOMA CITY, U.S. ORLANDO, U.S. 9-13 FEB
26-30 OCT
16-20 MAR
6-10 JUL
24-28 MAY
2-6 FEB
9-13 MAR
20-24 APR 8-12 JUN 10-14 AUG
5-9 OCT 9-13 NOV 7-11 DEC
17-21 AUG
11-15 MAY 3-7 AUG
23-27 NOV
21-25 SEP
19-23 OCT
US$4,670+VAT
US$4,090
US$4000+GST
US$4,000
US$5,090
US$4,040
US$4,040
US$4,040
US$4,040
US$4,040
US$4,040
US$4,040
US$4,040
US$4,670
US$4,670+VAT
US$4,670+VAT
US$4,670+VAT
US$4,000
US$4,000
13
Basic Petroleum
Geology – BG
FIELD TRIP
BASIC
DES IG NE D F O R
Petroleum industry personnel in need of basic
geological training, including engineering,
geophysical, technical support, and administrative
personnel.
YO U W IL L L E A R N
• About plate tectonics and petroleum
• About geological time and history
• The fundamentals of rock formation and
deformation
• The essentials of various depositional
environments and the reservoirs created by them
• The distribution of porosity and permeability in
reservoirs produced in different depositional
environments
• How rock characteristics are related to modern
geological processes and applied to the ancient
record
• About petroleum reservoir and source rocks
• Of petroleum origin, migration, and trapping
• How to correlate electric logs and recognize
depositional environments on logs
• How to make contour maps and cross sections
• Elements of geophysics and exploration
• How geology bears directly on engineering
practices
What is Basic Petroleum Geology? For all practical
purposes it closely resembles the freshman level
course that a non-science major at a university
would take to satisfy the science requirement.
Presentation is oriented toward topics of interest to
the petroleum industry. While high school chemistry
and physics might help in understanding a very few
selected topics, the course is designed for those
with no technical training (and those who studiously
avoided science in school). Primary objectives of the
course are to broaden your geological vocabulary,
explain selected geological principles and
processes, and describe how certain petroleum
reservoirs and source rocks are formed. If you have
had a geology course at the university level and
remember most of it, this course is not for you. If
you have had a geology course and don’t remember
much of it, then consider this course for a refresher.
If you are an engineer, geophysicist, petrophysicist,
geotech, lawyer, or financial analyst dealing with
geologists and don’t understand the geological
terms used in discussions and/or do not know the
characteristics of a point bar, barrier island,
channel-levee complex, or some other reservoir,
then this course may be for you.
ABU DHABI, U.A.E. BALI, INDONESIA CALGARY, CANADA DENVER, U.S. †
HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. OKLAHOMA CITY, U.S. PERTH, AUSTRALIA 3-7 MAY
23-27 MAR
2-6 NOV
22-26 JUN
16-20 NOV
23-27 FEB
11-15 MAY
5-9 OCT
7-11 DEC
10-14 AUG
9-13 MAR
7-11 SEP
23-27 MAR
6-10 JUL
US$4,990
US$4,570
US$3900+GST
US$4,025
US$4,025
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$4,570
US$4,570+VAT
US$4,570+VAT
US$3,900
US$4,570+GST
† includes field trip
Development
Geology – DG
Basic Geophysics
– BGP
INTERMEDIATE
BASIC
DESI GN ED FOR
DES IGNED FOR
Reservoir, development and exploration geologists;
geophysicists; petrophysicists; log analysts; petroleum
engineers; and experienced technicians.
• Select optimum drillsites for field development
• Use log and rock data to identify reservoir rock, nonreservoir rock and pay
• Determine fluid distribution in a field and identify
reservoir compartments
• Estimate field reserves through the life of a field
• Characterize carbonate and clastic rocks by
productivity
• Construct geologic reservoir models
• Determine field drive mechanism
• Apply seismic analysis to reservoir development
• Determine which depositional characteristics impact
reservoir behavior and use this information to
optimize development
• Compile a development plan
• Use economic techniques to evaluate different
development plans
ABOU T T H E COURSE
Knowing the controls on reservoir pore space
distribution is critical to the appraisal, development, and
efficient management of reservoirs. Participants learn,
through hands-on exercises, to compile a development
plan for a field that emphasizes optimal recovery.
Emphasis is placed on the selection of rock, log and
test data to distinguish reservoir and non-reservoir
rocks, and to determine the lower limit of pay.
Structural, stratigraphic, deposition and diagenetic
concepts are used to locate drillsites and describe
reservoirs. The input required to construct a geologic
reservoir models is reviewed. Participants learn the
importance of modifying development plans as a field
becomes more mature and more data is available.
Techniques for mature field rejuvenation are discussed,
and case histories are used to illustrate successful
application of various techniques.
C OU RSE C ON TENT
Geologic characteristics that impact field development
• Appraisal: Determining recoverable hydrocarbons •
Reservoir fluid properties and saturation • Influence of
capillarity on hydrocarbon distribution and fluid contacts
• Reserve and resource evaluation • Volumetric reserve
estimation and calculation • Stratigraphic influence on
field production • Depositional and digenetic controls on
reservoir rock, barriers, and hydrocarbon distribution
• Describing reservoir rock to understand reservoir
behavior in carbonate and clastic rocks • Determining if
hydrocarbons can be recovered from in a given field,
what is pay? • The impact of drive mechanism: aquifer
characterization, distribution, and mapping • Seismic
applications in appraisal and development
• Development drilling: How to optimize hydrocarbon
recovery • Economic impact on field development •
Subdividing the reservoir into working units • Reservoir
pore space configurations and mapping • Building a
static reservoir model using deterministic and stochastic
techniques • Key factors affecting the development of
Fractured Reservoirs, and more.
ABERDEEN, U.K. BOGOTA, COLOMBIA COVINGTON, U.S. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. DUBAI, U.A.E. PERTH, AUSTRALIA 29 JUN-3 JUL US$4,770+VAT
30 NOV-4 DEC
US$4,190
20-24 APR
US$4,100
22-26 JUN
US$4,140
9-13 NOV
US$4,140
27-31 JUL
US$5,460
10-14 AUG
US$4,770+VAT
25-29 OCT US$5,190
18-22 MAY US$5,460+GST
Geoscientists, engineers, team leaders, geoscience
technicians, asset managers, and anyone involved in
using seismic data that needs to understand and use
this data as a communication vehicle.
Y OU WILL LEA RN
• How seismic data represents subsurface rock
parameters including the relative structure, lithology,
and pore filling material
• How land and marine seismic data is acquired
and processed to produce both a two and three
dimensional seismic image
• The limits of vertical and horizontal resolution
inherent in the seismic data
• How seismic data is used to define reservoir
parameters and how it relates to reservoir
development; this includes a detailed discussion of
AVO and other seismic attributes
• The various approaches to seismic imaging and how
the velocity model relates to this image
• How new technology including seismic inversion
have helped us to define rock properties including
pore filling material, pore pressure, water saturation,
and fracture orientation
• How to value the recent focus on developments
such as time lapse seismic surveys for reservoir
monitoring purposes
A BOUT THE COURSE
The course is designed to familiarize anyone using
seismic data with the nature of the data and what it
exactly represents. One of the key goals of the course
is to explain the large and confusing amount of “jargon”
that is used by the Geophysical community when they
use seismic data as a communication vehicle. The
course is supplemented by a large number of case
histories that graphically illustrate the principles in the
course material. These are updated with every course
presentation to keep up with the rapidly developing
technology in this field. Each section of the course is
supported with a classroom exercise. The course
participants are given a data disk with several
executable programs for parameter calculation and
seismic modeling. Potential participants in this course
(BGP) should also review the description for the Seismic
Imaging of Subsurface Geology course (SSD). The Basic
Geophysics course is designed to provide participants
with a clear understanding of the nature of the seismic
image. Seismic Imaging is a foundation level course
that is designed for people who will be involved directly
in decisions concerning how seismic data are acquired
and processed.
ABERDEEN, U.K. BAKERSFIELD, U.S. CALGARY, CANADA COVINGTON, U.S. DALLAS, U.S. DENVER, U.S. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. PERTH, AUSTRALIA 10-14 AUG
26-30 OCT
21-25 SEP
20-24 JUL
7-11 DEC
23-27 MAR
16-20 FEB
4-8 MAY
17-21 AUG
12-16 OCT
13-17 APR
8-12 JUN
5-9 OCT
31 AUG-4 SEP
US$4,570+VAT
US$3,900
US$3900+GST
US$3,900
US$3,900
US$3,900
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$4,570
US$4,570+VAT
US$4,570+VAT
US$4,570+GST
14
Expanded Basic
Petroleum
Economics – BEC
®
FOUNDATION
DESI GN ED FOR
DES IGNED FOR
YOU WI L L LEA RN
• How to evaluate the economic viability of a project
• Cash flow techniques applicable in economic
evaluations
• Models to weigh risk and uncertainty
• Techniques to determine expected value
• The effect finance, budgeting and contractual
agreements have on a project
• The basic principles of accounting
ABOU T T H E COURS E
Courses and content align with the
competency maps and are industry
approved through the Alliance technical
review process.
Could you answer the following three questions for your
next project? What will it cost? What is it worth? Will it
earn sufficient profit? Before undertaking any project,
these questions should be answered. This course will
provide the fundamentals necessary to enable you to do
so. Budgeting and financing, and contractual
arrangements, which also significantly impact the
economic viability of a project, are covered. Participants
practice cash flow techniques for economic evaluations
and investigate frequently encountered situations.
Participants are invited to submit their own economic
problems, if appropriate. Each participant will receive
Economics of Worldwide Petroleum Production, written
specifically for PetroSkills courses. Employees of
PetroSkills member companies are suggested to take
the three-day Basic Petroleum Economics course.
C OU RSE C O NTENT
Industry experts deliver the approved
content and transfer knowledge when,
where, and how customers need it.
PetroSkills is building performance ready
technical talent all over the world with frequent,
convenient, and business relevant training
sessions. We’ve been doing it for over 50
years. Let us help you and your organization.
*For more information on PetroSkills
and our unique PetroSkills Alliance
Member technical review process, visit
us online at petroskills.com/alliance
– PRD
BASIC
Managers, engineers, explorationists, field accounting
supervisors and other personnel who need to develop
or improve their skill and understanding of basic
economic analysis and profitability of petroleum
exploration and production. Due to similarity in
content, PetroSkills recommends that participants take
this course if they have no previous experience in this
subject. For participants with more exposure to the
subject, please review the Economics of Worldwide
Petroleum Production description as its course
content is more advanced than either Basic Petroleum
Economics or Expanded Basic Petroleum Economics.
Take one or the other, but not both courses.
Developed in collaboration with the
PetroSkills Alliance, our competency
maps are industry approved and set the
technical framework for relevant training.
Petroleum Risk and
Decision Analysis
Forecasting oil production • Defining: “reserves”,
operating expenses, capital expenditures, inflation,
factors effecting oil and gas prices • Cash flow
techniques • Economic criteria: interest, hurdle rate,
time value of money, selection, ranking criteria • Risk,
uncertainty: types of risk, mathematical techniques,
probabilistic models, uncertainty in economic analysis •
Financing, ownership in the oil and gas industry:
business arrangements between operators, between
mineral owners • Accounting versus cash flow:
accounting principles and definitions, differences
between accounting cash numbers, depreciation,
depletion, amortization
‘Three day version also available’
CALGARY, CANADA DENVER, U.S. DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. SAN FRANCISCO, U.S. 16-20 MAR
15-19 JUN
22-26 MAR
12-16 JAN 4-8 MAY 13-17 JUL
12-16 OCT
14-18 DEC
17-21 AUG
8-12 JUN
14-18 SEP
3-7 AUG
16-20 NOV
US$3900+GST
US$3,900
US$4,990
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$3,940
US$4,570
US$4,570+VAT
US$4,570+VAT
US$3,900
US$3,900
Geologists, engineers, geophysicists, managers,
team leaders, economists, and planners.
• Describe the elements of the decision analysis process
and the respective roles of management and the analysis
team
• Express and interpret judgments about risks and
uncertainties as probability distributions and popular
statistics
• Represent discrete risk events in Venn diagrams,
probability trees, and joint probability tables
• Solve for expected values with decision trees, payoff
tables, and Monte Carlo simulation (hand calculations)
• Craft and solve decision models. Evaluate investment and
design alternatives with decision tree analysis
• Develop and solve decision trees for value of information
(VOI) problems
A BOUT THE COURSE
Good technical and business decisions are based on
competent analysis of project costs, benefits and risks. Over
half the problems relate to exploration investment decisions.
Participants learn the decision analysis process and
foundation concepts so they can actively participate in
multi-discipline evaluation teams. The focus is on designing
and solving decision models. Probability distributions
express professional judgments about risks and
uncertainties and are carried through the calculations.
Decision tree and influence diagrams provide clear
communications and the basis for valuing each alternative.
The complementary Monte Carlo simulation technique is
experienced in detail in a hand-calculation exercise.
Project modeling fundamentals and basic probability
concepts provide the foundation for the calculations. The
mathematics is straightforward and mostly involves only
common algebra. The emphasis is on practical techniques
for immediate application. This is a fast-paced course and
recommended for those with strong English listening skills.
This course is intended as the prerequisite for the Advanced
Decision Analysis with Portfolio and Project Modeling
course.
COURS E CONTENT
Decision Tree Analysis: decision models; value of
information (a key problem type emphasized in the course),
flexibility and control; project threats and opportunities
• Monte Carlo Simulation: Latin hypercube sampling;
portfolio problems; optimization; advantages and limitations
• Decision Criteria and Policy: value measures; multiple
objectives; HSE; capital constraint; risk aversion
• Modeling the Decision: influence diagrams; sensitivity
analysis; modeling correlations • Basic Probability and
Statistics: four fundamental rules, including Bayes’ rule;
calibration and eliciting judgments; choosing distribution
types; common misconceptions about probability
• Expected Value Concept: foundation for decision
policy, features, pitfalls to avoid • Implementing Decision
Analysis: problem framing; guidelines for good analysis
practice; team analyses; computer tools (discussion and
demonstrations); mitigating risks • Evaluating a multipay prospect (team exercise)
HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. 9-13 FEB
US$4,040
11-15 MAY
US$4,040
10-14 AUG
US$4,040
21-25 SEP
US$4,040
30 NOV-4 DEC
US$4,040
24-28 AUG
US$4,670
20-24 JUL
US$4,670+VAT
12-16 OCT
US$4,670+VAT
15
Petroleum Project
Management:
Principles and
Practices – PPM
Gas Conditioning
and Processing – G-4
Oil Production and
Processing Facilities
– PF-4
INTERMEDIATE
FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION
DES IG NE D F O R
DESI GN ED FOR
DESIGNED FOR
Exploration, production and management
personnel interested in applying project
management techniques to their operations.
(Facilities engineers are referred to Project
Management for Engineering and Construction.)
YO U W IL L L E A R N H O W T O
• P roperly define a project’s scope.
• U se project management tools to create a project
schedule to meet goals, deliverables and resource
constraints.
• U se practical tools to identify and manage a
project’s risks.
•M
anage a project team.
•O
rganize your project to capture lessons learned.
Running a successful petroleum operation requires
a blend of technology, business savvy, and people
skills. If you already have a firm grasp of exploration
or production technology, learn to amplify its
effectiveness with applied project management
techniques. This course is aimed at helping
technical personnel make the best business
decisions - decisions that lead to lowest project
cost while still meeting all production or exploration
goals.
Petroleum Project Management covers the
principles and application of project management to
the upstream oil and gas business. Participants may
choose a case study from a number of real-life
exploration, production, facilities, and general
management situations, or they may bring the
details of one of their own current projects. Because
of this experience with practical situations,
participants can use these project management
principles their first day back on the job.
cost, for each two participants; or participants are
invited to bring their own laptop.
The project management process • Scope definition
• Scheduling tools • Manpower resources
• Project risk management • Learning, continuous
improvement and quality management in projects
• Project team management • Case studies and
exercises
DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. 3-7 MAY
20-24 JUL
9-13 NOV
12-16 OCT
22-26 JUN
14-18 SEP
US$5,190*
US$4,140*
US$4,140*
US$5,460*
US$4,770+VAT*
US$4,770+VAT*
Production and processing personnel involved with
natural gas and associated liquids to acquaint or
reacquaint themselves with gas conditioning and
processing unit operations. This course is for facilities
engineers, process engineers, senior operations
personnel, field supervisors and engineers that select,
design, install, evaluate or operate gas processing
plants and related facilities. A broad approach is taken
with the topics.
YOU W I LL L EA RN
•About the selection and evaluation of processes used
to dehydrate natural gas, meet hydrocarbon dewpoint
specifications and extract NGLs
• Application of gas engineering and technology in
facilities and gas plants
• Important specifications for gas, NGL and condensate
• How to apply physical/thermodynamic property
correlations and principles to the operation, design
and evaluation of gas processing facilities
• Practical equipment sizing methods for major process
equipment
• To evaluate technical validity of discussions related to
gas processing
• To recognize and develop solutions to example
operating problems and control issues in gas
processing facilities
ABOU T T H E C OURS E
The Campbell Gas Course® has been the standard of
the industry for forty-six years. Over 36,000 engineers
have attended our G-4 program, considered by many to
be the most practical and comprehensive course in the
oil and gas industry. Both hand-methods and computeraided analysis are used to examine sensitivities of
technical decisions. To enhance the learning process,
about 30 problems will be assigned, reviewed and
discussed throughout the course. Problems will be
solved individually and in teams.
ABERDEEN, U.K. BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA CALGARY, CANADA DENVER, U.S. DOHA, QATAR DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. ORLANDO, U.S. PERTH, AUSTRALIA PITTSBURGH, U.S. SAN ANTONIO, U.S. STAVANGER, NORWAY WASHINGTON, U.S. 13-24 APR
US$9,620+VAT
14-25 SEP
US$9,620+VAT
9-20 NOV
US$9,620+VAT
7-18 DEC
US$9720+GST
25 MAY-5 JUN US$8670+GST
2-13 MAR
US$8,670
15-26 JUN
US$8,670
20 SEP-1 OCT
US$9,620
12-23 APR
US$9,620
15-26 NOV
US$9,620
2-13 FEB
US$8,760
20 APR-1 MAY
US$8,760
13-24 JUL
US$8,760
24 AUG-4 SEP
US$8,760
26 OCT-6 NOV
US$8,760
7-18 DEC
US$8,760
12-23 OCT
US$9,720
7-18 DEC
US$9,720
2-13 FEB
US$9,620+VAT
22 JUN-3 JUL US$9,620+VAT
5-16 OCT
US$9,620+VAT
30 NOV-11 DECUS$9,620+VAT
19-30 OCT
US$8,670
30 NOV-11 DEC
US$8,670
3-14 AUG
US$9,720+GST
7-18 DEC
US$9,720+GST
9-20 NOV
US$8,670
10-21 AUG
US$8,670
9-20 MAR
US$9,620
2-13 NOV
US$9,620
4-15 MAY
US$8,670
For updated schedule information or to arrange an In-House
session of this course, contact [email protected].
Process/facilities engineers, senior operating
personnel, and production chemists. Wide-ranging
skills for design, operation and troubleshooting of oil
and water production equipment.
YOU WILL LEARN
• Well inflow performance and its impact on processing
facilities
• About oil, gas, and water compositions and
properties needed for equipment selection and sizing
• How to select and evaluate processes and equipment
used to meet sales or disposal specifications
• How to apply physical and thermodynamic property
correlations and principles to the design and
evaluation of oil production and processing facilities
• How to perform equipment sizing calculations for
major production facility separation equipment
• How to evaluate processing configurations for
different applications
• How to recognize and develop solutions to operating
problems in oil/water processing facilities
ABOUT THE COURSE
The emphasis of this course is on oil production
facilities – from the wellhead to the delivery of a
specification crude oil product to the refinery. Both
onshore and offshore facilities will be discussed.
Produced-water treating and water injection systems
are also covered. Solution gas handling processes and
equipment will be discussed as well, though at a
relatively high level. In addition to the engineering
aspects of oil production facilities, practical operating
problems will also be covered including emulsion
treatment, sand handling, dealing with wax and
asphaltenes, etc. Exercises requiring calculations are
utilized throughout the course. The course is intended
to be complementary to the G-4 Gas Conditioning and
Processing course which is focused on the gas
handling side of the upstream oil and gas facilities area.
COURSE CONTENT
Overview of upstream oil and gas production operations
• Fluid properties and phase behavior • Overview of
artificial lift • Processing configurations (example
PFD’s) • Phase separation of gas, oil, and water
• Emulsions • Sand, wax, and asphaltenes • Oil
treating • Field desalting • Crude stabilization and
sweetening • Crude oil storage and vapor recovery
• Measurement of crude oil • Transportation of crude
oil • Produced water treating • Water injection systems
• Overview of solution gas processing • Compressors
• Relief and flare systems
BAKERSFIELD, U.S. CALGARY, CANADA DENVER, U.S. DOHA, QATAR DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. ORLANDO, U.S. STAVANGER, NORWAY 20 APR-1 MAY
US$8,670
9-20 NOV
US$8,670
14-25 SEP
US$8670+GST
1-12 JUN
US$8,670
8-19 NOV
US$8,760
6-17 DEC
US$8,760
26 JAN-6 FEB
US$8,760
27 JUL-7 AUG
US$8,760
30 NOV-11 DEC
US$8,760
9-20 MAR
US$8,760
8-19 JUN
US$8,760+VAT
12-23 OCT
US$8,760+VAT
21 SEP-2 OCT
US$8,670
7-18 DEC
US$8,670
7-18 SEP
US$8,760
16
Onshore Gas
Gathering Systems:
Design and Operation
– PF-45
Troubleshooting Oil
and Gas Processing
Facilities – PF-49
Onshore Pipeline
Facilities: Design,
Construction and
Operations – PL-42
INTERMEDIATE
INTERMEDIATE
FOUNDATION
DESI GN ED FOR
DES IGNED FOR
Production and facilities department engineers/
senior operating personnel responsible for the
design, operation and optimization of onshore
gas gathering systems and their associated field
facilities.
• The impact of gathering system pressure on gas
well deliverability
• The impact of produced fluids composition on
gathering system design & operation
• Evaluate field facility & gathering system
configurations for different applications
• Recognize and develop solutions to operating
problems with existing gas gathering systems
This course deals with the design, operation and
optimization of onshore gas gathering systems and
their associated field facilities, from the wellhead to
the central gas processing facility. From a design
perspective, the main variables that impact the
flexibility and operational characteristics of an
onshore gas gathering system will be discussed.
Typical operating problems are covered including
hydrates, multiphase flow issues, corrosion,
declining well deliverability, etc. Exercises will be
utilized throughout the course to emphasize the key
learning points.
Gas well inflow performance & deliverability
• Overview of gas well deliquification methods for
low-rate, low pressure gas wells • Effect of gathering
system/abandonment pressure on reserves recovery
• Impact of produced fluids composition
• Sweet/sour • CO2 content • Rich/lean
• Produced water • Hydrates and hydrate
prevention •Dehydration • Heating Chemical
inhibition • Multiphase flow basics • Corrosion/
materials selection • Gathering system layout
• Wellsite/field facilities options • Provisions for
future compression
Process/facilities engineers with 5-10 years
of experience, Facilities Engineering team
leaders/supervisors, Senior Facilities operational
personnel.
YOU W I LL LEA RN
•The difference between troubleshooting ,
optimization and debottlenecking
•How to recognize trouble when it is occurring
•How to develop a methodical approach to
troubleshooting
•To recognize how different components of
a facility interact with each other, and the
significance of these interactions
•How to gather, validate and utilize the data
needed for troubleshooting
•The basics of root cause analysis
•The criteria to be considered for identifying the
best solution when several feasible solutions are
available
•Typical causes of problems, and their solutions,
for the main types of processes and equipment
used in the Upstream oil and gas industry
ABOU T T H E COURSE
This course will cover how to establish and apply a
general troubleshooting methodology as well as how
to conduct process/equipment specific
troubleshooting. Definitions of good/normal
performance will be discussed for each process/
equipment type covered. Data gathering, validation
and utilization procedures will be discussed. Criteria
to use when evaluating possible problem solutions
will also be covered. Real-world exercises will be
utilized throughout the class to reinforce the
learning objectives. Both onshore and offshore
facilities will be discussed. It is assumed that
course participants have a solid understanding of
how typical oil and gas production and processing
facilities work, including the commonly used
processes and equipment involved.
C OU RSE C ONTENT
Understanding the similarities and differences
between Troubleshooting vs. Optimization vs.
Debottlenecking • Types of oil and gas processing
facilities • Typical processing facility block flow
diagrams and how to use them • System trouble
versus Component/Equipment-Specific trouble
• Defining good/normal operation • Quantifying the
cost of the trouble • Gathering, validating and
utilization of data (Types of data, Sources of data,
Data quality and validation, Using the data)
• Fundamentals of root cause analysis and
methodology • Developing a step-by-step
troubleshooting methodology/flowchart (What, why,
how, who, when?) • Identifying the best solution
(Criteria for defining best solution [cost/profitability,
safety, environmental impact, regulatory,
combination of above]) • Troubleshooting checklists
for main processes and major equipment types
Professionals in the oil and gas industry new to
the onshore pipeline business or needing a broad
understanding of the design, construction and
operation of onshore pipelines including: pipeline
project managers, pipeline engineers, facilities
engineers, pipeline design and construction
engineers and engineering and construction
contractors.
Y OU WILL LEA RN
•To apply mechanical and physical principles
to pipeline design, materials and equipment
selection, construction, and operation
•To identify special design and construction
challenges of onshore pipeline systems
•To identify the principal interfaces and potential
interrelationships of pipeline facilities such as:
pump and compressor stations, storage and
metering facilities, design and construction of
assets, and operation of onshore pipeline systems
•To identify safety and environmental practices and
their effect on design, construction, and operation
•The importance of planning for the testing,
commissioning and start-up of pipeline systems
A BOUT THE COURSE
This intensive, five-day foundation level course
covers the design, construction, and operation of
onshore pipeline systems used in the oil and gas
industry. The course focuses on pipeline routing,
hydraulics, facilities design, construction methods,
and operation of onshore pipeline systems.
Participants will acquire and/or consolidate the
essential knowledge and skills to design, construct,
and operate pipelines. Design problems are an
integral part of this course.
COURS E CONTENT
• Pipeline systems definition and applications
• Safety, environmental, and regulatory
considerations; codes and standards related to
pipelines • Pipeline conceptual and mechanical
design for strength, stability, and installation
• Impacts of pipeline hydraulics on pipeline design,
construction, and operations • Pipeline survey,
mapping, and route selection • Pipeline materials
and equipment selection • Corrosion and cathodic
protection of pipelines • Pipeline construction for
onshore pipeline systems • Introduction to flow
assurance considerations and pipeline integrity
aspects including in-line inspection, leak detection,
and emergency planning considerations • Pipeline
operations, maintenance and repairs considerations
DENVER, U.S. HOUSTON, U.S. ORLANDO, U.S. 13-17 JUL
26-30 OCT
7-11 DEC
US$4,110
US$4,150
US$4,110
DENVER, U.S. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. OKLAHOMA CITY, U.S. ORLANDO, U.S. 10-14 AUG
US$4,110
27 APR-1 MAY
US$4,150
14-18 SEP
US$4,150
5-9 OCT
US$5,460
17-21 AUG
US$4,780+VAT
9-13 MAR
US$4,110
26-30 OCT
US$4,110
DENVER, U.S. DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. ORLANDO, U.S. PITTSBURGH, U.S. 27-31 JUL
4-8 OCT
20-24 APR
16-20 NOV
14-18 SEP
US$4,110
US$5,190
US$4,150
US$4,110
US$4,110
17
Process Safety
Engineering – PS-4
Piping Systems Mechanical Design
and Specification –
ME-41
FOUNDATION
INTERMEDIATE
DES IG NE D F O R
DESI GN ED F OR
Facilities, process and design engineers, as well as
new safety/loss prevention engineers who require
an overview of Process Safety Engineering.
YO U W IL L L E A R N
•Types of equipment and process systems
that have historically been problematic in the
upstream oil & gas industry
•Basics of risk analysis
•Thinking in terms of Inherently Safer Design
•Most commonly used process hazards analysis
methods and where they are used
•“Layers of Protection” concept - what the
different layers are and how they are applied
•Detection and mitigation methods for different
types of hazards
Mechanical, facilities, plant or pipeline engineers
and piping system designers who are involved in
the design of in-plant piping systems for oil and
gas facilities.
YOU WI L L L EA RN
•Apply piping system codes and standards
• About line sizing and layout of piping systems in
various types of facilities
• How to specify proper components for process
and utility applications
•Compare alternative materials of construction
• The process of steelmaking, pipe manufacturing
and material specifications
•Joining methods and inspection techniques
• Key considerations for flare and vent systems,
including PSV sizing
This course provides an overview of process safety
engineering fundamentals for hydrocarbon
processing facilities, with emphasis on the upstream
oil & gas sector. The focus of this course is on the
engineering/design aspects of Process Safety
Management. Frequent reference will be made to
historical incidents and recurring problem areas.
Techniques for analyzing and mitigating process
safety hazards applicable to oil and gas processing
will be reviewed. Integration of the concepts covered
to achieve a measured approach to Process Safety
Engineering is a key aim of this course. Exercises
and group projects will be utilized throughout the
course to emphasize the key learning points.
ABOU T T H E COURSE
• Piping codes and standards (ANSI/ASME, API,
ISO) • Pipe materials and manufacturing • Basic
pipe stress analysis methods • Valves and actuators
• Welding and non-destructive testing • Line sizing
basics (single-phase and multiphase flow) • Pipe
and valve material selection • Piping layout and
design • Manifolds, headers, and flare/vent systems
• Non-metallic piping systems • Operations and
maintenance considerations of facilities and
pipelines
• Historical Incident & Problem Areas • Risk
Analysis Basics • Process Hazards Analysis
Techniques – Overview • Layers of Protection
• Inherently Safer Design • Hazards Associated with
Process Fluids • Leakage and Dispersion of
Hydrocarbon Releases • Combustion Behavior of
Hydrocarbons • Sources of Ignition • Hazards
Associated with Specific Plant Systems • Plant
Layout & Equipment Spacing • Pressure Relief and
Disposal Systems • Corrosion and Materials
Selection • Process Monitoring and Control • Safety
Instrumented Systems • Fire Protection Principles •
Explosion Protection
This five-day course for engineers and piping
system designers reviews the key areas associated
with the design of piping systems for oil and gas
facilities. The course is focused on four areas: codes
and standards, pipe materials and manufacture,
piping components, and piping layout and design.
Applicable piping codes for oil and gas facilities
(ISO, B31.3, B31.4, B31.8, etc.), pipe sizing
calculations, pipe installation, and materials
selection are an integral part of the course. The
emphasis is on proper material selection and
specification of piping systems.
C OU RSE C ON TENT
16-20 NOV
3-7 AUG
27-31 JUL
10-14 MAY
13-17 DEC
9-13 FEB
14-18 SEP
14-18 DEC
13-17 APR
18-22 MAY
5-9 OCT
2-6 NOV
29 JUN-3 JUL
US$4,350
US$5780+GST
US$4350+GST
US$5,490
US$5,490
US$4,350
US$4,350
US$4,350
US$5,780
US$5,060+VAT
US$5,060+VAT
US$4,350
US$5,780+GST
• High-Quality - get the same
quality classroom learning
experience at your desk.
• Real Value - save training budget dollars by saving travel expenses.
• Convenient - attend from your home or office.
“I live and work in Buenos Aires, and my
company didn’t have the chance to pay for my
trip to the US, so having the possibility to attend
virtually is a great solution. I hope PetroSkills
can start adding PetroFlex to other courses.”
BAKERSFIELD, U.S. BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA CALGARY, CANADA DOHA, QATAR DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA LONDON, U.K. ORLANDO, U.S. PERTH, AUSTRALIA PetroSkills LIVE instructorled training wherever you
are in the world.
CARLA • DEVELOPMENT GEOLOGY - DG • PETROFLEX
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA DENVER, U.S. DUBAI, U.A.E. HOUSTON, U.S. LONDON, U.K. OKLAHOMA CITY, U.S. ORLANDO, U.S. 14-18 DEC
US$5460+GST
20-24 JUL
US$4,110
22-26 NOV
US$5,190
16-20 FEB
US$4,150
30 NOV-4 DEC
US$4,150
16-20 MAR US$4,780+VAT
17-21 AUG
US$4,780+VAT
13-17 APR
US$4,110
2-6 NOV
US$4,110
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ePetro is a growing series of online learning libraries
covering topics across the value chain. ePetro means
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are developed in complement to our ePilot™ online
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More than 50 hours of e-learning modules
designed to provide an understanding of the
upstream market segment and the steps involved
in the creation and exploitation of oil and gas
fields. Topics include:
Introduction to Upstream
• Exploration
• Field Development
• Production Operations
• Field Processing
• Differences in Asset Classes
Exploration Process and Technology
• Basics of Geology/Types of Geology
• Rock Formation/Structures/Tectonics
• Basics of Geophysics & Petrophysics
Drilling & Completions Process and Technology
• Basics on Drilling Processes and Technologies
• Well Planning and Design
• Drilling Applications
• Deep Water
• High Pressure, High Temperature (HPHT)
• Horizontal Drilling
• Coiled Tubing
• Drilling Operations
• Drilling Dysfunctions & Troubleshooting
• Formation Evaluation & Well Testing
• Well Completions
Field Development - Production
• Operations & Field Operations
• Well Surveillance
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Special Edition, February 2015

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