Oil Wells Operations: Maintenance & Troubleshooting

Dubai - Shangri La Hotel - From 16 to 20 November 2014

Course Description:
 In this, course Wells Operations: Maintenance & Troubleshooting well simulator is used to explain many opera-
tions that take place in a real well , The participants will simulate the operation of different artificial lift systems
used to produce ‎oil (Electric Submersible Pumps, Gas Lift, Progressive Cavity Pumps) under several operating
conditions and its effect on the production system. Water and air are used to simulate ‎two ‎phase flow (oil and
gas), The standard configuration of the Oil Well Simulator uses an Electric Submersible Pump with a Variable
Speed Drive allowing the variation of the pump speed (RPM)‎.
Who should attend?
 Process / operation engineer.
 Pump Serviceman.
 Mechanical maintenance technician.
Course Outlines:
Day 1:
 Introduction to Oil Well Operations.
 Oil Well Completions.
 Inflow Performance Relationship (IPR).
 Visualization of the Oil Field System Hands On.
 Regular Well Test (Flow Rate and Bottom Hole Pressure): Darcy, Vogel, Combined.
 Develop spreadsheets to do the IPR basic calculations - Exercise.
 Calculate permeability of a porous media (longitudinal) and two porous media (parallel and series) using the
simulator.
Day 2:
 Fluid Mechanics, calculation of down hole pressure exercised by a column of fluids, basics of two phase flow,
pressure losses in pipeline.
 Visualization of two phase flow in vertical, horizontal and inclined pipe and calculations of pressure drop using
the simulator.
 Artificial Lift Overview: Rod Pumps, Progressive Cavity Pumps, Electric Submersible Pumps, Gas Lift, Hy-
draulic Pumps
 Experiment in the simulator natural flow and determine the IPR for different operational condition.
Day 3:
 Formation Damage.
 Formation damage calculations using the simulator, determine productivity with damage in the formation,
"Perform" coiled tubing acidizing job, determine productivity of the well after acidizing Hands On.
 Gas Lift demonstration, continuous and intermittent gas lift, plunger lift, different type of completions (open,
semi closed and closed) using the simulator, optimum injection rate, velocity string, Hands On.
 Demonstration of slick line operations using the simulator Hands On.
 Oil Wells Operations: Maintenance & Troubleshooting
Dubai - Shangri La Hotel - From 16 to 20 November 2014
Day 4:
 Choke in Pipeline, derivation of equation for one phase flow.
 Electric Submersible Pumps (ESP), Standard Applications, Motor, Seal/Protector, Intake, Gas Separator, Pump,
affinity laws.
 ESP demonstration using the simulator, check for the pump correct rotation, pump off, gas lock, dual completion
(simultaneous and back up ESP and Gas Lift), hole in the tubing, pump running at different speeds.
 Effect of hole in tubing.
Day 5:
 Producing the fluids through two different permeability zones (parallel, series) using the simulator, calculate the
average permeability for both cases.
 Producing the well with two different pay zones with different reservoir pressures and productivity index,
demonstration of cross flow using the simulator.
 Hydraulic Pump System (Jet Pump), demonstration using the simulator.
Registration fees:
 1800 KWD Per Participant.
 It Covers Course Material, Attendance & Certificate.