Hydraulic Frac design and practice part 1

Principles and techniques of well stimulation using hydraulic fracturing methods.

Day #1 Stimulation Candidate Selection

a How well Produce Efficiently (IPR,VLP concepts).

b The meaning of Reservoir Stimulation

c Candidate Selection Criteria for Hydraulic Fracture.

d Candidate Selection workflow

Day #2 Hydraulic Fracture Basic Concepts

a Net Pressure

b How Fracture propagates

c Fracture geometry

Day #3 Fracture Modelling

a Basic Fracture Modelling Concepts

b P3D models

c Planar 3D models

d Full 3D models

Day #4 Basic Geomechanics and log interpretation

a Young's modulus

b Poison's ration

c Stresses concept

a Overview on Fracture simulators market

b How to use any fracture simulator?

c How to use Fraccade for design (Step by step)

Day #5 Fracture Equipment

a Fracture fleet components.

b sand management equipment

c Blender

d Fracture Manifold

e How to calculate the needed fracfleet HP for the job?

Nodal Analysis Well Modeling *PRERECORDED*

A Comprehensive Nodal Analysis Theory and Practice

• The different options available in well modelling applications. 
• Meaning of Nodal analysis.
• Reservoir fluids description, different methods of building fluid model, PVT concept and usage.
• Concept of single phase and multiphase flow through reservoirs.
• Different IPR reservoir models and how to be used.
• How to apply more inflow modelling options “Multi-layer reservoirs, Relative permeability, sand failure and compaction permeability model”.
• Concept of single phase and multiphase flow in pipes.
• Different VLP correlations and how it will be used to calculate the relation between the fluid flow rate and the pressure loss in pipes.
• Concept of single phase and multiphase flow in chokes and the meaning of sonic and subsonic flow through chokes.
• How to build and validate a complete well model for NF wells.
• How to match the NF well model and how to perform sensitivities.
• How to evaluate the well performance under any condition.
• How to build and validate well model for AL wells (GL and ESP)
• How to match the AL well model (GL and ESP), and how to perform sensitivities.
• How to use the quick look option to check and diagnose the performance of the AL systems (GL and ESP).
• How to perform design for the GL and ESP using a well modelling application.

PLT Principles Part 1

Performing and interpreting production logging tools to assess well performance.

Day#1

• Full bore flowmeter.
• Continuous flowmeter
• Inline flowmeter
• Diverter flowmeter

Day#2

• Density tools.
• Capacitance tool.
• Gas holdup tool.
• PNL tool.

Day#3

• Integration of Spinner Reading and Fluid Identification Devices Reading to get Flow Profile.
• Introduction to Emeraude.

Day#4

• Emeraude Solution Methodology.
• Basic Emeraude Conventional Workflow.

Day#5

• Basic Concepts of Oil-Water Flow.
• Single Phase Interpretation in Emeraude.
• Two-Phase Interpretation in Emeraude.

Day#6

• Basic Concepts of 3-phase Flow.
• Three-Phase Interpretation in Emeraude.

Day#7

• Challenges in horizontal and highly deviated wells.
• Deployment methods in horizontal and highly deviated wells.
• Advance PLT sensors.
• Advanced PLT interpretation.

Day#8

• Basic Emeraude Advanced Workflow.
• FSI interpretation in Emeraude.

Day#9

• Case Studies and major Challenges in Interpretation.

Day#10

• Case Studies and major Challenges in Interpretation.

PLT Principles Part 2

Performing and interpreting production logging tools to assess well performance.

Day#6

• Basic Concepts of 3-phase Flow.
• Three-Phase Interpretation in Emeraude.

Day#7

• Challenges in horizontal and highly deviated wells.
• Deployment methods in horizontal and highly deviated wells.
• Advance PLT sensors.
• Advanced PLT interpretation.

Day#8

• Basic Emeraude Advanced Workflow.
• FSI interpretation in Emeraude.

Day#9

• Case Studies and major Challenges in Interpretation.

Nodal Analysis Well Modeling

modeling well performance and production optimization through nodal analysis.

Day one
    - Introduction to Modeling & Prosper
    - Nodal analysis in brief
    - Prosper Input sections:
           -Options summary
           -PVT data


Day two
    - Prosper Input sections:
    - IPR Data
    - Equipment & VLP data


Day three
    - Matching Field data in prosper
    - System analysis
    - Various sensitivities


Day four
    -  Matching Artifial lift method
    - Evaluate Artifial lift using quicklook
    - Quick Gas lift Design excercise


Day five
    - Exercise 1 (estimate initial production rate of a new well delivery)
    - Exercise 2 (trouble shoot a well with reduced performance)
    - Exercise 3 ( Model & predict performance of multilayer reservoir)
    - Exercise 4 (suggest well work for well in ex.3 to improve performance)

Surface Network Modeling

Modeling surface facilities and pipelines for efficient production system management.

Day One : -

• How to initiate a new model
• The options available in GAP , how and when to select each
• How to connect a well to GAP
• How to model the pipe lines in GAP
• How to model different IPR models in GAP
• More..

Day Two:- 

• Different methods of pressure loss calculations in pipe lines and how to select the
  suitable method
• Pressure loss correlations and applications of each
• Pipe line description and matching
• What is the bottleneck, how GAP determine it and how to be solved
• More....

Day Three:-

• How to model Production wells network with multi layer IPR wells
• How to model multi lateral wells in GAP
• How to connect different separated models in one network
• The different optimization methods
• More...

Day Four:- 

• How to model Production network with AL wells (GL and ESP)
• How to generate the VLP in AL wells
• How to use injection casing pressure option in GL wells
• How to solve the network with and without optimization in AL wells network
• More...

Day Five:-

• How to connect GL injection network to production network
• How the GL injection pressure and amount can affect the production network
• How to connect and use MBAL model in GAP
• How to connect WI to the MBAL (water injection reservoirs)
• More

Well and Surface Modeling

modeling production system performance.

Day One :-

 - PIPESIM interface.
 - Changing the units system.
 - Nodal analysis overview.
 - VLP
 - IPR

Day Two :- 

Reservoir performance
 - Well performance equation
 - IPR for oil wells
 - IPR for gas wells
 - Predicting future IPR for gas wells ( Back pressure equation , Jones )

Vertical lift performance
 - Basic equation and concept (gravity ,acceleration and friction term)
 - Well flow correlation
 - Factor affecting well outflow performance

Day Three :- 

 - Adding deviation survey.
 - Adding down-hole equipment to the well model (SSSV, straddle PKR, SSD – selective
completion).
 - Perforation operation fundamentals and theory.
 - Perforation design and modelling by PIPESIM.
 - Flowing underbalance design modelling exercise.
 - Calculating skin.

Day Four:- 

- Introduction to artificial lift.
- When artificial lift is needed.
- ESP design sheet.
- ESP fundamentals and theory.
- ESP design using PIPESIM.

Day Five :-

- Well operating envelope.
- Well stimulation evaluation.
- Erosional velocity.
- Tubing size selection.
- Die out pressure and rate.
- Reservoir pressure estimation.

Hydraulic Frac design and practice part 2

Principles and techniques of well stimulation using hydraulic fracturing methods.

Day #6 Proppant


a Proppant Types
b Proppant conductivity
c How to select proppant for the hydraulic fracture job?


Day #7 Hydraulic Fracture fluids
a Hydraulic Fracture fluids types
b Hydraulic Fracture fluids Additives


Day #8 Diagnostic Pumping and Interpretation
a Diagnostic Pumping overview.
b DFIT analysis
c Fluid Efficiency Test
d Step down Test
e Step up rate test


Day #9 Fracture Treating Pressure Interpretation
a Notle Smith Curve

Day #10
a A complete guide to confirm QA/QC a for a complete hydraulic fracture job.


Day #11 Post Fracture Production
a How to evaluate hydraulic Fracture job
b Fractor affecting hydraulic fracture productivity

Electric Submersible Pumps (ESPs)

Design, installation, and optimization of electric submersible pump systems.

In this course you would learn the following:

1- The fundamentals of Electric submersible pumps.

2- ESP equipment selection and design consideration.

3- ESP component and their features.

4- ESP hand design.

5- Variable speed operations.

Perforation Design

Planning and executing well perforations to optimize reservoir drainage.

• Perforation Techniques and applications.
• WL Perforations.
• TCP Perforation and Accesories.
• Perforation design and Modeling.

Acid Stimulation theory & best practice

Designing and executing acid treatments to enhance well productivity.

• Formation Damage Characterization
• Sandstone Acidizing.
• Carbonate Acidizing.
• Acid Additives.
• Acid Placement Techniques.
• Advanced Acidizing.

Gas Lift theory, Operation & design

Principles and design of gas lift systems to enhance production efficiency.

Upon Completing this course, you will learn the following;

• What are the pressure losses in the system (wellbore & flow lines) & factors affecting each sector.
• How to predict well production rate and different factors affecting both the inflow & outflow performance through Nodal analysis
• Why we need artificial lift, what are the different artificial lift methods & how to choose the best method according to our field, well status & resources availability?
• We will understand the concept of gas lift , different types and how to implement them in addition to different equipment required either surface or downhole equipment for different gas lift methods
• You will be able to understand gas lift design input data & how to design the proper gas lift design using different software
• Evaluating the gas lift system through different surveillance methods either from wellhead parameters or well intervention then study different optimization scenarios & propose the best solution in order to fix the gas lift system.

ESP Design, Operation & Troubleshooting

Design, installation, and optimization of electric submersible pump systems.

 

1- The fundamentals of Electric submersible pumps.

2- ESP equipment selection and design consideration.

3- ESP component and their features.

4- ESP hand design.

5- ESP operations, monitoring and troubleshooting..

Sucker Rod Pump (BPU & Downhole Equipment)

Design, operation, and optimization of sucker rod pumping systems in wells.

1. Day 1:
• Introduction for Oil Field Life Cycle
• Types of Artificial Lift
• Advantage and Disadvantage of every type of AL
• AL Selection
• Overview for BPU

 

2. Day 2:
• BPU Parts
• BPU Assembly
• BPU Disassembly
• How to move BPU from Place to Place
• BPU Handling Tools
• Case Study

 

3. Day 3:
• BPU inspection & Periodic Maintenance
• SR well Head
• Sucker Rod String
• Sucker Rod Failures
• Sucker Rod Handling
• Sucker Rod Inspection
• DHP Overview

 

4. Day 4:
• DHP Assembly
• DHP Disassembly
• DIFA
• Workshop Tools

 

5. Day 5:
• Rod Design (Software Design)
• Downhole Cards Interpretation
• Sensors & Well Controllers Installation
• Production Optimization

Flow Assurance Modeling - Part 1

Ensuring continuous and efficient flow of hydrocarbons through production systems.

• Day 1:
  • Fundamentals of multiphase flow
  • Fundamentals of heat transfer in production system
  • Introduction to reservoir fluids and PVT
  • How transient simulation handles the phase behavior and properties of reservoir fluids
    • Look-up Tables
    • Black Oil
    • Compositional
• Day 2:
  • Pipeline modeling approaches
    • Correlations Vs. mechanistic models
    • Steady-state Vs. transient dynamic models
  • Introduction to a transient modelling software
    • Exercise: set up a simulation case
    • Exercise: build simple pipeline
    • Exercise: define heat transfer
    • Exercise: add output variable
    • Exercise: run the simulation and view results
• Day 3:
  • Flow assurance issues in production system
  • Preliminary pipeline design
    • Exercise: set up parametric study
    • Exercise: determine pipeline size
    • Exercise: determine insulation thickness
  • Terrain and hydrodynamic slugging
    • Exercise: prepare a more detailed simulation model
    • Exercise: investigate terrain slugging
    • Exercise: mitigate terrain slugging by topside choking and gas lifting
    • Exercise: study hydrodynamic slugging
    • Exercise: calculate surge volume using transient simulation
    • Exercise: calculate surge volume using spreadsheet

Flow Assurance Modeling - Part 2

Ensuring continuous and efficient flow of hydrocarbons through production systems.

• Day 4:
  • Production ramp up slugging assessment and mitigation
    • Exercise: simulate production turndown and ramp up
    • Exercise: mitigate ramp up slugging by multiple scenarios
  • Pipeline pigging simulation
    • Exercise: model a pig in transient simulation
    • Exercise: calculate pig velocity and travel time
    • Exercise: simulate liquid accumulation in a gas condensate pipeline
    • Exercise: calculate liquid sweeping volumes

 

• Day 5:
  • Separators and controllers
    • Exercise: add separator and slugcatcher
    • Exercise: add volume/level curve to transient model
    • Exercise: setup control loop for pressure and level
    • Exercise: calculate controllers settings
    • Exercise: liquid surges assessment with separator and slugcatcher
• Day 6:
  • Special skills in long pipeline modeling
    • Exercise: pipeline profile filtration
    • Exercise: simplify a pipeline geometry
    • Exercise: assess the consequences of filtration/simplification
• Day 7:
  • Hydrate formation risk
    • Exercise: set up a pipeline shutdown, cool down and startup

 

• Day 8:
  • Hydrate inhibition with MEG
    • Exercise: simulate MEG injection during steady state production
    • Exercise: simulate shutdown and cool down with MEG inhibition

PCP Design, Operations & Troubleshooting

The Progressing Cavity Pump (PCP) is emerging as a game-changer in oil production. Compared to traditional artificial lift methods, PCPs offer numerous advantages.

Well Completion Operations & Equipment

Design and execution of well completions for optimal production and safety.