Drilling Fluid School

The drilling fluid in the well is very similar to the blood in your body, you should test your blood and read your body messages for you and act accordingly to keep yourself healthy. Drilling fluid also send you messages about your well, you should understand your drilling fluid, know its functions, test its properties, and read your well messages to keep your well stable, safe, and efficiently perform your drilling process.

• Pressure Control.
• Basic Calculations; volumes, pressures, …
• Hole Cleaning.
• Solids Suspension.
• Formation Damage Concepts.
• Wellbore stability
• Other Drilling Fluid Functions.
• Mud Types.
• Mud Composition.
• Polymer Chemistry.
• Material Balance Calculations
• Mud Testing.
• WBM Testing.
• OBM Testing.
• Clay Chemistry
• Shale Inhibition
• Mud Related Drilling Problems and Solutions
• and More....

PVT Analysis part 1

From primary raw general guidelines to detailed sophisticated modeling studies

You will get familiar with the Main PVT analysis concepts.

• Get familiar with the all PVT experiments for reservoir fluid types.
• Know how to evaluate the all PVT properties.
• Make decisions about fluid sampling
• Determine PVT laboratory procedures required
• Analyse PVT reports
• Identify the relevant PVT data for various tasks according to operating conditions
• QC/QA PVT data
• Use PVT Correction and adjusting techniques.
• Know how to select the appropriate correlation based on raw fluid properties in case of no PVT data
• Fully understanding of reservoir fluid modelling.
• Greater understanding of Equation of state applications.
• Acquire the ability to characterize reservoir fluid using the EOS properties regression.
• Run the EOS model to calculate the needed experiments based on the existing measurements.
• PVT advanced issues like PVT and flow assurance, PVT and advanced mud gas analysis, PVT and geochemicalstudies, PVT and formation pressure testing measurements, Experiments for unconventional reservoirs.

Oil Field Data Management Part 1

+ Navigate through OFM user interface and build Project from A to Z.
+ Perform Reservoir performance analysis
+ Candidate recognition for workover/ infill
+ Visualize and analyse reservoir and production data in a cost-effective, integrated environment
+ Perform Production and injection monitoring and surveillance
+ Pattern analysis for waterflood optimization
+ Perform Well and completion performance analysis and diagnostics
+ Production forecasting for field- or well-level analysis
+ Performance benchmarking and vintage analysis
+ Build an interactive dashboard for improved decision making
+ Perform DCA and production forecast
+ Perform Production Performance Comparison and Benchmark.
+ Build flexible workflows by combining industry-standard and user.

Process Simulation

-You can easily manipulate process variables and unit operation topology, as well as fully customize your
simulation using HYSYS customizing and extensibility tools.
-Each tutorial guides you step by step through the complete construction of a HYSYS simulation.
-You will gain the same basic understanding of the steps and tools used to build a HYSYS simulation.
-After building one of these tutorial cases, you might choose to build one or several more, or begin creating
your own simulations.

Hydraulic Frac design and practice part 1

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*

• 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

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.

Structure styles for hydrocarbon entrapment

• Different structure styles for hydrocarbon entrapment and applications.
• Fault mapping parameters.
• Normal and reverse fault attributes.
• Different interpretations of the Missed section in well logs.
      o Fault cut
      o Unconformity
      o Thickness variation
• Basin inversion concept and criteria’s.
• Tectonic framework of Egypt.
• Types of Traps.
• Petroleum system elements.
• Prospect evaluations & ranking.
      o Oil/gas in place
      o Oil/gas reserve
      o Risked reserve

PLT Principles Part 2

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.

Oil Field Data Management Part 2

+ Navigate through OFM user interface and build Project from A to Z.
+ Perform Reservoir performance analysis
+ Candidate recognition for workover/ infill
+ Visualize and analyse reservoir and production data in a cost-effective, integrated environment
+ Perform Production and injection monitoring and surveillance
+ Pattern analysis for waterflood optimization
+ Perform Well and completion performance analysis and diagnostics
+ Production forecasting for field- or well-level analysis
+ Performance benchmarking and vintage analysis
+ Build an interactive dashboard for improved decision making
+ Perform DCA and production forecast
+ Perform Production Performance Comparison and Benchmark.
+ Build flexible workflows by combining industry-standard and user.

Nodal Analysis Well Modeling

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)

Well and Surface Modeling

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.

ESP Hand and Software design

DAY1: Review of Fundamentals:

• Review of Fundamentals.
• Determining Well Production Capacity
• Introduction to ESP system
• ESP Pump

DAY2: ESP System Selection and Equipment Hand Sizing

• Calculation of Total Dynamic Head
• Free Gas into Pump Calculations
• Full Equipment Selection
• ESP design inputs data sheet.

DAY3: ESP DESIGN USING SOFTWARE

• SOFTWARE QUICK VIEW AND PREPARATION.
• IPR INPUT DATA.
• VLP INPUT DATA.
• EQUIPMENT SELECTION AND DESIGN.

DAY4: ESP DESIGN USING SOFTWARE

• INSETRTING A NEW PUMP INTO THE SOFTWARE.
• DESIGN EXAMPLES.
• OUTPUT DATA AND RESULTS.
• MATCHING YOUR DESIGN.
• A LOOK AT DIFFERENT SOFTWARES.

DAY5: ESP Operational problems and troubleshooting

• ESP operation problems and Examples:
  • Motor problems.
  • Shaft problems.
  • Corrosion problems.
  • Scale problems.
  • Cable problems.
  • Formation damage.
• Monitoring and troubleshooting:
  • Running Amp.
  • Down hole sensor data.
• Troubleshooting:
  • Control methods.
  • Remedial actions.

 

Hydraulic Frac design and practice part 2

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)

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

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

Oil Field Data Management

Rate Transient Analysis

• Development of production data analysis techniques over time.
• Production data analysis applications.
• Arps & Fetkovic old school Decline curve analysis techniques.
• Blasingame, Agarwal-Gardner & NPI modern production data analysis techniques.
• Flowing Material Balance Method.
• Production Data analysis of hydraulically fractured & horizontal wells.
• Perform production data analysis using software.

Programming Fundamentals using Python Level 1

• What is a program?
• How to run Python and its modes of running?
• Get the hang of debugging skill in Python.
• Arithmetic operators in Python
• Values and types in Python
• How to define variables and use them in your code?
• What is meant by a variable?
• What is meant by an expression?
• Order of operations.
• String Operations in Python.
• How to write comments in Python ?
• What is meant by a function?
• Function types and uses in Python.
• What is meant by parameters and arguments?
• Fruitful and void functions in Python.
• Boolean expressions in Python.
• What is meant by logical operators and how can you use them in Python?
• Conditional execution in Python.
• Chained and Nested conditionals in Python.
• Recursion in Python.
• Return values, Boolean functions and checking types in Python.
• Iteration statements in Python (While loop, for loop, break).
• How to deal with strings in Python (ex. Get the length of a string, traverse a string, string methods, in operator, compare two strings, etc.)?

Advanced Pressure Transient Analysis

• Types of Test Analysis
• Diagnostic and derivative analysis
• Types of well testing
• Numerical analysis
• Test Design consideration and DST

Acid Stimulation theory & best practice

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

Well Control Preparation

• Pressure Basics.
• Mud Weight Window.
• Well Control Barriers concept.
• Kick Theory.
• Causes of kicks.
• Kicks warning signs
• Shut in Procedures.
• Well control methods.
• Kill sheet calculations.
• BOP Equipment.
• Mud Gas Separator.

Advanced Integrated Formation Evaluation

Day 1: (Introduction)

• What is Petrophysics?
• What are the Rock Physical properties?
• What is Well Logging?
• Logging Operations and Log Quality Control

Day 2: (Open hole Logging Tools)

• Lithology Tools
• Porosity Tools
• Density & Neutron combination.
• Resistivity Tools

Day 3: (Core Data Integration & Formation Testing)

• Core-Log Data Integration
• Wireline Formation Pressure: Theory & Sampling.
• Pressure Gradient Analysis application.

Day 4: (Advanced Petrophysical Analysis)

• Database setup, data loading and LQC
• Data Harmonization
• Lithology identification using different cross plots
• Reservoir zonation
• Precomputations
• Flags (quality & mineral flags)
• Pickett plot (Rw & cementation exponent determination)
• Lithology identification.
• Shale volume calculations.
• Determination of clay minerals.
• Porosity models & calculation methods.
• Saturation models & calculation methods.
• Cut-off and Summation.
• Evaluation models construction
• Multi-models combination

 

 

Day 5: Multi Wells Analysis & Introduction for cased hole logging

• Gamma ray
• Acoustic logging
• Neutron logging
• Pulsed neutron capture and spectral logging
• Production logging

Advanced Well Intervention Operations

By the end of this training course, delegates will learn:

• Introduction to the variable nature of well interventions.
• Describe the economic implications of a workover in terms of the need to protect the well production or injection capacity.
• List and describe the equipment and operational concepts involved in coiled tubing and hydraulic workover units.
• know the well control barrier principles
• Identify three barriers methodology during well intervention
• Know well control barrier classification for different type of well intervention method.
• Describe the mechanisms of a slick wireline operation.
• List and describe the commonly used downhole wireline equipment and tools.
• List and describe the surface wireline equipment requirements; lubricator; BOP; stuffing box.
• Describe well pressure control and safety issues associated with wireline.
• learn procedures and equipment used in wireline, coiled tubing, and workover

Gas Lift theory, Operation & design

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.

Thermal EOR Modeling by CMG

By the end of this course, you will be able to build, using the CMG application, the following cases:

Testing the black oil model for the do nothing (DN) case, then simulating water injection or gas injection to compare the effect on oil recovery with the DN case

1. Creating a Horizontal Well
2. Creating hydraulic fracturing (basics)
3. Creating a steam injection case and running it using CMG STARS
4. Creating a Cyclic Steam Stimulation Case (CSS)
5. Creating a Steam-Assisted Gravity Draining Case (SAGD)

Applied Reservoir Geomechanics

• Understand the different stresses acting on the rock.
• Determine the values of the acting stresses.
• Determine the orientation of these stresses.
• Determine the pore pressure.
• Understand effective stress terminology.
• Be able to determine rock’s mechanical properties.
• Understand the rock’s strength and factors affecting it.
• Draw Mohr’s Coloumb envelope.
• Understand the rock’s Failure Mechanisms
• Develop 1D Mechanical Model.
• Understand Mechanical Earth Modelling, its features, and required input data.
• Overview examples for the applications of Mechanical Earth Modelling

Introduction to Machine Learning for Geoscientists

1. Learn the different kinds of Machine Learning: Supervised, Unsupervised and Reinforcement Learning
2. Learn the various packages to apply ML, e.g. Python, pandas, numpy, matplotlib, etc...
3. Learn data wrangling and exploratory data analyses (EDA)
4. Learn industry standard practices for workflows to build ML models, e.g. train-validate-test split
5. Learn how to build simple to gradient boosting to neural network models.
6. Disciplines that will benefit from the course are Geologists, Geophysicists, petrophysicists, and static reservoir modellers.
7. Both seismic and well data will be provided by the instructor from open sources.
8. The course will be structured as a practical workshop, where the attendees will be able to follow along by applying the same cells in the jupyter lab notebooks supplied.
9. The course will cover a crash course in python programming language.
10. A sample segy 3D will be worked on to develop an unsupervised model. This might be of interest to geophysicists.
11. A sample set of wells will be worked on to develop a supervised regression/classification model. This might be of interest to petrophysicists and geologists and reservoir modellers.

Well Integrity Management System