Wells Series
Completion Design
Designed for: Duration Learning Level:
(days)
Completion, workover, well intervention and drilling engineers and anyone involved Skills
in the well and completion design process (e.g. production chemists, reservoir
Knowledge
engineers and subsea engineers). The course is targeted for persons with general 1 2 3 4 5
wells and oil / gas industry awareness.
flexible
Awareness
This course is focused at taking a basic awareness of wells and completions and
expanding it to cover the design process and all the key decisions that are made in
completion design.
The focus is on the overall design rather than
the detail of completion equipment from specific
vendors. It assumes some knowledge of general
well intervention methods (slickline, coiled
tubing, etc.), but does not significantly expand
this knowledge. The course covers land, platform
and subsea wells.
The course is based around the well respected
book Well Completion Design. With over 700
pages and in full colour,
this book is authored by
the course presenters.
The course has a mixture
of informal lectures, course
handouts, videos and
exhibits. Bound copies of
overheads accompany the
course.
The course is practical in nature and has a
thread of a practical exercise through the week.
This single exercise is a completion design,
where the students, in teams, are expected
to design, cost and present the conceptual
completion designs for a development
scenario.
Early Development Business & Risk
E&P Overview Open Air
Reservoir Coaching
Wells Master Class
W04
Wells Series
Completion Design continued
Course Content:
• Types and configurations of completions. • Artificial lift; types and selection criteria, interface
• The completion design process. with drilling, reservoir and facilities. Design of gas
lift and ESPs included.
• Inflow performance, skin and formation damage.
• Production chemistry impacts on completion,
• Perforating; selection, deployment and interface
prevention and removal (scales, wax, asphaltene,
with rest of completion.
hydrates, and souring).
• Stimulation and impact on completion and flow
• Metallurgy, corrosion, and erosion; metal types and
performance with coverage of modern horizontal
selection of.
multifrac tools.
• Elastomers and plastics; types and selection of.
• Open hole, non-sand control completions
including open hole packers and horizontal well • Tubing stress analysis; picking the grade and weight
clean up. of tubing, plus selection criteria for packers and
expansion devices. Interface between tubing stress
• Sand control; when do you need it, basic types
analysis and casing design.
and selection guidelines. Includes standalone
screens, ICDs, various gravel packing techniques, • Completion equipment; basic types of equipment,
frac packs and expandable screens. reliability and selection criteria for each (tree, safety
valve, mandrel, packers, expansion devices etc.)
• Smart completions and multilaterals.
• Completion installation; importance of wellbore
• Tubing sizing, flow estimation and liquid loading.
clean-out, function and types of brines, pointers for
efficient completion installation.
Course Duration: Course Tutors
Duration is 3 - 5 days Jonathan Bellarby BSc (Hons), MSc
Main Series tutoring: Wells, Early Development
Industry experience: over 25 years, well technology
Career background: BP, ICE, AGR and TRACS
Personal: Author, ‘Well Completion Design’
Courses available from this series: Roger McIlroy BSc, MEng, CEng, MEI
Drilling Awareness
Main Series tutoring: Wells and Reservoir
Introduction to Drilling
Industry experience: over 40 years, subsurface leadership
Well Productivity Awareness School (WASP)
production technology and reservoir engineering
Completion Design Career background: Maersk, BP, Shell, AGR and TRACS
Completion Practices Personal: Chartered Petroleum Engineer, Member of Energy
Well Management Institute, Member SPE
Tubing Stress Analysis
Artificial Lift Howard Crumpton
HPHT Drilling Main Series tutoring: Wells
Integrated Well Planning & Drilling Operations Industry experience: over 30 years, interventions and
Operations Geology completions
Maximising Well Productivity in a Low Oil Price Career background: Otis, Camco, Thistle Well Services,
World Wellserv, BP, AGR and TRACS
Stuck Pipe Prevention Personal: Extensive experience with operators (BP)
Well Integrity Management and vendor companies
TRACS International Limited Contact
East Wing First Floor, Admiral Court
training@tracs.com
Poynernook Road, Aberdeen, AB11 5QX
Tel: +44 (0)1224 629000
www.tracs.com /tracs-international
