COURSE OVERVIEW:

This course provides an in depth and practical understanding of smart well completions and their associated work over operations, from concept and design through installation, operation, surveillance, and intervention over the life of the well. Participants will learn how smart completion technology enables selective zonal control, real time downhole monitoring, and remote adjustment of inflow and injection, thereby improving recovery, reducing water and gas production, and enhancing overall reservoir management.

The course explains the architecture and components of smart completions, including downhole sensors, inflow control devices, interval control valves, hydraulic and electric control lines, and surface control and data systems. It then links these technologies to well objectives, reservoir characteristics, and field development strategies, highlighting how smart wells support complex multizone producers and injectors, waterflood and gas injection schemes, and enhanced oil recovery projects.

A significant focus is placed on planning and executing work over and intervention operations in smart wells, including how to preserve or restore functionality, replace or upgrade components, and manage integrity issues without compromising well control or downhole hardware. Through case-based discussions and practical examples, participants will see how to integrate smart well data into production optimization workflows, how to diagnose underperforming zones, and how to design safe and efficient workover programs that maintain the performance and reliability of smart completion systems.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

After completion of the course, the participants will be able to:

• Describe the role of smart well completion technology in modern field development and reservoir management.
• Distinguish between conventional completions and smart completions and explain when smart technology adds value.
• Identify the main components of smart completions, including downhole sensors, inflow control devices, interval control valves, and control lines.
• Relate reservoir characteristics and well objectives to appropriate smart completion concepts and configurations.
• Interpret basic functional specifications and drawings for smart completion equipment and understand their operational implications.
• Explain the principles of hydraulic, electric, and electrohydraulic actuation and communication used in smart wells.
• Outline the requirements for surface control systems, power supplies, and data acquisition for smart completion operation.
• Plan smart well completion designs for producers and injectors in multizone, multilayer, and horizontal wells.
• Use smart well data, such as pressure, temperature, and flow indicators, to diagnose zonal performance and reservoir behavior.
• Define surveillance and operating strategies that make effective use of smart well capabilities for production optimization.
• Plan and coordinate work over operations in smart wells, including barrier planning, protection of downhole equipment, and restoration of functionality.
• Identify common operational issues and failure modes in smart completion systems and propose appropriate troubleshooting and remedial actions.
• Evaluate risks, constraints, and interfaces between smart completions, wireline, coiled tubing, and other intervention services.
• Review and challenge vendor proposals and reports related to smart completion design, installation, and workover planning.
• Communicate smart well and workover findings and recommendations effectively to reservoir, production, and well engineering teams.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

• Completion and workover engineers
• Reservoir and production engineers involved in smart well planning and optimization
• Well intervention and well services engineers and supervisors
• Subsurface and well engineering staff working on multizone and intelligent field developments
• Operations engineers, company men, and field supervisors supporting smart well operations
• Asset and field development team members evaluating smart completion applications
• Technical managers and decision makers who review smart well proposals and work over programs

TRAINING COURSE METHODOLOGY:

A highly interactive combination of lectures, discussion sessions, and case studies will be employed to maximise the transfer of information, knowledge, and experience. The course will be intensive but practical and highly interactive. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions and motivating everybody to find the right answers. The attendants will also be encouraged to raise more of their questions and to share in developing the right answers using their analysis and experience. There will also be some indoor experiential activities to enhance the learning experience. Course material through PowerPoint equipped with necessary animation, learning videos, and general discussions will be provided.

The course participants shall be evaluated before, during, and after the course.

COURSE CERTIFICATE:

National Consultant Centre for Training LLC (NCC) will issue an Attendance Certificate to all participants who complete at least 80% of the total attendance time requirement.