Advanced Completion Engineering
16 – 20 June 2025 | Abu Dhabi | 01 – 05 Sep. 2025 | Dubai | 03 – 07 Nov. 2025 | Abu Dhabi |
Course Objectives:
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
1. Fundamentals of Completion Engineering
- Understand the role of completion engineering in well productivity and reservoir management.
- Learn about well completion types (open hole, cased hole, multilateral, horizontal, and intelligent completions).
- Identify key design considerations for optimizing well performance.
2. Wellbore Architecture and Completion Design
- Develop advanced wellbore architecture strategies for complex reservoirs.
- Understand tubing string design, packers, and downhole flow control.
- Learn how to select completion fluids and wellbore cleanup techniques.
3. Sand Control and Reservoir Flow Optimization
- Analyze sand production challenges and implement control measures:
- Gravel packing and frac packing.
- Standalone screens, expandable screens, and inflow control devices (ICDs).
- Optimize reservoir flow using advanced completion technologies.
4. Hydraulic Fracturing and Stimulation Techniques
- Understand hydraulic fracturing techniques and proppant selection.
- Learn about acidizing, matrix stimulation, and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) completions.
- Implement data-driven fracture modeling and optimization.
5. Intelligent and Smart Well Completions
- Explore fiber optic monitoring, permanent downhole gauges, and real-time data acquisition.
- Understand smart well technology and automated flow control.
- Implement digital completion strategies using IoT, AI, and data analytics.
6. Well Integrity and Production Enhancement
- Learn well integrity management techniques to prevent failures.
- Implement real-time pressure monitoring and zonal isolation strategies.
- Apply chemical treatments and scale management techniques for extended well life.
7. Deepwater and HPHT Completion Challenges
- Address technical challenges in deepwater and high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) wells.
- Optimize completion tools and materials for extreme conditions.
- Learn about completion reliability under deepwater operational constraints.
8. Case Studies and Field Applications
- Analyze real-world completion projects and lessons learned.
- Develop troubleshooting strategies for well completion failures.
- Apply best practices for optimizing completion designs in different reservoir environments.
Target Audience
This course is designed for professionals involved in well completion design, optimization, and field implementation, including:
- Completion Engineers
- Well Intervention Engineers
- Drilling Engineers
- Production Engineers
- Reservoir Engineers
- Artificial Lift Specialists