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Advanced Completion Technology

23 – 27 June 2025Abu Dhabi01 – 05 Sep. 2025Dubai03 – 07 Nov. 2025Abu Dhabi


Course Objectives:

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Introduction to Advanced Well Completion Technologies

  • Understand the importance of advanced completion design in maximizing well productivity.
  • Learn about completion evolution, from conventional to intelligent and digital completions.
  • Identify completion challenges in different reservoir environments (shale, deepwater, HPHT, tight gas, etc.).

2. Advanced Completion Design and Selection

  • Evaluate completion strategies for complex wells (horizontal, multilateral, extended-reach, HPHT).
  • Optimize tubing string design, packers, safety valves, and flow control devices.
  • Implement customized completion solutions based on reservoir characteristics and well objectives.

3. Intelligent Well Completions and Digitalization

  • Learn about smart well technologies, including:
    • Downhole flow control valves (ICDs, AICDs, ICVs).
    • Fiber-optic monitoring and permanent downhole gauges (PDG).
    • Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) and Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS).
  • Implement real-time well performance monitoring using IoT and AI-driven analytics.

4. Sand Control and Reservoir Flow Optimization

  • Explore advanced sand control methods, including:
    • Expandable screens, autonomous inflow control devices (AICD), and open-hole gravel packs.
    • Hybrid completions for maximizing productivity and minimizing pressure loss.
  • Apply Reservoir Flow Control Strategies for production enhancement.

5. Hydraulic Fracturing and Stimulation Integration

  • Understand multi-stage fracturing for unconventional wells.
  • Implement smart fracturing techniques using fiber-optic monitoring.
  • Optimize completion fluids and proppants selection for well longevity.

6. Well Integrity and High-Performance Completion Materials

  • Learn about corrosion-resistant alloys, elastomers, and smart materials in completion systems.
  • Implement zonal isolation techniques for enhanced well integrity.
  • Develop completion strategies for HPHT and deepwater wells.

7. Advanced Artificial Lift Completions

  • Integrate artificial lift systems (ESP, gas lift, jet pumps, and rod pumps) with smart completions.
  • Optimize production performance using real-time sensor-driven lift techniques.
  • Improve reservoir drainage through hybrid lift and completion strategies.

8. Case Studies and Field Applications

  • Analyze real-world completion challenges and solutions.
  • Develop problem-solving techniques for unconventional, offshore, and high-risk reservoirs.
  • Apply best practices from successful advanced completion deployments.

 

Target Audience

This course is designed for professionals involved in well completion design, optimization, and technology implementation, including:

  • Completion Engineers
  • Well Intervention Engineers
  • Artificial Lift Specialists
  • Reservoir Engineers
  • Production Engineers
  • Field Development Planners
  • Wellsite Supervisors
  • Asset Managers
  • Digital Oilfield Specialists
  • HSE Managers
  • Well Integrity Specialists
  • Regulatory Compliance Officers