Advanced Completion Technology
23 – 27 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. 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