PRO 500
Perforating for Well Performance
The course provides participants with a comprehensive knowledge of Perforating and Energetics and their application in well construction and remediation.
COURSE SCHEDULE
| Code | Date | Location | price (€)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRO 500 | 21 - 23 Nov 2023 | Dubai | 2990 |
| PRO 500 | 3 - 5 Jun 2024 | Online | 1590 |
| PRO 500 | 3 – 5 Jul 2024 | Online | 1590 |
| PRO 500 | 1 – 3 May 2024 | Stavanger | 2990 |
| PRO 500 | 20 – 22 Nov 2024 | Dubai | 2990 |
* Prices are subject to VAT and local terms. Ph.D. students, groups (≥ 3 persons) and early bird registrants (8 weeks in advance) are entitled to a DISCOUNT!
COURSE OVERVIEW
The course provides participants with a comprehensive knowledge of Perforating and Energetics and their application in well construction and remediation. The course presents an introductory to advanced perforating knowledge and participants will learn how to determine the right perforation selection for most perforating applications in most well conditions.
This 3 day course designed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of Perforating Operations and Technology. The course begins with an introduction to perforating technology, perforating safety and API standards to develop a consistent level of perforating background knowledge, also dispelling some industry wide misconceptions about perforating. Afterward, a wide range of perforating techniques, gun type selection, conveyance, gun dynamics, including overbalance, underbalance and dynamic underbalance, with examples of the software used by contractors for gun dynamic calculations will be reviewed. The focus will also be on well performance and developing an understanding of how different perforating techniques lead to different production outcomes, thru the use of flow modelling software. The new technology has entered the market in the last few years and how this can positively impact your well performance will also be discussed followed by an introduction to the use of cutters and severing tools, their capabilities/limitations. Use of Propellants in well stimulation both for primary and remedial production stimulation, includes how to select suitable candidates for propellant stimulation along with examples of propellant stimulations and modelling will be reviewed. The last day of course concentrates on the application of what has been learned with group work to present perforating proposals to the group audience for a range of perforating scenarios, which can include custom scenarios brought by the course attendees.
COURSE OUTLINE
3 days
o General Introduction to perforating
o Types of charges and Guns
o Phasing, shot density, penetration, hole size
o Gun initiation on wireline, TCP, slicklineo
o Perforating safety
o API in perforating
o Measure perforator performance in simulated downhole conditions to select the best perforation system
o Perforating safety
o Perforating tools
o Perforation systems and techniques for different well completions and reservoir conditions
o Conveyance – everything from wireline thru TCP to Completion Conveyed guns.
o Perforation for stimulation – in carbonates and sandstones
o Perforation for sand control – from Frac Pack to Gravel Pack
o Perforating for hard rock frac
o Perforating for Shale Frac
o Propellants in perforation and well stimulation.
o The role of perforation gun design to minimize near wellbore damage o Optimize flow performance in different well and reservoir conditions o Gun and well bore dynamics – underbalance, overbalance, extreme overbalance, on balance, dynamic underbalance, dynamic overbalance.
o The role of perforation pills and perforation fluids in minimizing formation damage
o Selecting the right type of perforating pill or perforating fluid is selected, based on reservoir type, well control and temperature
o Dynamic perforation modelling
o The use of dynamic perforating models – examples. Information Criterion uses in
o Flow modelling for perforation selection
o The use of flow modelling to optimize perforation system selection – examples.
o Cutters and Severing Tools
o Understanding which tools to use in different downhole applications including capabilities and limitations of different systems
o Selection of worked examples.
o Working in groups to develop perforating proposals.
o Delivering presentations on perforating proposals.
INSTRUCTOR
Mark Brinsden
Mark Brinsden is President and founder of Vektor Energy Inc. a technology consultancy. He has held several positions since he first joined the industry 39 years ago with Schlumberger, followed by Prodrill and Expro Group. After leaving Shell in 2018, where he was the Principal Technical Expert in Perforating for 12 years, he founded Vektor Energy Inc. to progress his passion for technology, especially in the areas of energetics for enhanced production and well integrity. He has invented several perforating gun systems, and is currently working on applied energetics for well control and well integrity. He is also currently developing expert systems for a major NOC’s. He was elected Fellow of The Energy Institute in 2015 and elected Distinguished Member of the SPE in 2019. He is an SPE Technical Editor and Associate Editor of SPE Drilling & Completions Journal. Mark was Chair of the SPE Energy Information Committee and is a member of both the SPE Completions Advisory Committee and SPE Distinguished Lecturer Selection Committee. He was on the Aberdeen Section Board from 2013 to 2017. He also made an SPE Distinguished Lecturer tour in 2013/14. He is an active SPE Mentor for the last 5 years and has presented numerous papers at conferences. He also provides Perforating Training courses for SPE conferences.
FAQ
The course is designed for petroleum engineers, drilling engineers, completions engineers and well services engineers in Operating companies as well as specialist sales engineers in perforating service companies, with anything from moderate to relatively advanced knowledge and experience in Perforating Technology.
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After completing this course, participants will learn:
o General Introduction to perforatin
o API in perforating
o Perforation systems and techniques for different well completions and reservoir conditions
o The role of perforation gun design to minimize near wellbore damage and optimize flow performance in different well and reservoir conditions
o The role of perforation pills and perforation fluids in minimizing formation damage
o Dynamic perforation modelling
o Flow modelling for perforation selection
o Cutters and Severing Tools
Registration is now OPEN!
* Prices are subject to VAT and local terms. Ph.D. students, groups (≥ 3 persons) and early bird registrants (8 weeks in advance) are entitled to a DISCOUNT!
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