Well Test Operation - Remote training

Course Content

• WELL TESTING FUNDAMENTALS

  • Principle and objectives of well testing.
  • Basic data for predevelopment studies.
  • Fundamentals of fluid flow in porous media.

• DRILL STEM TEST, PERFORATION & WELL TESTING EQUIPMENT REVIEW

  • Principle of DST operation.
  • Principle of perforation operation:
  • Perforation methodology.
  • Equipment selection versus well configuration and objectives.
  • Perforation tools demo (movie).
  • DST string versus rig types:
  • Principle of DST String versus well testing objectives.
  • Composition of different DST strings.
  • Principle of DST String:
  • DST String type composition review.
  • DST tools demo (movie).
  • Well testing operation and surface set up:
  • Surface equipment and set up.
  • Well testing sequences of operation.
  • Surface well testing equipment.
  • Well testing HSE concept.
  • Data acquisition.
  • Sampling.
  • Well testing calculations.

• PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION, ORGANIZATION & RESPONSIBILITIES, WELL ABANDONMENT, DST IN SUBSEA ENVIRONMENT

  • DST operations and well test program implementation:
  • Standard procedures reviews versus DST string type.
  • Running in hole the DST string.
  • Brine selection and weight.
  • Selection of the ΔP on the formation.
  • Operation instructions review.
  • Sampling.
  • Cases studies.
  • Organization on board of the rig, roles and responsibility:
  • Safety instructions.
  • Contingency plan.
  • Well abandonment after DST operation:
  • Well killing operation.
  • Well abandonment and safety concerns.
  • Principle of DST operation in subsea environment:
  • Deep water DST operations subsea equipment.
  • Deep water DST operations.
  • Deep water environment operation impact: wax deposition, paraffin, hydrates.
  • Deep water operations contingency plan.
  • DST tools demo (movie).

• KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT