Well Evaluations & Completions Technique: 5-Day Professional Training Course

Course Overview

This intensive 5-day training program provides comprehensive knowledge of well evaluation methods and advanced completion techniques for maximizing well productivity and asset value. Specifically designed for professionals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Oman, GCC countries, and Africa, this course covers formation evaluation, petrophysical analysis, completion design, intelligent well systems, and intervention operations essential for optimizing hydrocarbon recovery in diverse reservoir conditions.

Target Audience

• Completion engineers and supervisors

• Production engineers and reservoir technologists

• Petrophysicists and formation evaluation specialists

• Drilling engineers involved in completions

• Well intervention and workover engineers

• Reservoir engineers requiring completion knowledge

• Operations geologists and production geologists

• Technical professionals from Saudi Aramco, PDO, ADNOC, and African operators

• Petroleum engineering graduates

• Asset integrity and well integrity specialists

Day 1: Formation Evaluation Fundamentals

Morning Session: Wireline Logging and Petrophysics

Module 1.1: Introduction to Formation Evaluation

• Formation evaluation role in upstream operations

• Evaluation workflow: drilling to production

• Integration with geology, drilling, and reservoir engineering

• Data acquisition timeline and decision points

• Real-time vs. post-drill evaluation

• Evaluation objectives: exploration, appraisal, development

• Cost-benefit analysis of evaluation programs

• Regional evaluation challenges in Middle East and Africa

Module 1.2: Wireline Logging Principles

• Logging tool physics and measurement principles

• Resistivity tools: laterolog, induction, array resistivity

• Porosity tools: density, neutron, sonic, NMR

• Gamma ray and spectral gamma ray logging

• Spontaneous potential (SP) and caliper logs

• Temperature and pressure measurement tools

• Dipmeter and formation imaging logs

• Logging tool limitations and quality control

Module 1.3: Log Interpretation Fundamentals

• Quick-look interpretation techniques

• Shale volume estimation methods

• Porosity determination from multiple logs

• Water saturation calculation: Archie equation

• Dual water model for shaly sands

• Permeability estimation from logs

• Net pay determination criteria

• Hydrocarbon typing: oil vs. gas identification

Afternoon Session: Advanced Formation Evaluation

Module 1.4: Logging While Drilling (LWD) and MWD

• LWD/MWD technology overview

• Real-time formation evaluation capabilities

• Gamma ray, resistivity, and density while drilling

• Azimuthal measurements and geosteering

• Formation pressure while drilling

• Integration with directional drilling operations

• LWD advantages in challenging environments

• Horizontal well geosteering in Saudi tight reservoirs

Module 1.5: Advanced Petrophysical Analysis

• Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) logging applications

• Fluid typing and movable hydrocarbon estimation

• Permeability from NMR: free fluid index, bound fluid

• Formation imaging interpretation

• Dip analysis and structural characterization

• Fracture identification and quantification

• Thin-bed analysis and laminated reservoirs

• Carbonate reservoir evaluation in GCC fields

Day 2: Core Analysis and Reservoir Testing

Morning Session: Core Analysis Techniques

Module 2.1: Coring Operations and Core Handling

• Coring methods: conventional, sidewall, oriented coring

• Pressure coring for fluid retention

• Core preservation and handling procedures

• Core gamma ray and CT scanning

• Core-log integration and depth matching

• Representative sampling strategies

• Core analysis planning and objectives

• Coring in high-angle and horizontal wells

Module 2.2: Laboratory Core Analysis

• Routine core analysis (RCA): porosity, permeability, saturation

• Grain density and lithology determination

• Special core analysis (SCAL) overview

• Relative permeability measurements

• Capillary pressure curves and applications

• Wettability assessment and implications

• Rock mechanics and geomechanical testing

• Core analysis integration with petrophysics

Afternoon Session: Well Testing and Pressure Analysis

Module 2.3: Drill Stem Testing (DST)

• DST objectives and planning

• DST tool string configuration

• Test procedure: flow and buildup periods

• Surface equipment and safety systems

• Fluid sampling techniques and quality

• Pressure analysis and interpretation

• Flow rate measurement and well deliverability

• DST in HPHT and sour gas environments

Module 2.4: Formation Pressure Testing

• Wireline formation testing tools: MDT, RFT

• Pretesting and mobility measurement

• Pressure gradient analysis and fluid contacts

• Permeability estimation from pressure tests

• Fluid sampling with wireline tools

• Formation testing in horizontal wells

• Pressure testing challenges in tight formations

• Integration with reservoir characterization

Day 3: Well Completion Design and Operations

Morning Session: Completion Fundamentals

Module 3.1: Completion Types and Selection

• Openhole completions: advantages and limitations

• Cased and perforated completions

• Liner completions and expandable systems

• Gravel pack completions for sand control

• Slotted liner and pre-packed screens

• Completion selection criteria

• Economic considerations and optimization

• Regional completion practices in Middle East and Africa

Module 3.2: Perforating Technology

• Perforating gun systems: wireline, tubing-conveyed, through-tubing

• Shaped charge design and performance

• Perforation parameters: shot density, phasing, penetration

• Underbalanced vs. overbalanced perforating

• Extreme overbalance perforating techniques

• Perforation damage and cleanup

• Perforating strategy for horizontal wells

• Oriented perforating in fractured reservoirs

Afternoon Session: Sand Control and Production Enhancement

Module 3.3: Sand Control Techniques

• Sand production mechanisms and prediction

• Sanding criteria and risk assessment

• Gravel pack design: conventional and high-rate

• Frac-and-pack completions

• Expandable sand screens technology

• Standalone screen completions

• Chemical consolidation methods

• Sand control in Oman weak sandstone formations

Module 3.4: Well Stimulation Methods

Acidizing Treatments:

• Matrix acidizing fundamentals

• Acid types: HCl, HF, organic acids

• Carbonate acidizing: wormhole creation

• Sandstone acidizing: clay stabilization

• Acid placement techniques

• Diversion methods: mechanical, chemical

• Post-acidizing evaluation

Hydraulic Fracturing:

• Fracture mechanics and geometry

• Proppant selection and placement

• Fracture design optimization

• Horizontal well multi-stage fracturing

• Unconventional reservoir stimulation

• Saudi Arabia’s tight gas fracturing programs

• Environmental considerations and regulations

Day 4: Advanced Completions and Intelligent Systems

Morning Session: Horizontal and Complex Well Completions

Module 4.1: Horizontal Well Completions

• Openhole horizontal completions

• Cased-hole horizontal completions

• Multi-stage fracturing systems: plug-and-perf, sliding sleeves

• Cemented vs. uncemented completions

• Liner hanger systems and accessories

• Swellable packer technology

• Extended reach drilling (ERD) completions

• Maximum reservoir contact (MRC) well completions in Saudi fields

Module 4.2: Multilateral and Multi-zone Completions

• Multilateral well classification (TAML levels 1-6)

• Junction design and integrity

• Multi-zone completion strategies

• Selective completion techniques

• Zone isolation: packers, bridge plugs, valves

• Commingled production considerations

• Dual completion systems

• Multi-lateral wells in Oman mature fields

Afternoon Session: Intelligent Well Technology

Module 4.3: Intelligent Completion Systems

• Intelligent well objectives and benefits

• Downhole monitoring sensors: pressure, temperature, flow

• Inflow control devices (ICD): passive flow control

• Inflow control valves (ICV): active flow control

• Interval control valves and sliding sleeves

• Downhole gauges: permanent monitoring systems

• Fiber optic distributed sensing: DTS, DAS

• Real-time reservoir management applications

Module 4.4: Completion Optimization

• Production optimization through intelligent systems

• Water and gas conformance control

• Reservoir surveillance using downhole data

• Remote well control and automation

• Integration with digital oilfield platforms

• Economic justification of intelligent completions

• Case studies: ADNOC intelligent field implementations

• Lessons learned from GCC intelligent well projects

Day 5: Well Intervention and Integrity Management

Morning Session: Workover and Intervention Operations

Module 5.1: Well Intervention Techniques

• Workover vs. intervention definitions

• Intervention objectives: production enhancement, remedial, abandonment

• Rig-based workover operations

• Coiled tubing interventions

• Wireline operations: slickline and e