ABOUT THE COURSE
This is a state-of-the-art course for both content and instructional materials and style. It is accompanied by a professionally-prepared manual of notes and a hardbound textbook, authored by the instructor and an international technical best-seller (Economides et al.: “Petroleum Production Systems”. Instructional software, tailored for the course, is also included. The attendees should be working engineers and geoscientists in the petroleum and natural gas industries.
COURSE CONTENT
DAY 1
- Introduction to Petroleum Production Engineering.
- Oil, two-phase and gas reservoirs.
- Vertical, deviated, horizontal and complex architecture wells.
- The near-well zone.
- Skin effects Mechanical effects.
- Perforations Partial completions.
- Damage characterization Origin of damage and prevention.
DAY 2
- Sand control.
- Gravel packing.
- High-permeability fracturing.
- Flow of fluids in the production tubular.
- Two-phase flow.
- Natural lift Gradient curves.
- Flow in horizontal wells and surface pipes.
- Well deliverability.
- Forecast of well performance.
DAY 3
- Well testing for production engineers.
- Production logging.
- Matrix stimulation.
DAY 4
- Acidizing of sandstone reservoirs.
- Acidizing of carbonate reservoirs.
- Hydraulic fracturing.
DAY 5
- Artificial lift. Gas lift.
- Pump-assisted lift.
- Systems analysis.
- Environmental concerns.
Textbook : Economides, M.J., Hill, A.D. and Ehlig-Economides, C.A.: Petroleum Production Systems, Prentice Hall, 612 p., hardbound, 1994.
"Este curso hace parte del programa especial de capacitación: Diplomado en Artificial Lift Systems and Well Performance Optimization". La participación en el diplomado es opcional y no constituye un requisito para tomar este curso.