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Deepwater Well System Design
1.6 CEUs
A seminar that looks at more robust well-design planning methods such that inherent weaknesses or limitations of a design become readily apparent. In the past two years, four serious well control incidents have occurred during offshore drilling operations. In each, the well design and construction team did not properly evaluate the risk. Anticipating unforseen events is a fundamental part of the planning process so that if an operations team makes a mistake or encounters an unanticipated downhole condition, the results become manageable and devastating consequences are less likely to occur. Includes handouts. Lunch is provided.
Length: 2 days
Course Content
Participants receive instruction in:
• Margins: what the well can withstand and absolute pressure vs. pressure gradient
• Modes of failure of a deepwater well: importance of ΔT and well simplification
• Impacts on well design: water injection in a mature field, maximum pressures that could occur and impact of oil-based mud
• Limits of a well design: alternatives (costs vs.mitigations) and BSEE (BOEMRE) well classification
• Horizontal wells: some added concerns
• Normally pressured wells
Recommended For
Technical professionals involved in well design and other personnel seeking to understand the process of evaluating risks and the well design techniques used to mitigate those risks.
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Dates
Cost: $3,000
