Oil & Gas Well Performance & Relation to Damage & Stimulation

Course Category : Oil & Gas Management

Enhancing well productivity through integrated well performance analysis, damage diagnosis, and effective stimulation techniques for sustainable production optimisation
5 Days
Advanced Level

Introduction

Well performance analysis is a cornerstone of oil and gas production optimisation, as well deliverability is influenced by reservoir properties, completion design, fluid behaviour, and hydraulic losses across the entire production system. Near-wellbore damage can significantly reduce productivity unless properly diagnosed and treated.
This course provides participants with an advanced understanding of well performance analysis using NODAL analysis techniques, focusing on identifying system constraints, evaluating skin effects, and assessing the impact of completion and stimulation on flow performance. It also covers well stimulation applications such as acidising and hydraulic fracturing, as well as the role of horizontal wells in maximising reservoir potential, supported by practical examples and real case studies.

Targeted Audience

Reservoir and production engineers
Petroleum engineers
Drilling engineers
Well completion engineers
Well intervention specialists
Stimulation and fracturing engineers
Geologists and geophysicists
Well integrity engineers
Asset and operations managers
Project and technical managers
Maintenance engineers
Oilfield service company personnel

Targeted Skills

Applying NODAL analysis for well performance evaluation
Assessing skin and formation damage effects
Diagnosing production system constraints
Designing and evaluating well stimulation treatments
Optimising vertical and horizontal well performance

Expected Outcomes

Analyse the total production system from reservoir to surface facilities
Identify components restricting well productivity
Evaluate near-wellbore damage and its impact on inflow performance
Select appropriate stimulation techniques to enhance production
Assess horizontal well performance and stimulation effectiveness

Training Topics Index

Objectives of well performance analysis
Reservoir inflow performance (IPR)
Productivity index and PVT effects
Gas flow and non-Darcy behaviour
NODAL analysis principles and IPR/OPR

Pipe pressure drop equations
Critical flow concept
System plots and applications
Localised pressure losses
Surface network modelling and artificial lift

Skin components and evaluation
Perforation geometry and flow behaviour
Sand production and control methods
Gravel pack damage and skin
Formation damage and chemical treatments

Candidate selection for fractured wells
Rock mechanics fundamentals
Fracturing treatment design
Fracture conductivity and skin
Acid fracturing in carbonate reservoirs

Horizontal well inflow performance
Boundary effects
Coning and cusping behaviour
Skin effects and stimulation of horizontal wells
Practical well performance case studies

Course Features

Updated and Interactive Content
Hypothetical Examples and Case Studies
Pre- and Post-assessments to Measure Impact
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