Workover & Well Completion
Design, Execution & Optimization
Duration: 5 Days
Target Audience: Completion Engineers, Workover Supervisors, Wellsite Engineers, Production Engineers, Operations Personnel
Delivery Mode: Classroom / Virtual with Equipment Demonstrations, Calculations, and Real-World Case Studies
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Course Overview
This course provides practical knowledge and skills in well completion and workover operations, including completion design, equipment selection, workover techniques, production optimization, and integrity assurance. Participants will learn modern methods to extend well life, restore production, and ensure long-term performance.
Day-by-Day Outline
Day 1 – Fundamentals of Well Completion & Workover
- - Introduction to well completion types: open hole, cased hole, liner completions
- - Overview of workover operations: objectives and benefits
- - Key components of completion strings and equipment
- - Safety considerations in completion and workover
- - Exercise: Identify completion equipment in well schematics
Day 2 – Completion Design & Equipment Selection
- - Perforation techniques and strategies
- - Packers, plugs, and flow control devices
- - Sand control methods: gravel packing, screens, expandable devices
- - Tubing design and completion accessories
- - Workshop: Design a completion string for a horizontal producer
Day 3 – Workover Operations & Well Interventions
- - Workover rig equipment and surface systems
- - Fishing tools and techniques for retrieving stuck equipment
- - Mechanical and hydraulic setting/retrieving methods
- - Well cleanout procedures: coiled tubing, wireline, circulation
- - Exercise: Develop a workover plan for a well with declining production
Day 4 – Production Optimization & Integrity Management
- - Diagnosis of production problems and remediation planning
- - Inflow performance relationship (IPR) analysis
- - Tubing and casing integrity testing
- - Chemical treatments: scale, paraffin, corrosion inhibitors
- - Workshop: Analyze production data and recommend optimization techniques
Day 5 – Case Studies & Advanced Completion Technologies
- - Multilateral and intelligent completion systems
- - Case studies of successful workovers and completions
- - Lessons learned from failures and integrity issues
- - Economic evaluation of workover and completion projects
- - Capstone Project: Prepare a complete workover and completion program for a mature field well
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Understand well completion types and equipment selection criteria
- Plan and execute effective workover operations
- Diagnose production issues and implement optimization strategies
- Ensure well integrity during and after workover/completion
- Evaluate economic feasibility of completion and workover projects
Customizable Add-ons
Tailored content for local geology (e.g. Nile Delta, Western Desert)
Lab visit or simulation hands-on demo
Integration with economics or production courses
Special Customization for Regional NOCs
- Includes legal and fiscal case examples from MENA (Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Algeria)
- Arabic-English bilingual delivery available
- Tailored licensing round simulation exercises
- Optional site visits to local oilfields or regulatory agencies
Trainer Profile
- Senior reservoir and exploration engineers from IOCs and NOCs
- Former advisors to government ministries
- Experts in petroleum contracts and economic modeling
Certification
Participants will receive a Certificate of Completion and a performance report including assessment outcomes and instructor feedback.
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