COURSE DURATION: 4 days

 

LEVEL: Skill

 

HOW WILL THIS TRAINING COURSE WILL BE PRESENTED?

Course will be presented using
properly designed slides, some with animation and videos on

relevant issues. Several examples of Cement Logs will be presented for interpretation.

Questions related to the program of the previous day, will be asked daily to the course attendants.

 

 

By the end of this training course, participants will learn to:

• Understand Special Cement Systems


• Calculate Volumes of Cement, Mix Water and Additives


• Understand the critical parameters for any cementing operation


• Displacement rates for effective mud removal.


• Select the proper Additives based on Well Conditions


• Select Casing Hardware for successful Cementing Operations.


• Read and perform Interpretation of Cement Bond Logs


 

Who is this Training Course for?

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals:

• Cementing Operators and Supervisors


• Petroleum Engineers


• Production Engineers


• Drilling Engineers


• Completion Engineers


• Oil Field Technical Staff


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COURSE AGENDA

 

Day 1

• Reasons for Cementing an Oil / Gas /Injection Well


• Problems caused by poor cement jobs


• Road map to a successful cement job


• Types of cements and characteristics of each one


• Preparations for cementing a well


• Major API cement classes


• Planning and pre job checks for cementing


• Bulk transportation and storing of cement


• Cement mixing and pumping equipment


• Safety requirement for cementing units


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Day 2

• Different types and grades of casing


• Liners and tie-backs


• Accessories for a good casing cementation


• Mechanic and hydraulic stage tools


• Centralizers


• Floating equipment


• Surface Equipment


• Cementing head and plugs


• Cement Slurry Characteristics


• Cement Hydration Process


• The Effects of Pressure and Temperature on Cement Hydration

• Slurry Rheology


• Flow regimes


• Main additives for Oil well Cementing


 

Day 3

• The Effect of Additives


• Contaminants and their effect


• Influences on good cement placement


• The importance of a good mud selection


• Wellbore Fluid Displacement and Mud Cake Removal


• Effects of mud contamination on slurry strength


• Cement Lab Testing Procedures and Terminology


• Cement Lab testing equipment


• Secondary Cementing Techniques


• Squeeze Cementing


• Balanced Cement Plugs


• Multi stage cementing


• Lost Circulation cement job


• Liner cementing


 

Day 4

• Sustained Casing Pressure (SAP)


• Gas migration


• Flow Regimes


• Cementing HPHT wells


• Features required for HPHT slurries


• Gas migration on HPHT wells


• Kick prevention


• Primary Cementing Calculations (part 1)


• Cement Evaluation Procedures


• CBL/VDL examples


• Temperature Logs


• Ultrasonic Logs


 

Day 5

• Primary Cementing Calculations (part 2)


• Course resume


• Student evaluation


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INSTRUCTORS:

Antonio Abreu is a Senior Petroleum Engineer with a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Lisbon, Portugal. Antonio has over 40 years’ experience in oilfield production technology. He performed extensive work in the areas cementing, stimulation, well integrity, CT operations, well testing, slickline operations, wireline operations, reservoir monitoring and optimization, gas lift operations, production logging, perforation operations, sand control, water and gas shut off, etc. He started his career in April 1979 with Dowell Schlumberger in France. Further assignments included positions as Assistant to Technical and Marketing Manager (DS/Singapore), Offshore Manager / Cementing Services (DS/Libya), General Services Supervisor (DS/Algeria), Assistant Operations Manager/Aktau/Kazakhstan (Partex), Senior Petroleum Engineer (ADCO/Bu-Hasa Field) and Senior Petroleum Engineer (Dragon Oil Dubai and Turkmenistan).

Antonio is an experienced lecturer of many industry training courses in the areas of Petroleum and Production Engineering and was also assigned during several years as instructor at BTC (Dowell Schlumberger Training Centre, Santa Cruz de la Sierra/Bolivia). The last four years he was working as Training Consultant in UAE. He is a Partner Founder of OGExperts.

 

Luis Remisio: Mining Engineer (IST, Lisboa), Petroleum Engineer (IFP, Paris), Leadership Certificate in (Ashridge, UK). 43 years of experience in the industry of Oil and Gas in 7 countries (Angola, United Kingdom, Australia, Zaire, Portugal, United Árabe Emirates and Kazaquistan in the areas of Safety of Operations, Technology of Production, Surveys, Conceptual Project of Surface Instalations, Development/Training of Technitians and Technical and Finance Management.

He teaches Oil, HSE and Leadership courses. He is a Partner Founder of OGExperts.




Cipriano Costa: Masters in Chemical Engineering  –  Petroleum Refining & Petrochemistry-FEUP Porto, (1978). Worked in the Lubricants refining plant of Petrogal and in several countries around the world (Libya, Algeria, United States, Middle East, North Sea and Central Africa) with Halliburton Corporation, having performed several duties in almost all technical areas of the Oilfield both Onshore and Offshore and also PDC (Personal Development Coordinator), BDM (Business Development Manager) and Technical Advisor for Completions.

Has post-Graduation in Petroleum Engineering by University of Texas – Austin.

He is a specialist in Fracturing, Chemical Stimulation, Cementing and Completions.

He is a Partner founder of OGExperts.