OBJECTIVES
- This five-day training is designed to teach participants to understand, recognize, and select the most appropriate techniques available for evaluating the integrity of cement in casing within oil and/or gas wells.
CONTENTS
- Introduction to Cementing.
- Detailed Review of Cementing Parameters Affecting Cement Integrity:
- Drilling parameters: The wellbore and drilling fluids.
- Casing parameters: Annular space size and centralization.
- Cementing operation parameters: Fluids and displacement.
- Detailed Review of Gas/Fluid Invasion Processes During Cementing or After Cementing Operations.
- Introduction and Detailed Analysis of Completion Parameters Affecting Well Life Through Stresses on the Cement Layer:
- Mechanical properties of the cement layer.
- Causes of failures.
- Cement integrity during the P&A phase.
- Typical Profiles Used for Cement Evaluation – Sonic (CBL/VDL) and Ultrasonic Tools.
- Continuation of Review of Available Technologies – Introduction to Noise and Thermal Profiles.
- Possible Remedial Actions for Addressing Loss of Integrity in the Cement Layer (Remedial Cementing will be the focus of this section).
- Content of New API Specifications and Their Implications on What Needs to Be Done to Prevent Any Failures in the Cement Layer.
TARGET AUDIENCE: Junior and semi-senior drilling engineers, Company Man (CoMan).
METHODOLOGY: Theoretical-Practical. This includes videos, printed documents, promoting discussion, and both individual and group exercises.
MODALITY: In-person.
DURATION: 5 days.
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