Advanced Well Cementing
Course overview
Cementing is a critical function in well construction and maintenance. It is required to understand cement and additive chemistry, as well as lab procedures, placement and evaluation methods. After the completion of the course, the participants will be able to design, supervise the execution and perform cement job evaluation.
The course is covering the design, execution and evaluation of primary cementing such as cement and cementing additive selection, laboratory testing, cement placement, gas migration control, long term cement zonal isolation, cement bond log evaluation as well as remedial cementing (plug & squeeze). Case histories in complex environment such as deepwater, HPHT and horizontal wells will also be studied.
The participants will practice job design exercises, cementing calculations, as well as evaluation methods of cementing jobs using actual well data. Demos and case histories of cement design and software will be performed.
The course is designed for
- Drilling / Completion / Production / Intervention Engineers
- Well Site Leaders and Superintendents
- Service Company Technical, Operation and Field Management Personnel
- Drilling / Completion / Production / Intervention Managers
- Persons responsible for all aspects of well construction and operation
- Personnel responsible for all aspects of well construction and operation
Course outline
Cementing for Deepwater Applications
Cementing for Horizontal Well Applications
Loss Circulation Prevention while Cementing
Cementing Equipment and Casing Hardware
Cementing Calculations
Cement Job QA/QC and Evaluation
Cement Bond Log Interpretation
Plug Cementing
Squeeze Cementing
Introduction to Primary & Remedial Cementing
Objectives of Well Cementing
Characterization of API Cements
Cement Additives and Functions
Laboratory Testing, Equipment & Procedures
Rheology of Cementing Slurries
Flow Regimes & Mud Removal
Cement Spacers
Centralization & Pipe Movement
Cement Placement Simulators
Mechanical Properties of Well Cements
Cement Integrity Simulators
Formation Fluid Migration Prevention
Cementing for High Pressure and High Temperature (HPHT) Applications
"The course was well presented for the operations personnel and senior engineers in attendance."
- NCOC, Kazakhstan
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