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IWCF Well Intervention Pressure Control Level 3-4

IWCF Well Intervention Pressure Control Level 3-4

Highlights

  • Delivered In-Person

  • 5 days

  • All levels

Description

Description

This course develops the knowledge and decision-making skills required to operate (Level 3) and supervise or manage (Level 4) well intervention pressure control activities.

It builds on Level 2 and focuses on well integrity assurance, barrier management, pressure control methods, and response to abnormal situations.

The course is delivered through interactive lecturing supported by videos, animations, group discussions and exercises.

The two compulsory modules are:

  • Completions equipment

  • Completions operations

In addition, candidates must select at least one of the following three optional modules:

  • Wireline operations

  • Coiled tubing operations

  • Snubbing operations

Course Content

Completion Operations

Overview

  • Well intervention pressure control incidents

  • Impact on personnel, assets, environment, operations, and reputation

Well Integrity Assurance

  • Well integrity requirements throughout the well life cycle

  • Annulus pressure monitoring and MAASP

  • Risk management principles and responsibilities

  • Checklists for well (pressure) control operations

  • Management of change (MOC)

  • Well (pressure) control drills

  • Well intervention pressure control training and assessment

  • Well handover and verification of well barrier status

Introduction to Well Control

  • Hydrostatic pressure and calculations

  • Tubing and annulus pressure differences

  • Formation pressure and fracture pressure

  • Formation injectivity tests

  • Primary well (pressure) control

  • Secondary well (pressure) control

  • Basic pressure, force, area, and volume calculations

Barriers

  • Barrier philosophy in well intervention and completion operations

  • Well barrier elements and well barrier envelopes

  • Mechanical and hydrostatic barriers

  • Primary and secondary barrier terminology

  • Grouping barrier elements into barrier envelopes

  • Barrier management using blowout preventers (BOPs) and pressure control equipment (PCE)

  • Shearing devices and activation considerations

  • Non-shearable and non-sealable equipment across the BOP

  • Maintaining BOP and equipment integrity

  • Connections, elastomers, and BOP control systems

Barrier Verification Testing

  • Verification of well barrier elements

  • Well barrier test documentation

  • Barrier element test steps and line-up

  • Actions following barrier test failure

  • Equipment certification and compatibility

  • Pressure control equipment (PCE) checks

  • PCE hydraulic hoses and fittings

  • Inflow testing principles and interpretation

  • Equipment integrity testing

  • Intervention BOP pressure and function testing

  • Integrity testing of specific barrier elements

Influx Characteristics and Behaviour

  • Types of influx during completion operations

  • Basic gas law

  • Influx behaviour during circulation

  • Gas migration principles and effects on well pressures

Shut-In Procedures

  • Importance of shut-in procedures

  • Shut-in steps with and without tools in the well

  • Confirming the well is shut in

  • Pressure changes in a shut-in well

  • Opening valves under differential pressure

  • Safe removal (bleeding down) of hydrocarbons from PCE

  • Interpretation of shut-in pressures

  • Pressure gauge limitations and problems

Well Kill Methods

  • Well kill methods and selection criteria

  • Forward circulation

  • Reverse circulation

  • Well kill calculations

  • Bullheading

  • Lubricate and bleed

  • Surface failures and prevention

  • Hydrates and associated risks

Completion Equipment

Introduction to Well Completion

  • Purpose of a well completion

  • Preparing the well for completion

Xmas Trees

  • Pressure control function

  • Barrier elements

Wellhead and Tubing Hanger

  • Pressure control function

  • Barrier elements and shearing devices

Tubing

  • Tubing selection and movement

  • Flow coupling

Subsurface Safety Valves

  • The function of the SSSV and ASV

  • SSSV procedures and testing

Side Pocket Mandrels

  • Gas lift, circulation, equalisation, and chemical injection

Sliding Sleeves, Circulation and Flow Control Devices

  • Sliding sleeves

  • Circulation and flow control devices

Packers and Associated Equipment

  • Packers

  • Polished bore receptacle (PBR)

  • Extra-long tubing seal receptacle (ELTSR)

Landing Nipples, Plugs and Wireline Entry Guides

  • Landing nipples

  • Plugs

  • Wireline entry guides (WEG)

Optional Topics

At least one optional module must be selected

Wireline Operations

  • Application and equipment

  • Pressure control and surface PCE stack

  • Primary and secondary barrier elements

  • Shearing devices

  • Pressure control principles

  • PCE rig-up and testing

  • Operational considerations

  • Controlled well shut-in

  • Loss of pressure control during operations

Coiled Tubing Operations

  • Application and equipment

  • Pressure control and surface PCE stack

  • Primary and secondary barrier elements

  • Shearing devices and other well control devices

  • Pressure control principles

  • PCE rig-up and testing

  • Operational considerations

  • Controlled well shut-in

  • Loss of pressure control during operations

Snubbing Operations

  • Application and equipment

  • Pressure control and surface PCE stack

  • Primary and secondary barrier elements

  • Shearing devices and other well control devices

  • Pressure control principles

  • PCE rig-up and testing

  • Operational considerations

  • Controlled well shut-in

  • Loss of pressure control during operations

Audience

Level 3 operator training is recommended for any role that is expected to shut in a well such as a operators in completions, well-servicing or intervention operations.

  • Wireline, e-line, slickline operator

  • N2 operator

  • Wellhead / tree installation engineer

  • Hydraulic workover (snubbing) operator

  • Coiled tubing operator and equivalent positions in other well servicing or intervention operations

  • Well test operator

  • Well testing crew

Level 4 supervisor training is recommended for all roles that oversee well control operations, either on site, off site, in a remote operations control centre or office based, in completions, and interventions. This includes personnel involved in both planning and execution of operations.

  • Completion / workover / intervention supervisor or superintendent

  • Well-site completions / workover supervisor

  • Supervisors or crew chiefs for special service operations such as wireline, slickline and coiled tubing operations, which provide specific well control equipment for these activities

  • Office-based operational staff (e.g., senior completions / well intervention engineer, operational completions / well intervention engineer)

  • Well test supervisor

  • Offshore installation manager (OIM) for offshore units with a primary function for well intervention

  • Hydraulic workover (snubbing) supervisor

Course Duration

5 days

Certification

Candidates must complete written exams for two compulsory modules:

  • Completions equipment

  • Completions operations

They also take exams in the optional modules that have been selected, which may include:

  • Wireline operations

  • Coiled tubing operations

  • Snubbing operations

A minimum score of 70% is required in each exam to pass.

IWCF WIPC Level 3 and level 4 certificates are valid for 2 years.

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Location

Roggestraat 111, 7311 CC, Netherlands, Apeldoorn

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