This course provides an introduction to coiled tubing (CT) as a tool for workover and drilling and completion services. It includes an overview of CT extended-reach operations, typical field applications, the properties of CT, its manufacture, surface equipment required for downhole deployment, as well as discussion of downhole CT tools. A significant portion of the course covers CT mechanical performance, including working limits, buckling, and fatigue. A discussion of CT drilling technology and hydraulics is also included.

Technical personnel often find it difficult to clearly express thoughts and ideas to others, especially when asked to report findings to - or request project expenditure authorization from - senior management. This course is for individuals who are required, as part of their jobs, to make presentations in-house or in public, and who need, therefore, to perfect the fundamentals of dynamic presentation-making. 

This course provides an overview of the state-of-the-art in unconventional gas (shale gas, tight gas, and coalbed methane) and light oil (shale oil, tight oil, and “halo” oil) well production analysis. An overview of analytical methods for RTA is then provided, including a discussion of how these techniques can be modified to account for unconventional reservoir properties such as multi-phase flow, non-static permeability, non-Darcy flow, and desorption. Empirical methods for production analysis are also briefly reviewed in this course. Tight gas, shale gas, tight oil, shale oil, and coalbed methane field examples are provided to illustrate application of the techniques.

The course is designed for engineers and field personnel involved in the planning and implementation of drilling programs. The seminar covers all aspects of drilling fluids technology, emphasizing both theory and practical application. Drilling is a complex operation requiring proper understanding of different technologies and disciplines. Today’s drilling personnel must have a working knowledge of drilling fluid in order to effectively drill a well. The course provides the fundamentals necessary to drill a well, whether it is a shallow well or a complex, high pressure well.

During this course participants will learn about: Candidate selection criteria to identify shale “sweet spots”, Complex fractures and role of geo-mechanics, Well orientation, optimum length and perf cluster design, Optimizing well completions and stimulations, Fracturing risk estimation: strengths and areas to improve; Water sources, treatment, reuse and disposal, Predicting production, estimating decline and well start-up suggestions; Surface equipment and production operations.