Well Service and Workover

Procedures Series

Instructional Training Binder

Instructor Guide

Instructor Overview and Introduction

The well service and workover (procedures) series is designed to introduce

students to the fundamental processes by which oilwells are completed, repaired,

restored, and placed into producing status. The series is made up of six separate

courses which can be offered sequentially, or as stand-alone training. This series

requires the instructor to be considered a content expert in the course being taught.

This training guide offers guidelines and recommendations for instruction intended

to complement the field experience exhibited by the instructor. Each course in this

series is designed to provide both classroom and hands-on training. The classroom

component comprises approximately 25% of each course and should serve to

provide foundational knowledge and a generalized background of the topic. The

remaining 75% of the course is designed as hands-on field training and should be

paired with the appropriate facility/equipment designated in this guide. The

courses offered in this series include:

Well Logging

Acidizing

Fracturing

Completion Cementing and Perforating

Well Cleanout and Repair

Fishing Tools and Procedures

The following instructional guide will provide a course overview (syllabus),

training outline, classroom component materials, equipment guide for hands-on

component, and supplemental materials/handouts.

Must be read

by instructor

Continue to

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Course Overview (syllabus) Completion: Cementing

and Perforating

New Mexico Junior College DIVISION OF TRAINING AND OUTREACH

Please note that this is a template and serves to provide an overview of the general format,

objective, and content of the course. The materials are subject to change as deemed

appropriate by the instructor.

General Course Information:

A. Course Title: Completion - Cementing and Perforating

B. Length: 2 DAYS 16 hours

C. Location: NMJC PETROLEUM INDUSTRY TRAINING COMPLEX

D. Course Structure: 25% THEORY & BACKGROUND LECTURE 75% HANDS-ON APPRENTICESHIP W/ EQUIPMENT

E. Suggested Prior Exp: Working knowledge of well site, surface, and downhole equipment and operations

F. Recommended For: Service unit employees, production employees, foremen, supervisory personnel

Course Description:

Course will cover the essential components of oilwell cementing and perforating as procedures

for downhole completion and repair. Participants will learn about circulation, cementing pipe,

bridge plugs, squeeze jobs, as-well-as zone perforation and the equipment associated with each

procedure.

Recommended Course Materials:

SCHLUMBERGER Well Cementing, 2nd Ed ISBN 0-978-85300-8 PETEX Rotary Drilling Series Lesson 4 Casing and Cementing, 3rd Ed ISBN 0-88698-

191-3

PETEX Rotary Drilling Series Lesson 5 Testing and Completing, 3rd Ed ISBN 0-88698-192-1

PETEX Oil and Gas Production Series Analysis for Well Completion ISBN 0-88698-084-4 PETEX Oil and Gas Production Series Well Cementing ISBN 0-88698-112-3

PETEX A Primer of Oilwell Service, Workover, and Completion ISBN 0-88698-175-1 PETEX Training Video Cement and Cement Additives Cat. No. 65.1125 PETEX Training Video Liner Cementing Cat. No. 65.6010 PETEX Training Video Primary Cementing Cat. No. 65.0128

Specific Course Objectives/Hands-On Competencies:

1. Demonstrate understanding of downhole completion methods 2. Recognize common perforating and cementing techniques 3. Identify bridge plugs, circulation, cementing pipe, bridge plugs, squeeze jobs, as-well-as

zone perforation

4. Describe the equipment associated with each procedure 5. Organize and plan well plugging, squeeze jobs, zone perforation projects 6. Practice safe work habits

Additional Notes

This course is an apprenticeship-style course and utilizes an equipment intensive approach to

real-world training. The NMJC Petroleum Production Training Facility is a fully functional

oilfield location. Therefore, appropriate safety procedures will be observed at all times.

Course Outline Completion: Cementing and Perforating

Day 1: 8 Hours of Instruction

Hour 1: Introduction and Overview of Course (Classroom)

1. Instructor/Participant Introductions

2. Review Course syllabus

3. Review Outline

4. Review Safety Policy

Hour 2: Background of Cementing (Classroom)

1. Casing Cementing

2. Squeeze Cementing

Hours 3-4: Demonstrate Proper Equipment Setup (Wellsite)

1. Pump/Kill Truck and Transport

2. Blowout Preventer

3. Mud/Reverse Pit

4. Proximities to Rig and Wellbore

Hours 5-8: Run Cementing Simulation (Wellsite)

1. Demonstrate Equipment Controls

2. Simulate Cementing Using Fresh Water

3. Simulate Squeeze Job

4. Shut-In Equipment for Day 2

Move to

hands-on

facility

Break for

Day 2

Course Outline Completion: Cementing and Perforating

Day 2: 8 Hours of Instruction

Hour 1: Planning a Completion (Classroom)

1. Preparing for Perforating

Hour 2: Background of Perforating (Classroom)

1. Open-hole Completions

2. Cased-hole Completions

3. Bullet Perforating

4. Jet Perforating

Hours 3-6: Field Demonstration (Wellsite)

1. Show Perforating Gun Types

2. Demonstrate Well Swabbing

3. Demonstrate Unloading a Well

Hours 7-8: Demonstrate Proper Equipment Rig-Down (Wellsite)

1. Rig Down Equipment

2. Dismiss Class

Move to

hands-on

facility

End of

Course

Materials for Classroom Completion: Cementing and

Perforating

Bullet and Jet Perforating

Use for Lecture

Equipment for Hands-On Component Completion:

Cementing and Perforating

The following equipment must be present at the training site:

Name/Description Master List

Equipment Code

Physical wellbore w/ 400ft of navigable hole NA

Pumping Unit A1

Blowout Preventer B9

Pulling Unit (Rig) B1

Pump/Kill Truck B3

Reverse/Mud Pit B6

Wireline Truck (Possible) B8

Prior to the start of the course, the instructor should prepare the training

site. Preparation of the hands-on training facility should include the set-

up and arrangement of the necessary equipment in the following

manner:

Pulling unit rigged up on wellbore

Tubing in hole, ready to pump down w/ casing bleed to frac tank

BOP secured to wellhead flange

Pump truck to pressure up and simulate squeeze job

Equipment must be set

up before course

begins

Ready to

begin

training

Handouts/Supplemental Items Completion: Cementing

and Perforating

The PETEX workbook contains a posttest review. Copies of this review

should be distributed to students.

End of

Course