SPE Training Courses: “Modern Well Design” and “Reservoir Aspects of Horizontal and Multilateral Wells”

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18 - 19 October 2013, Moscow. Registration is open. For more details and registration please contact Mariya Tishkova at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

SPE Training Course “Modern Well Design”
18 - 19 October 2013, Moscow

This 2-days course presents a unified approach for the well design process. The participants will learn elementary rock mechanics and how to analyze borehole stability problems in a simple manner.

Topics include

Application of geomechanics for well Planning

  • Introduction to the well design process
  • Analysis of leak-off data - data normalization
  • Analysis of borehole collapse
  • Geomechanic issues; using drillability to identify clay diapers
  • Review of methods to perform geomechanical analysis and to develop prognosis
  • Well design premises -well integrity
  • Casing design -design criteria

Advanced wells

  • Review of casing design
  • Sequences of well construction
  • Design of HPHT wells
  • Deepwater drilling
  • Well path design
  • Stuck pipe analysis
  • Well integrity

Why You Should Attend
Many of the practical solutions given in the course are results of many years experience in the North Sea, and they are not published elsewhere.

Who Should Attend
This course is for drilling and production engineers, drilling supervisors, exploration geologists, and others who work on oil and gas wells.

Instructor
Bernt S. Aadnoy – is a professor of drilling engineering at Stavanger University in Norway and an expert advisor for Rogaland Research and the Norwegian Petroleum Authorities. Aadnoy began his professional career at Phillips Petroleum in Odessa, Texas in 1978 and later worked for Statoil and Saga Petroleum. Most of his current work relates to drilling and completion. He has written more than 100 technical papers, several books, and holds a number of patents. His numerous honors include the 1999 SPE International Drilling Engineering Award. Aadnoy holds BS and MS degrees in mechanical, control, and petroleum engineering from the University of Wyoming and the University of Texas. He holds a PhD in petroleum rock mechanics from the Norwegian Institute of Technology.

Registration is open. For more details and registration please contact Mariya Tishkova at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

SPE Training Course “Reservoir Aspects of Horizontal and Multilateral Wells”
18 October 2013, Moscow

This 1-day course includes discussion on the practical issues and reservoir parameters of horizontal well projects. The topics include formation damage, drainage areas, well spacing, well reserves, and rate calculations using steady-state and pseudo steady-state methods. The course includes several field case histories and performance analysis of horizontal wells.

Topics include

  • Drilling methods and costs
  • Well spacing and drainage areas
  • Recovery factors and steady-state solutions
  • Case histories: coning applications
  • Fractured horizontal wells
  • Forecasting production

Why You Should Attend
While horizontal wells are riskier and more expensive than conventional wells, the production gains may be worth it. This course teaches you when the technology justifies the risk.

Who Should Attend
This course is for reservoir, production, drilling, and completion engineers, managers, and other personnel who are interested in learning about selecting reservoirs for horizontal wells and understanding production performance of horizontal wells.

Special Requirements
Bring a calculator to class.

Instructor
Sada Joshi is president and CEO of Joshi Technologies International. He has more than 30 years of experience in horizontal wells and has been advisor to more than 200 field projects around the world. He has written many technical papers and the book, Horizontal Well Technology. Joshi served as a Distinguished Lecturer for SPE (1995–1996) and was named as “One of the 100 Most Influential People of the Petroleum Century” by Hart Publications in 2000. In 2003, Joshi was named as a Distinguished Alumnus by his alma mater, IIT Bombay, India. He earned his PhD in mechanical engineering from Iowa State University in 1978.

Registration is open. For more details and registration please contact Mariya Tishkova at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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