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Well Workover

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 541-3014/01
Abbreviation POS
Course title Well Workover
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator RNDr. Vladimír Opletal, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

1. Production and injection oil and gas wells - standard oil and gas deposits, UGS, unconventional gas deposits, geothermal wells.
2. Well workover – planning and cost management.
3. Drilling rigs for workover and services, technical equipment and technologies.
4. Oil and gas wells completion, oil and gas extraction equipment.
5. Causes of damage and reasons of wear of completion of the boreholes.
6. Oil and gas recovery methods – intensification work, chemical methods.
7. Oil and gas recovery methods - intensification work, mechanical-dynamic methods, hydraulic fracturing.
8. Modern methods of repair and maintenance of wells and openings of new production horizons - coil tubing, radial drilling.
9. Safety regulations and standard operating procedures for underground repair of wells, emergency plans and emergency preparedness.
10. Liquidation of wells and boreholes. Remediation of impacts of drilling works and hydrocarbon production activities.
11. Workover design - project preparation, geological part of the project, technical part, examples.
12. Specific problems and requirements for repair and maintenance of geothermal wells - effects of corrosion, temperature, scaling.
13. Quality management systems in general, ISO 9000 standards, revision, dedicated technical equipment - introduction; security and environmental risk management systems.

E-learning

There is no e-learning as a part of the lessons.

Povinná literatura

PERRIN, D.: Well Completion and Servicing (Oil and Gas Field Development Techniques). Editions Technips; 1St Edition edition (August 30, 1999). ISBN-10: 2710807653, ISBN-13: 978-2710807650.
CRUMPTON, H.: Well Control for Completions and Interventions. Gulf Professional Publishing 2018, ISBN: 9780081001967 , ISBN: 9780081022870 .
COSSÉ R.. Basics of reservoir engineering, Editions Technip, Paris 1993, ISBN 2-7108-0630-4 .
LYONS, W., CARTER, T., LAPEYROUSE, N.: Formulas and Calculations for Drilling, Production, and Workover: All the Formulas You Need to Solve Drilling and Production Problems. Gulf Professional Publishing; 4 edition (2015). ISBN-10: 0128034173 , ISBN-13: 978-0128034170 .

Doporučená literatura

GUO, B, LYONS, W, CHALAMBOR, A.: Petroleum Production Engineering. A computer assisted Approach, Elsevier Inc. 2017, ISBN 13: 978-0-7506-8270-1.
Bellarby, Jonathan. (2009). Developments in Petroleum Science, Volume 56 - Well Completion Design - Front Matter. Elsevier.
Stewart, George. (2012). Wireline Formation Testing and Well Deliverability - Front Matter. PennWell.
Satter, Abdus Baldwin, Jim Jespersen, Rich. (2000). Computer-Assisted Reservoir Management - Front Matter. PennWell.