In this course, the causes and consequences of sand production will be discussed, followed by the prediction measures to decide or delay sand control in oil and gas project development. All the types of sand face completions and emerging technologies available in the industry today to prevent sand production and to boost well productivity results will be discussed.

• UNDERSTAND the effect of formation damage on revenue to the operator.
• UNDERSTAND the mechanism of formation damage.
• LEARN how to select the best fluid at every phase of the well development.
• LEARN the ways and steps how to diagnose formation damage problems.
• GAIN the practical’s of best treatment to a sandstone and carbonate reservoir.
• LEARN how to stimulate tight reservoir with low porosity, low permeability and high permeability reservoir.

The course is designed for, but not limited to Completion Engineers, Workover Engineers, Production Engineers, and those who are involved with well completions, workovers, well interventions, and production.

• Completion Engineer
• Workover Engineer
• Well Services / Intervention Engineer
• Production Engineer
• Drilling Engineer
• Well Site Engineer

Day One: Formation Damage

• Course Introduction & Overview Formation Damage
• Class exercise
• Laboratory techniques
  
  

Day Two: Stimulation of Sandstone Reservoir

• Stimulation of Sandstone reservoir
• Stimulation of Carbonate reservoir
• Class exercise: The objectives of the class exercise on Well stimulation
• Class group exercises on Matrix treatment design methodology
  
  

Day Three: Fracturing Technology

• Introduction to Hydraulic Fracturing
• Class exercise: The objectives of the class exercise on
• hydraulic fracturing
• Multistage Fracturing technology
  
  

Day Four: Modern Well Completion & Intro to Well Intervention

• Sand Control completion overview
• Sand detection
• Sand prediction and monitoring
• Sand Control completion
  
  

Day Five: Well Control & Well Workover

• Production problems Scales
• Paraffin /Wax
• Asphalting
• Hydrates
• Water and gas shut off
• Diagnostics

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.