By the end of this training course, participants should be able to:

• Define the most-common types of oilfield perforation methods
• Get an overview about the root causes of formation damage due to perforation
• Identify major perforation gun types
• Understand the different approaches of underbalanced and overbalanced perforation
• Maximize productivity and long-term reserves recovery and Minimize completion cost
• Maximize the use of well energy by making hydrocarbons production an efficient and safe process

• Completion Engineers
• Well Intervention Engineers
• Petroleum and Production Engineers
• Newly-hired Engineers
• Production Technology Engineers
• Reservoir Engineers
• Stimulation Engineers
• Drilling Engineers
• Other Company engineers involved in production technology
• Managers and Government Officials and others involved with production technology
• Supervisors, Field Operators and Technicians involved with production technology
  
  

The training instructor relies on a highly interactive training method to enhance the learning process. The course material is rich with various training tools that ensure all participants gain a complete understanding of all the topics covered. The training environment is highly stimulating, challenging, and effective for all trainees to participate, share their thoughts, and inquire about their in-house challenges.

Module One: Introduction to Production Technology

• Course Introduction and Pre-course Assessment
• Reservoir Drive Mechanisms
• Produced Fluids Properties
• Inflow Performance Relationship
• Vertical Lift Performance
• Multiphase Flow and Multiphase Flow Correlations
• System Nodal Analysis
• Introduction to Perforation Services
  
  

Module Two: Introduction to Perforation

• Perforation Fundamentals
• Perforating Methods
  • Shaped charge and its types
  • Bullet guns
  • Abrasive perforation
  • Explosives, types and shaped charges
• Perforation gun components
• Perforation geometry
• Perforation Conveyance Method
  • Wireline perforation
  • Slickline perforation
  • Coiled tubing perforation
  • Tubing conveyed perforation
  • Oriented perforation
    
    

Module Three: Perforation Main Parameters and Design

• Factors affecting perforator performance
  • Rock strength, in-situ stresses, sand grain size and distribution, rock density, poresaturating fluid, casing effects, wellbore pressure and fluid, perforation damage and cleanup, underbalance effect, dynamic underbalance
• Overbalance and underbalance perforations
• Perforation types for different completion types
• Perforation design and its operational aspects
  
  

Module Four: Perforation PCE and Secondary Tools

• Types of Firing heads
• Auxiliary Equipment and accessories
  • Underbalancing sub tool, Differential sub, Radioactive marker, Gun release, Shock absorber, Firing detection, Swivel sub, etc.
• Depth Correlation Methods
• Pressure Control Equipment (PCE) in Perforation Well Intervention
  • Line Wiper, Stuffing Box, Grease injection head, Tool catcher, Lubricators, BOP’s, etc.
    
    

Module Five: Perforation Evaluation and Advanced Methods

• Production logging for perforation evaluation
• Cement and Casing Evaluation Logging
• Perforation Formation Damage
• Near wellbore stimulation
• Stim-Gun
• Propellant technology

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