The course will address the recommended practices according to field experience of oilfield Petroleum Engineers through E&P companies. Different concepts will be discussed like perforation tunnel damage, gun standoff, underbalance, gun correlation on depth, and other engineering input requirements for each perforation job design

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, pore- saturating 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 aspect

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,

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

A RECTUS attendance certificate will be awarded to all participants who complete at least 80% of the total course duration.