Gas Production Engineering - GPO
Posted by PetroSkills on Thursday, March 18, 2010
Start Date Monday, May 24, 2010
End Date Friday, May 28, 2010
Location
London, UK
Full Details
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DESIGNED FOR
Production, reservoir, and facilities engineers and others involved in gas production, transportation, and storage including field supervisors
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
Apply proven techniques to field problems which increase profitability
Calculating gas well performance, from the reservoir to the sales line
Optimize gas well production
Relate reservoir and well performance to time
Predict when a well will die due to liquid loading
ABOUT THE COURSE
The rapidly increasing worldwide demand for natural gas as an energy source requires expertise in gas engineering technology. Incorporating a balance between theory and application, course emphasis is on training participants for immediate application of acquired techniques to field problems.
Learn the latest methods for calculating gas well performance from reservoir to sales. Reservoir performance covers the fundamentals of reservoir gas flow and details the best methods for testing wells, according to the time and money available. The importance of flow regime and non-Darcy flow on test design and interpretation is emphasized for new wells and for the possibility of improving the performance of older wells. Also discussed are performances of tight formations, horizontal wells, fractured wells, and methods for estimating gas reserves. Calculate and determine the effect of each system component on total well performance, which permits optimum sizing of tubing, flowlines, separators, and compressors.
Formation damage, gas well de-watering, hydrate formation, water influx, and abnormal reservoir pressure problems are reviewed. Relate reservoir and well performance to time, as well as calculate cash flow and compression requirements. Discuss the best procedures to predict when liquid loading will make a well nonproductive. Field gas processing, including dehydration and condensate recovery, is briefly reviewed. Gas production is emphasized, although an overview on field gas processing is presented.
Problem-solving sessions, using computers will allow participants to evaluate field problems. Participants receive free software at the end of the course.
This course includes the use of computers, which are provided at additional cost, for each two participants.
COURSE CONTENT
Gas properties: Real gas behavior equations of state, impurities, mixtures, phase behavior dew point, retrograde behavior, flash calculations; classifying gas reservoirs
Reservoir performance: Gas well testing?flow after flow, isochronal, stabilized inflow performance; turbulence and skin effects; perforation effects; tight well analysis; horizontal wells; hydraulically fractured wells
Reserve calculations?P/Z plots, energy plots, water influx, abnormal pressure effects; diagnostic testing based on production data
Flow in pipes and restrictions: Pressure loss?tubing, flowlines, chokes, safety valves; effects of liquids-liquid loading, liquid removal methods, multiphase flow correlations; erosional velocity
Compression: Types of compressors; compressor selection?reciprocating and centrifugal; effects of variables; capacity and horsepower
Total system analysis: Tubing and flowline size effects; perforating effects; relating deliverability to time; evaluating compressor installations; analyzing injection wells
Flow measuring: Orifice metering?design, accuracy, troubleshooting; other metering methods
Condensate reservoir: Reservoir types?wet gas, retrograde; reserve estimates, laboratory simulation; gas cycling
Field operations problems: Interpreting P/Z plots; hydrate formation
See full details at http://www.petroskills.com/courseDetails.aspx?courseID=127
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Training Courses