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| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
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| Module Title | |||
| Well Intervention Operations | |||
| Reference | ENM256 | Version | 2 |
| Created | March 2017 | SCQF Level | SCQF 11 |
| Approved | February 2007 | SCQF Points | 30 |
| Amended | September 2017 | ECTS Points | 15 |
| Aims of Module | |||
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| This module focuses on the Engineering practices of well intervention operations. Students are expected to be able to adapt these practices to improve and optimize the performance of the wells and encourage a strategic approach to well intervention planning. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
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| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Explain the key concepts for well intervention operations and appraise types, applications and limitations of the well intervention options. |
| 2 | Appraise well intervention operations performed on a producing well to restore or increase its production and perform data analysis and appraise results. |
| 3 | Design well control systems for well intervention operations, including pumping and stimulation, mechanical wireline (slickline and braided line), coiled tubing, electric line and snubbing operations. |
| 4 | Explain the key concepts of safety and management procedure requirements for well intervention operations. |
| 5 | Discuss the reasons for performing a full workover; the impact of economics on workover operations and justify the choice of equipment to be utilised for re-completion of a workover well, icluding the functions of the specialist equipment. |
| Indicative Module Content |
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| Work-overs: introduction to workovers, equipment failure, production problems, workover operations, workover economics, risks, workover fluids. Well intervention, well control (wireline operations; electric line operations; coiled tubing operations; snubbing operations. Well intervention operations: introduction to operations (CT, wireline, pumping, well testing). Fundamentals of CT. CT equipment. CT planning and management procedures. Types, applications and limitations of CT. Basic formation and production logging. Fluid dynamics: fluid flow fundamentals. Reservoir monitoring tools. Corrosion and wear evaluation monitoring tools. Perforation: Perforation techniques and correlation techniques; Explosive classification and gun systems overview. Wireline formation testing. Wireline surface equipment: Wireline downhole tools. Pressure control equipment. Application and interpretation of well data. Well intervention operations and HSE consideration. Risk assessment: PUWER, LOLER, HAZID. |
| Module Delivery |
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| The module will be delivered by means of lectures, tutorials, videos, practical work and case studies supplemented by industrial visits/industrial speakers. Shell's Wells Distance Learning Package (WDLP) will be used as core material. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | N/A | 80 |
| Non-Contact Hours | N/A | 100 |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | N/A | 120 |
| TOTAL | N/A | 300 |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body | 120 |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
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| If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only. | |||||
| Component 1 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 25% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Description: | The coursework will be Shell Yellow Pages - the assessment element of the Wells Distance Learning Package. | ||||
| Component 2 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 75% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Description: | The examination will be open book. | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | |
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| Explanatory Text | |
| Students are required to have been awarded the Shell Round II Certificate or equivalent Shell Diploma. | |
| Module Grade | Minimum Requirements to achieve Module Grade: |
| Pass | Pass Shell's Wells Distance Learning Package Round II. |
| Fail | Fail Shell's Wells Distance Learning Package Round II. |
| NS | Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination |
| Module Requirements | |
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| Prerequisites for Module | Access to this module is limited to students sponsored by Shell. Normally a UK 2.2 honours degree or above, or equivalent, in Engineering or a related discipline. Proficiency in English language for academic purposes, IELTS score of 6.5 or above. Qualification through previous relevant industry experience may be considered. |
| Corequisites for module | None. |
| Precluded Modules | None. |
| ADDITIONAL NOTES |
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| Extensive use will be made of Society of Petroleum Engineers papers and journals. This module is for a corporate client only and cannot be taken as part of the Postgraduate Professional Studies Programme. |
| INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
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| 1 | AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE. 1996. Recommended Practice for Coiled Tubing Operations in Oil and Gas Well Services: API recommended Practice 5c7. Washington: API |
| 2 | ARNOLD, K. and STEWART, M. 1998. Surface Production Operations, vol 1, Houston, TX : Gulf Pub |
| 3 | HSMO, 1996 – A guide to the Well Aspects of the offshore Installations and Well Regulations |
| 4 | GOLAN, M., 1994. Well Performance. Boston, MA : International Human Resources Development Corporation |
| 5 | PERRIN, D., 1999. Oil and Gas Field Development Technique: Well Completion and servicing. Paris : Editions Technip |
| 6 | SHELL INTERNATIONAL, 2006. Wells Distance Learning Package. Internal Document |
| 7 | WORLD OIL, 2003. Modern Sandface Completion Practices Handbook. Houston, Texas: Gulf Publishing Company |