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MODULE DESCRIPTOR
Module Title
Completion Operations
Reference ENM257 Version 2
Created March 2017 SCQF Level SCQF 11
Approved February 2007 SCQF Points 30
Amended September 2017 ECTS Points 15

Aims of Module
This module will provide an engineering practice of operations involved in well completion. Emphasis is placed on the planning of downhole well completion equipment and related operational processes needed for a specific application.

Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
1 Explain the importance of well clean up prior to completion running.
2 Discuss and appraise the main parameters that influence the selection and design of the completion string, components and rig types.
3 Evaluate the completion components requirement and explain the process for inspection, assembly and testing of sub-assemblies and explain how it will be run in the well.
4 Plan and design well completion operations and specify equipment requirements. Be familiar with completion operations software.
5 Apply the key concepts of safety and legal requirements, economics and management procedures for a well completion operation.

Indicative Module Content
Main completion type: Well completion planning and design process, important factors for completion design. Main configurations: downhole configurations (open hole or cased hole), tubular configurations (conventional or tubingless, single or multiple zone), sand control. Clean up of the well: Introduction, hole cleaning, fluid displacement, chemical and mechanical clean up. Full range of completion components: Production wellhead (components, choice of working pressure and diameter), tubing (main characteristics, criteria of choice), packers types and setting operations and accessories (drillable or permanent, retrievable), bottom hole devices (landing nipples, circulating devices), subsurface safety valve (surface controlled, subsurface controlled). Main rig types and selection (permanent rig, snubbing unit HWU. Tubing: Introduction, tubing selection, handling and running preparation process, tubing connectors packers, tubing hangers and Xmas trees. Running the completions: Rig selection, pipe handling equipment, general considerations, torque analysis, graphical data analysis.Thread inspection requirements. Sand control and management and considerations for running screens and gravel packs. Testing the completion: Key completion components, installation of SCSSV (tubing retrievable, wireline retrievable, sub surface testing), setting packers, landing off completion string and BOP removal, Xmas tree installation. Corrosion resistant alloy completions. Dual completions, new development in completions such as intelligent completions. Operational procedures: Job preparation, safety recommendations during completion operations, operating recommendations, running procedures. Risk assessment, PUWER, LOLER, HAZID. Legal side of well operations, design and construction regulations. S.I. 913 (1996), safety case regulations, health and safety at work regulations, API standards and recommendations.

Module Delivery
The module will be delivered by means of lectures, tutorials, videos, practical work and case studies supplemented by industrial visits/industry 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
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: Examination Weighting: 75% Outcomes Assessed: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Description: The examination will be open book.

MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR
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
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
Extensive use will be made of Society of Petroleum Engineering 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
1 ARNOLD, K. and STEWART, M., 1998. Surface Production Operations, vol 1, Houston, TX : Gulf Pub
2 ECONOMIDES, M. J et al., 1998. Petroleum Well Construction. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons
3 GOLAN, M., 1994. Well Performance. Boston, MA : International Human Resources Development Corporation
4 JHAN, F., COOK, M. and GRAHAM, M., 1998. Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production. Amsterdam: Elsevier
5 KING, G. E., 1998. An Introduction to the Basics of Well Completions, Stimulations and Workovers. Tulsa, OK: George E. King
6 PERRIN, D., 1999. Oil and Gas Field Development Technique: Well Completion and Servicing. Paris : Editions Technip
7 SHELL INTERNATIONAL, 2006. Wells Distance Learning Package. Internal Document

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