Heavy Oil Thermal Production

Subject classification: production engineering

Course objective:

To learn heavy oil development technology in the United States.

Intensified study on heavy oil thermal recovery technology,

EOR technology, heavy oil drilling technology and geological reservoir.

Communicate and exchange with foreign experts to know more about the implementation of heavy oil development projects.

Learn from the successful development cases, broaden the student's vision, improve their professional technical ability and the comprehensive management ability.

Module on Heavy Oil Thermal Recovery Technology (12 days)

Steam simulation and steam flooding production technology (4 days)

Steam-injection process technology

Steam simulation injection process technology

• Conventional steam-injection technology
• Conventional well separate layer steam-injection technology
• Horizontal well multipoint steam-injection technology

Steam flooding production technology

• Steam distribution technique with equal dryness
• Long-acting insulation steam-injection technology
• Separate layer steam flooding technology

Design of steam injection pipe set

Steam injection wellhead

Lift Technology

Steam simulation lift technology

• Conventional heavy oil lift technology
• Super-heavy oil lift technology
• High - inclination horizontal well lift technology

Steam flooding lift technology

• High temperature resistant pump lift technology
• Oil layer deep pumping technology

Selection of production tube string

H2S Treatment Technology

High Temperature dynamic monitoring technology

Ground system monitoring technology

Steam injection well monitoring technology

Production well monitoring technology

Observation well monitoring technology

Interwell connectivity monitoring technology

Heavy Oil Viscosity Reducing Production Technology (2 days)

Oil-burnt Layer

Mechanical oil viscosity reduction

Wellbore heating

Dilution and oil viscosity reduction

Chemical viscosity reduction

Microorganisms single well simulation

Ultrasonic viscosity reduction

Well bottom electric heating viscosity reduction

Heavy oil pumping process set

New Tech of Heavy oil Development (2 days)

Development of foreign heavy oil field

Problems existing in heavy oil development

New tech of heavy oil development

Deep heavy oil development technology

Sensitive heavy oil reservoirs development technology

Heavy oil underground upgrading technology

Complex well technology

New tech of heavy oil thermal recovery

Multi-well cyclic steam stimulation

Steam injection-Propane acceleration extra-heavy crude oil extraction

Nitrogen-assisted steam stimulation

Urea-assisted steam flooding development

Heavy Oil High Temperature Measuring and Tracer Monitoring Technology (2 days)

Steam sucking section measuring technology for high temperature steam injecting well

Downhole measuring technique of steam dryness sample at any point

Capillary pressure drop measuring technology in soak stage

Well temperature measuring technology for double-potential differential well

Fluid producing profile measuring technology high temperature steam injection stage

High Temperature and Long Effect measuring technology

On-line measuring technology for oil well and passing pump

Capillary dynamic stratification pressure and temperature monitoring technology

SAGD multi point pressure and temperature monitoring technology

Oil well optical fiber monitoring technology

Interwell tracer monitoring technology

Heavy Oil Thermal Recovery Equipment (1 day)

Steam generating system

Oxygen remover

Steam generator

Steam separator

sewerage systems

steam injection boiler

Basic knowledge of boiler and thermal equipment

Boiler body equipment

Boiler auxiliary equipment

Principle and application of supercritical pressure steam injection boiler

Fuel feeder

Gas feeding system

Oil feeding system

Water supply system

Thermal recovery wellhead unit

Downhole steam injection pipe string

Thermal recovery packer

Sealing joints

Compensating pipe

Heavy Oil Thermal Recovery Project Management (1 day)

Drilling project management

Contract management

Procurement management

Site checklist management

Timeliness management

WBS management

Team management & contractor management

Quality control management

Communication management

Well control site management

EOR Technology Module (11 days)

Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage Technology (2 days)

Oil recovery mechanism

Dual horizontal well SAGD technology

Vertical well + horizontal well SAGD technology

Combined thermal recovery technology

Method of well pattern arrangement

Dual horizontal well deployment

Combined vertical well and production well deployment

Single well

SAGD effecting factors

Injection and production parameters

SAGD stages

Preheating by steam stimulation

SAGD preheat by steam displacement

Stabilized gravity drainage

Depletion

SAGD productivity prediction

Drilling technology of heavy oil thermal recovery (10 Days)

Drilling technology of heavy oil thermal recovery (3 Days)

Drilling technology features of heavy oil reservoir

Drilling tools of heavy oil reservoir

Monitoring of wellbore trajectory

Vertical drilling technology of heavy oil reservoir

Directional drilling technology of heavy oil reservoir

Horizontal drilling technology of heavy oil reservoir

Sidetracking technology of heavy oil

Introduction of special drilling technology for heavy oil reservoirs

Multilateral drilling technology

Underbalanced drilling technology

Sand control technology and equipment (2 Days)

Sanding mechanism

Mechanical sand control technology and equipment

TBS Sand Screen

Slotted screen sand control in deep formations

Chemical sand control technology and equipment

High temperature sand consolidation

Artificial borehole wall sand control

Complex sand control technology and equipment

Wellbore desilting technology and equipment

Sand control new technology

Expandable sand screen technology

Openhole filling technology in horizontal wells

Layered extrusion filling technology

Sand control and perforation integration

Geological reservoir technology of heavy oil thermal recovery (7 Days)

Heavy oil Geology and the development and utilization of heavy oil (2 Days)

Formation and distribution of heavy oil and tar sands

Physical and chemical characteristics of heavy oil and tar sands

Causes and densification mechanism of heavy oil and tar sands

Formation mechanism, types and characteristics of heavy oil and tar sands

Geological characteristics of major heavy oil and tar sands distribution area around the world

Formation, distribution and proportion of heavy oil and tar sands resources around the world

Applicable conditions and selection criteria of heavy oil exploitation techniques

Techniques and examples of heavy oil exploitation

Program design of heavy oil development by applying steam injection

Tar sands production technology

Development tendency of heavy oil recovery technology

Utilization of heavy oil

Processing of heavy oil

Processing and utilization of tar sands

Development tendency of heavy oil and tar sands’ processing and utilization

Calculation of dynamic geological reserve of heavy oil reservoir (1 Day)

Prediction of recoverable reserve of heavy oil reservoir

Dynamic Data Analysis ? Injection-Production characteristic curve

Empirical equation

Productivity evaluation

Low permeability oil (gas) field development technology

Subject classification: production engineering

Course objective:

Learn unconventional oil and gas exploration, development, and related key technologies such as drilling management policy.

Learning unconventional energy exploration, development, international drilling technology.

Course outline

Characteristics and evaluation technology of Low permeability reservoirs (3 Days)

Geology

Rock properties

Petrophysical analysis

Drilling

Vertical and horizontal wells

Pilot hole

Fluid

MWD and LMD

Wellbore size and diameter

Drilling problems and challenges

Mechanical equipment performance analysis

Completion

Cased hole and open hole

Perforation plan

Design and consideration of stimulation

Case

Field test and supervision

Implementation of pilot projects: optimization of drilling, completion

Apply the microseismic technology to stimulation

Production logging and other methods

Yield prediction and calculation of reserves

Interpretation of Reserves

Reservoir modeling

Capacity Analysis

Stimulation

Decline curve analysis

Deal with possible uncertainty

Development of practical technology of Low permeability reservoirs (2 Days)

Introduction to drilling performance analysis

Line flow analysis of Closed fracture reservoir

Simplified method

Log-log Type Diagnostic charts: determine the flow area

Professional drawing: determine the LFP and borehole wall

Balance analysis of flow material: determine the SRV

Improvement of hyperbolic decline

History matching with Analysis and numerical model

Horizontal multi-stage fracturing simulation

Pressure permeability

Adsorbed gas

Development engineering technology of Low permeability reservoirs (3 Days)

Horizontal drilling technology

Unbalanced/balanced drilling technology

Rotation orientated drilling technology

Control pressure drilling technology

Hydraulic fracturing technology

Riverfrac treatment technology

Refracturing technology

Hydraulic jetting fracturing technology

Multi-stage fracturing technology

Synchronousc fracturing monitoring

Cross fracturing monitoring

Hydraulic induce hydraulic fracture monitoring

Logging monitoring

Micro-seismic monitoring

Unconventional oil and gas development and EOR technology (15 day)

Subject classification: production engineering

Course objective:

Learun unconventional oil and gas development and international exploration and development technology in the US.

Intensify study reservoir, drilling and well completion and stimulation technology on shale gas, tight sandstone gas, heavy oil and other unconventional oil and gas.

Learn more about foreign oilfield development experience and detiled implementation of factory operation, improve participants’ professional technical ability and the comprehensive management ability.

Course outline:

Unconventional oil and gas development technology

Shale gas development technology

Shale gas overview

Shale geology

Drilling and completion technology

Reservoir fracturing technology

Fracturing fluid

Horizontal well fracturing technology and methods

Tight sandstone gas exploration technology

Tight sandstone gas exploration

Fracture prediction technology

Well network encryption technology

Tight sandstone gas drilling technology

Slimhole technology

Unbalanced drilling and completion technology

Heavy oil development technology

Cyclic steam technology

Steam drive technology

Combustion in situ technology

Heavy oil cold recovery

SADG steam assisted gravity drainage technology

Reservoir development technology

Drilling performance analysis

Linear flow analysis of sealed fracture reservoir

The simplified method

Double logarithmic diagnosis figure: determine flow regimes

Professional graphics – determine LFP and wellface flow material

Balance analysis: determine the modification of SRV hyperbolic decline

History matching with analysis and digital model

Simulation of multiple fracturing of horizontal well

Pressure permeability

Adsorbed gas

Reservoir description techniques

Drilling and completion technology

Introduction on overseas new drilling techniques

Drilling

• Vertical well and horizontal well

- Pilot hole

- Fluid

- MWDS with LMD

- Wellbore and diameter size

- Drilling problems and challenges

- Mechanical equipment performance analysis

Completion

• Casing well with open hole well
• Perforation plan
• Stimulation measure design and consideration
• Case ? Field test and supervision

Drilling technology

• Horizontal well drilling technology
• Underbalance/balance drilling technology
• Rotary steering drilling technology
• Pressure control

Drilling technology oil field simulation technology

Reservoir simulation and reconstruction technology

• Horizontal well development techniques
• Acid defuse plugging technology
• Physical simulation technology

Fracturing technology.

Fluid test of hydraulic fracturing well

Fracturing

ground stress

Hydraulic fracturing design, proppant and fluid

Real-time analysis

Crack diagnosis test

Horizontal well fracturing

•  Rock mechanics
• The influence of stress on fracture
• Various technology fracturing
• Fluid flow

Gas drive reservoir engineering

Gas drive laboratory experiments, reservoir characterization and numerical simulation technology

Gas drive reservoir engineering technology

Gas drive reservoir monitoring technology

Gas drive dynamic analysis and evaluation technology and development effect evaluation method

Gas drive injection-production adjustment technology

Introduction of gas drive application examples

Gas drive oilfield site visits

CO2 huff and puff control technology

Gas injection- production engineering

Optimization design method of gas injection well production string and wellbore integrity technology

Gas drive corrosion protection technology, injection and production technology, plugging technology, safety monitoring and risk control technology.

Gas injection well anti-freezing plugging technology and anti-hydrate matching technology

Gas injection wells separate injection technology and operation under pressure technology

Efficient lift technology of gas drive wells

Oil and gas wells with pressure job annulus sealing equipment and processes

With pressure operating tube plugging tools and technology

CO2 huff and puff string structure optimization techniques and wellhead integrity

CO2 huff and puff security control technology

Unconventional oil and gas key technology training

Subject classification: production engineering

Course objective:

Learun unconventional oil and gas exploration, development, drilling and other related key technologies as well as management policy.

Learning from advanced experience and case in unconventional energy exploration, development, international drilling technologies.

Course outline:

Shale gas development and fracturing technology

Drilling and Completion Technology

• Wellbore Stability technology
• Well Trajectory Optimization And Design
• Friction Reducing Technologies
• Hole Cleaning
• Case-in and Cementing Technology
• Completion Method

Reservoir Fracturing Treatment Technology

• Vertical wells coiled tubing separate layer fracturing technology
• Horizontal well separate layer fracturing technology
• Fracturing fluid system

Fracturing Fluid

• Overview of fracturing fluid
• Fracturing fluid additive
• Fracturing fluid performance test
• Fracturing fluid site quality control and application

Horizontal Well Fracturing Technology

• Horizontal well casing limited-entry fracturing
• Coiled tubing jetting sand staged fracturing
• Temporary-blocked sand plug staged fracturing
• Packer staged fracturing
• Hydraulic jetting staged fracturing
• Annulus packer staged fracturing

CoalBed Methane

CoalBed Methane Exploitation Technology

• CBM exploration
• Coalbed Methane reservoir drilling

- Drilling technology

- Horizontal well

- Cluster well

- Coring technology

CBM Completion Technology

Common completion technology

• Cased hole completions technology
• Cave completion technology
• Openhole completion technology
• Well Completion Method
• Well completion layer

EOR Technology of CBM

• Fracturing technology
• Openhole completion technology
• Horizontal well technology
• Power openhole completion
• Well transformation
• N2/CO2 injection

Tight Sandstone Gas Exploration and Development Technology

Tight Sandstone Gas Exploration Technology

• Reservoir characteristics of tight sandstone gas
• Protection of low permeability, tight fracture reservoir
• Fracture prediction technology
• Well pattern thickening

Tight Sandstone Gas Production-Increasing Technology

• Coiled tubing staged fracturing
• Packer staged fracturing
• Separate fracturing tech in open hole
• Separate fracturing with pumped bridge plug
• Separate fracturing assisted with water jet and unmovable pipe string
• Separate fracturing assisted with water jet and unmovable pipe string
• Horizontal Well staged treatment technology

Tight Sandstone Gas Drilling Technology

• Slim hole technology
• Under-balance drilling and completion technology

Shale gas exploration and development technology

Subject classification: upstream discipline

Course objective:

Know overseas advanced shale gas exploration and development of technology and development trend.

Use global exploration and development cases and help participants broaden their sight.

Outward training before course so as to enhance participnts’ team understanding and their sense of belonging

Course outline:

Modern production data analysis for unconventional reservoir (1 day)

Well test design and analysis (3 days)

Hydraulic fracturing applications (3 days)

Horizontal well multi-branch analysis and design (3 days)

Multi-branch horizontal well in well completion and production (4 days)

Horizontal well fracturing technology (3 days)

Hydraulic fracturing horizontal well technology (3 days)

Gas production engineering (2 days)

Fracturing fracture monitoring technology (2 days)

Basic shale gas economic and technical principle (2 days)

Shale gas economic evaluation (2 days)

Shale gas development (2 days)

Shale gas development technology (2 days)

Shale gas development key technology (3 days)

Shale gas well completion technology (3 days)

Shale gas development drilling engineering technology (3 days)

Shale gas exploration and evaluation technology (3 days)

Shale gas evaluation and development principle (1 day)

Shale gas horizontal well drilling technology (3 days)

Shale gas well completion, fracturing and production (2 days)

Shale gas reservoir characteristics and evaluation (3 days)

Shale gas drilling technology and technology (3 days)

Shale resource assessment and development (2 days)

The drilling design and engineering (3 days)