- This event has passed.
Event Navigation
Public Training
Offshore Well Abandonment:
Plug, Abandonment & Decommissioning
15 - 17 Nov 2023
.
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Kuala Lumpur
.
Limited to 16 participants
HRD Corp
Claimable Course
Grab Team Discount RM1,000 off
Overview
As the number of ageing fields in Malaysia increases, the plugging and abandonment (P&A) of wells become a critical activity that carries major liability to operators and regulators. Experience in other parts of the world indicates that wells can make up over 50% of the overall field decommissioning costs. The need for competent technical staff trained in planning, managing and executing P&A has never been higher especially as well abandonment activities are at its early stage in Malaysia with operators having minimal experience.
This in-depth training course will cover the complete topic of well decommissioning, including P&A methodologies, industry guidelines and regulations, and current best practices. Attendees will learn the basic principles of well P&A to effectively manage the risks and uncertainties associated with well decommissioning whilst also developing good planning practices and effective cost control.
This course is brought to you by Semarak Training and Well Experts Services (WES) in collaboration with Well Decom Ltd., a trusted advisor on decommissioning and P&A in the UK with over 14 years’ experience in well decommissioning and related training. This is a HRD Corp Claimable Course (Programme No.: 10001175579)
Objectives
By the end of the course, the delegate will be able to:
- Become familiar with industry guidelines and the regulation of well decommissioning activities.
- Develop a practical appreciation of P&A objectives, operational phases and well status classifications.
- Consider a wide range of well structures (casing and completions) and the equipment required to access the well and execute P&A operations.
- Solve common P&A challenges through an understanding of the P&A process for a range of well types.
- Review P&A design and cost estimation processes including the identification, characterisation and management of risk.
- Discuss project optimization and current trends in ‘best practice’ to improve the efficiency of P&A projects.
Key Benefits
- Highly interactive learning approach
- A clear understanding of the P&A issues and challenges
- All delegates will receive comprehensive course documentation for use during and after the course
- Hands-on case studies and insights from the trainer’s extensive experience
- Open discussion to further engage and share best practices
Who Should Attend?
- Well P&A Engineers
- Drilling Engineers
- Asset Owners and Regulators
- Superintendents
- Wellsite Supervisors
- Petroleum Engineers
- Completions Engineers
- Engineering Managers
- Environmental Managers
- Government Regulators
Methodology
The course method will be a combination of the following;
- Lectures (presentation)
- Discussions and exercises
- Real/field case and Demonstration
- Challenges
- Quizes
Course Outline
Day 1
Basic Understanding of Well Plugging & Abandonment (P&A)
- Introductions and Course Administration
- Background and Historical Context to P&A
- Introduction to P&A Challenges
- Drivers and challenges
- Services and technologies
- Activity levels and industry wide costs
- Introduction to P&A Challenges
- Well Integrity
- Barrier policy and verification
- Completion types
- Well barrier elements
- Well Integrity
- Primary Cementing
- Criteria for successful cementing
- Cement evaluation
- Primary Cementing
- New Techniques and Technologies
- Technique versus technology
- Current areas of research
- New technology risk versus reward
- New Techniques and Technologies
- Decom Challenge 1
DAY 2
Planning for Well Decommissioning
- Preparation for Well Decommissioning
- Timing and lead times
- Well files and data issues
- Scenario planning
- Preparation for Well Decommissioning
- Cement and Casing Evaluation Techniques
- Caliper, temperature, tracer, noise and production logging
- Cement Bond / Variable Density Log (CBL/VDL)
- Ultra-Sonic Imager Tool (USIT)
- Isolation Scanner Tool (IST)
- Cement and Casing Evaluation Techniques
- Remedial Cementing and Specialty Cements
- Cement circulating and squeezing
- Speciality cements and alternatives
- Remedial Cementing and Specialty Cements
Long-Term Well Integrity
- Well Abandonment Overview
- Objectives
- Minimum technical requirements
- Well Abandonment Overview
- Well Abandonment Regulations, Guidelines and Standards
- Government regulation
- Industry guidelines
- Company standards
- Well Abandonment Regulations, Guidelines and Standards
- Gas Migration and Leakage
- Cement performance
- Long term integrity issues
- Leak detection and remediation
- Gas Migration and Leakage
Day 3
Tools and Techniques
- Common Abandonment Methods
- Perforating
- Casing cutters—explosive, chemical and mechanical
- Fishing tools and fishing operations
- Section milling and under-reaming
- Common Abandonment Methods
- Well Types and Approaches
- Well status and data management
- Platform wells
- Subsea wells
- Risk management
- Well Types and Approaches
Best Practices
- Lessons Learned from North Sea
- Early decommissioning experience
- Developing practices
- Lessons Learned from North Sea
- Review of Best Practices
- Facilitated group discussion on best practice in well decommissioning
- Review of Best Practices
- Current trends in Well-Abandonment Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
- Insights into regulator thinking and drivers
- Corporate policies and standards
- Current trends in Well-Abandonment Legislation, Regulations and Guidelines
-
- Decom Challenge 2
About Expert Trainer
Our Expert Trainer is a UK based decommissioning advisor and training consultant with over 41 years of experience in Oil & Gas industry.
His expertise is in all aspects of Well Construction (drilling, completions, workovers and abandonment) and Subsurface (geoscience, reservoir engineering, production engineering). He has spent over 13 years working on various decommissioning projects across the world focusing on the largest single element of cost: the plugging and abandonment of wells. This experience has covered actual field decommissioning projects, P&A planning, new technology, decommissioning deferment justifications, mature field asset trading and training for both engineers and non-technical staff.
Over the last 7 years, he has developed and delivered two distinct well decommissioning courses which have been provided in the UK and Danish sectors of the North Sea for a variety of field operators, service companies and governmental organisations.
Since 2019, he has delivered 7 training sessions in Malaysia with customised contents to suit best with the regulations and operations in the region. The sessions were participated by major Oil & Gas operators and service providers namely PETRONAS Carigali, ExxonMobil, Repsol, EnQuest, Hibiscus Oil & Gas, SapuraOMV, Petrofac, Halliburton, Archer, Superior Energy, UZMA Berhad and Vantage Energy.
He is a UK Chartered Engineer (CEng) and a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Mining and Minerals (FIMMM). He is also registered as a European Engineer (EurIng) and is a member of both the Institute of Directors (MIoD) and the international Society of Petroleum Engineers.
