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Hydraulic Workover Equipment and Operations (PRO22)

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    Description

    This course highlights the crucial role of engineers and field operators in designing, planning, and executing intervention operations using Hydraulic Workover Units (HWU) to maintain and enhance field production, thus contributing to profitability and recoverable reserves. The course also underscores the importance of teamwork to optimise operational success.

    Course Level: Skill
    Duration: 4 days
    Instructor: Gonzalo Rivero

    Designed for you, if you are...

    • A drilling, intervention, completion or production engineer
    • A manager, reservoir engineer or geologist
    • A field maintenance supervisor or operator
    • Service company personnel or an equipment manufacturing engineer
    • A safety engineer

    How we build your confidence

    The course incorporates open discussions and problem-solving sessions shared by the instructor and participants. Topics covered include safety regulations, operation schedules, procedures and sequences, required equipment, the role of service companies, contingency plans, and emergency procedures.

    The benefits from attending

    By the end of this course, participants will understand how to select the right hydraulic workover unit for the job and perform tasks safely and efficiently.

    Topics

    Workover and Completion Methodology
    • Workover & completion operations
    • Front end loading methodology

    Risk Management
    • Risk management
    • Risk process
    • Risk in workover operations with hydraulic units
    • Practical exercise: Risk assessment for HWU

    Well Control with Hydraulic Units
    • BOP system
    • BOP configuration
    • Pressure control accessories
    • BOP testing
    • Well control procedures hydraulic units
    • Well barriers workover with hydraulic units
      - Acceptance criteria
      - Barriers design
    • Practical exercise: Well control and well barrier

    Workover Hydraulic Units HWU
    • Principles of operations
    • Unit types
    • Job design
    • Advantages of hydraulic units
    • Applications
    • Safety considerations
    • Unit parts, components and assembly
      - Hydraulic jack assembly
      - Traveling slips
      - Pipe handling
      - Stationary slips
      - Rotary table
      - Power tongs
      - Work basket
      - Counter balance
      - Control panel
      - Power pack
      - Pumps, Kelly hose, circulating swivel
      - BOP stack
    • Gin Pole
      - Specification - height & load capacity driven by BHA/ESP length
      - Cable specs/breaking strength vs work load
      - Pulley load/mechanical advantage
      - How is a Gin Pole installed
    • Jack structure
      - Jack components, functioning, hydraulic forces
      - Maintenance & repair
      - Hydraulic manifold: Functioning, Option "Regen" to increase the speed
      - Jack’s vibrations: Identification & resolution
      - Martin Decker: Oil bleeding, calibration, classic errors & resolutions
      - Kelly joint/hang off point/mousehole to minimise issues at each connection
      - Torque tubes and issues when drilling/milling due to torque tube length
    • Slips
      - Travelling & stationary slips, components & specifications
      - Slips operations & maintenance
    • Power tongs
      - Components, functioning & troubleshooting
      - Safety during operations
    • Hydraulic rotary table
      - Components & specifications
    • Winches
      - CB winches, payout winch components
      - CB winches vs payout winches
      - Payout winch troubleshooting
    • Hydraulic Power Unit (HPU)
      - Components & specifications
      - Assignments
      - Husco valves
      - Option for electric units
    • Work basket
      - Components & specifications
      - Safety during operations
    • Consoles
      - Operator console
      - Counterbalance console

    Fishing Operations HWU
    • Planning a fishing job
    • Communication on a fishing job
    • Requirements and considerations for a successful fishing job
    • Rules on a fishing job
    • Parting the pipe string
    • Catch tools
    • Washover operations
    • Permanent magnets
    • Typical fishing BHA
    • Casing window milling

    Practical Exercise: Well Plan - HWU

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