Casing and Cementing Operations

This five-day course builds a firm foundation in the principles and practices of designing, planning and conducting successful casing and cement jobs. The course uses a process-based perspective that takes participants from initial casing depth and size selection, casing and liner design procedures, casing running practices, and planning and executing primary cementing through remedial cementing and plugging operations.

During this course, participants will practice cementing calculations, as well as job design exercises and cement evaluation methods using real-life examples.  Liner cementing and stage cementing jobs will be developed in the classroom. Cement design software will also be demonstrated.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, the delegates will be able to:

• Selection of casing sizes and setting depths to achieve well objectives
• Determination of casing loads for design purposes
• To design casing properties to meet burst, collapse, and tensile strength requirements
• To conduct casing running operations safely and successfully
• Specification of cement slurry properties and volumes to meet well objectives
• Determination of best procedures for attaining successful primary cementing
• To conduct stage jobs, squeeze jobs, and set cement plugs, liner cementing and stage cementing jobs

Who Should Attend?

This course is intended for all Drilling supervisors, Drilling Engineers, Cement Engineers, Production supervisors, Engineers, Rig staff, Casing Crew, Drillers toolpushers, Superintendents, Service company personnel, Mud engineers, rig site geologist as well as Personnel responsible for planning, overseeing, and conducting casing and cementing operations; operator and service personnel.

Course Outline

Day 1
Casing, Cement Placement and Primary Cement

• Primary cementing overview
  • Selecting casing and hole sizes
  • Criteria for successful cementing
  • Casing hardware
  • Setting depths
  • Casing loads
  • Selecting casing and connections
  • Casing stress calculations
  • Cement chemistry

Day 2
Cementing Additives

• Cementing additives
• Rheology
• Cement laboratory equipment
• Mud removal techniques
• Temperature prediction and importance in job success
• Set cement properties

Day 3
Special Purpose Cements & Equipment

• Salt cementing
• Foamed cement
• Engineered particle slurry cements
• Lost circulation
  • Selecting appropriate slurries
  • Stage cementing, squeezes, and plugs
  • Preventing gas migration, gas control
  • Cementing equipment
  • Well head equipment

Day 4
Cement Job Designs and Calculation

• Primary cement job design
• Primary cementing calculations
• Stage and liner cementing
• High angle and horizontal cementing
• Deepwater, plug, and squeeze cementing

Day 5
Cement Job Execution, Procedures, and Evaluation

• Cement job execution
• Cement job procedures
• Cement quality evaluation
• Sonic and ultrasonic tools
• Cementing design and evaluation software

Course Methodology

A variety of methodologies will be used during the course that includes:

• (30%) Based on Case Studies
• (30%) Techniques
• (30%) Role Play
• (10%) Concepts
• Pre-test and Post-test
• Variety of Learning Methods
• Lectures
• Case Studies and Self Questionaires
• Group Work
• Discussion
• Presentation

Course Fees

This rate includes participant’s manual, Hand-Outs, buffet lunch, coffee/tea on arrival, morning & afternoon of each day.

Course Timings

Daily Course Timings
08:00 - 08:20       Morning Coffee / Tea
08:20 - 10:00       First Session
10:00 - 10:20       Coffee / Tea / Snacks
10:20 - 12:20       Second Session
12:20 - 13:30       Lunch Break & Prayer Break
13:30 - 15:00       Last Session