Subsurface Production Operations and Artificial Lift Technologies Training Course

Course Overview

Learning Objectives

• By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
• Analyze the fundamental principles of subsurface production operations and their relationship to well performance.
• Evaluate fluid behavior, pressure conditions, and flow rates within producing wells.
• Assess completion components and downhole production equipment and their impact on well performance.
• Analyze well productivity and identify subsurface production constraints.
• Evaluate multiphase flow behavior and associated production challenges.
• Compare major artificial lift technologies and determine their appropriate applications.
• Evaluate reservoir, well, fluid, and production data required for artificial lift selection.
• Apply fundamental principles for artificial lift design and operation.
• Analyze pump and artificial lift system performance using production and operating data.
• Diagnose common subsurface production and artificial lift problems.
• Develop strategies to improve well productivity and reduce production losses.
• Improve system reliability, energy efficiency, and operating cost performance.

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Learning Outcomes

• Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
• Explain the fundamentals of subsurface production operations from reservoir to wellhead.
• Evaluate the major factors affecting well productivity and production performance.
• Analyze pressure relationships, production rates, and fluid behavior within producing wells.
• Assess completion systems and downhole production equipment.
• Analyze multiphase flow behavior and its impact on well performance.
• Determine when artificial lift is required and identify suitable lifting technologies.
• Select appropriate artificial lift systems based on reservoir, well, fluid, and production conditions.
• Evaluate pump and artificial lift system performance and identify efficiency limitations.
• Analyze production surveillance data to identify subsurface and artificial lift problems.
• Diagnose causes of declining production and artificial lift performance.
• Develop corrective actions and optimization strategies for producing wells.
• Evaluate the effects of water, gas, solids, scale, and changing fluid properties on production.
• Improve artificial lift energy efficiency and operating performance.
• Support well intervention, equipment replacement, and artificial lift redesign decisions.
• Develop integrated strategies for managing and optimizing well performance throughout the production lifecycle.

Course Outline