Well Integrity Management Systems Training Course

Course Overview

Learning Objectives

• Explain well integrity, its life cycle phases, and the consequences of barrier failure for safety, the environment, and production on Day 1.
• Establish the elements of a well integrity management system, including policy, roles, responsibilities, competence, well handover, and documentation.
• Apply the life cycle approach to well integrity described in ISO 16530 and compare it with other recognized industry guidance.
• Define primary and secondary well barrier envelopes and the barrier elements that form them for producing, injection, and suspended wells.
• Specify acceptance criteria, verification methods, and test frequencies for well barrier elements.
• Prepare and maintain well barrier schematics that reflect the current status of each well.
• Distinguish thermal, operator-imposed, and sustained casing pressure and set annulus pressure operating limits.
• Calculate maximum allowable annulus surface pressure and apply bleed-down and build-up tests to diagnose annulus pressure.
• Assess integrity threats, including corrosion, erosion, cement degradation, wellhead and tree failures, and valve leakage.
• Apply well integrity categorization and risk assessment to prioritize failed or degraded barriers.
• Manage deviations, changes, and remedial actions through a controlled review and approval process.
• Evaluate well integrity performance, the ageing well stock, and suspension and abandonment requirements to sustain integrity by the end of Day 5.

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Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
• Explain what well integrity means at each stage of the well life cycle.
• Contribute to building or improving a well integrity management system.
• Identify the barrier envelopes and elements in any well.
• Prepare and review accurate well barrier schematics.
• Define acceptance criteria and test requirements for barrier elements.
• Recognize sources of annulus pressure and respond correctly.
• Calculate MAASP and set annulus operating limits.
• Interpret bleed-down and build-up tests to locate leak paths.
• Assess corrosion, erosion, and other integrity threats in wells.
• Categorize wells and prioritize remedial actions based on risk.
• Manage deviations and changes without weakening barriers.
• Track well integrity performance and plan for ageing and abandoned wells.

Course Outline