Advanced Wellhead & Flow Control Design

         A wellhead is a general term used to describe the component at the surface of an oil or gas well that provides the structural and pressure-containing interface for the drilling and production equipment. The primary purpose of a wellhead is to provide the suspension point and pressure seals for the casing strings that run from the bottom of the hole sections to the surface pressure control equipment. Once the well has been drilled, it is completed to provide an interface with the reservoir rock and a tubular conduit for the well fluids. The surface pressure control is provided by a christmas tree, which is installed on top of the wellhead, with isolation valves and choke equipment to control the flow of well fluids during production.

OBJECTIVE

Reviews the types and features of casing and tubing housings, Christmas tree components and flowline valves, as well as flowline sizing, Flow control, installations and operating procedures. Describes the basic design and operating requirements of typical production manifolds and presents a wide variety of equipment options.

OUTLINE

1. General principles
2. Pressure Concepts
3. Causes and Warning Signs of Kicks
4. Shut-in Procedures and Shut-in Pressure
5. Specification equipment for pressure
6. Circulation and Well Control
7. Formation Fracture Gradient
8. Well-Control Methods
9. Unusual Well-Control Operations
10. Well Control for Completion and Workover
11. Well Control and Floating Drilling Rigs
12. Blowout Prevention Equipment
13. Wellhead Equipment
14. Valves and Chokes
15. Specification Break
16. Wellhead Control Systems
17. Flow Control at the Wellhead
18. Hazardous Classification Area
19. Instrumentation Marking and Classification
20.  Well safety systems

PARTICIPANTS

Completion and well servicing crews, Production operators, Petroleum Engineers working in production operations, Workover technicians, Well planning and construction engineers, Employees dealing with wellhead equipment procurement in the supply chain, Supervisors with direct duties of flow assurance and production processes, Engineers and staff interested in wellhead and associated equipment maintenance and operations