Well Completion Operations

Prepare well for formation evaluation. Ensure that logging and testing operations proceed smoothly. Run and cement production casing. Evaluate primary cement job and need for remedial cementing operations. Prepare well for final completion. Upon completion of this module, the participant should be able to: prepare the well for open-hole logging operations and take steps to ensure that such operations proceed smoothly, alert the wellsite geologist and service company logging engineer of hole conditions that may require modifications or special precautions in the logging program, assist in planning and carrying out a drill stem test, determine safe operating parameters for running a production casing string, plan and carry out a simple single-stage primary cementing operation, use temperature surveys to determine the top of cement in the casing/hole annulus, and outline the steps involved in preparing the well for final completion and releasing the drilling rig.

Expiration: This course expires 12 months from date of registration.