Basic Casing and Cementing

Description

This 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, planning and executing primary cementing, through remedial cementing and plugging operations. In addition to the necessary technical information and procedures, the course is laced with considerable practical, experience-based content.

Objectives

By the end of this course participants will learn how to:

• Select casing sizes and setting depths to achieve well objectives
• Determine casing loads for design purposes
• Design casing properties to meet burst, collapse, and tensile strength requirements
• Conduct casing running operations safely and successfully
• Specify cement slurry properties and volumes to meet well objectives
• Determine best procedures for attaining successful primary cementing
• Conduct stage jobs, squeeze jobs and set cement plugs

Target Audience

Personnel responsible for planning, overseeing, and conducting casing and cementing operations, operator and service personnel

Production Operations Outline

The course covers the following topics:

• Selecting casing and hole sizes
• Setting depths
• Casing loads
• Selecting casing and connections
• Casing stress calculations
• Cement and cement additives
• Selecting appropriate slurries
• Mud removal and cement placement
• Stage cementing, squeezes, and plugs
• Preventing gas migration
• Cementing calculations
• Cementing equipment
• Well head equipment