Course Details

 This course is appropriate for a wide range of professionals but not limited to:

• Drilling, production, and completion engineers
• Well integrity and intervention engineers
• Asset integrity and HSE professionals
• Well operations and maintenance personnel
• Regulatory compliance officers
• Field supervisors and wellsite managers
• Anyone involved in well design, operation, or abandonment

• Expert-led sessions with dynamic visual aids
• Comprehensive course manual to support practical application and reinforcement
• Interactive discussions addressing participants’ real-world projects and challenges
• Insightful case studies and proven best practices to enhance learning

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Understand the fundamentals of well integrity and the importance of maintaining it throughout the well lifecycle
• Identify key components of well barrier elements and evaluate their effectiveness
• Apply international standards (ISO 16530-1, API RP 90) and best practices in well integrity management
• Detect, analyze, and mitigate common well integrity issues and failure mechanisms
• Implement risk-based inspection, maintenance, and monitoring programs
• Utilize tools and techniques for pressure testing, annulus monitoring, corrosion detection, and diagnostics
• Develop and manage a comprehensive Well Integrity Management System (WIMS)

DAY 1

Fundamentals of Well Integrity

• Pre-test
• Definition and scope of well integrity
• Importance of integrity through the well lifecycle
• Well construction basics: casing, tubing, cement, barriers
• Overview of standards and regulations (API RP 90, ISO 16530-1)
• Introduction to well barrier concept and documentation
• Group discussion: High-profile well integrity failure case studies

DAY 2

Well Barrier Elements and Design

• Primary and secondary well barrier components
• Casing and cementing for integrity assurance
• Wellhead and tree components—function and failure points
• Barrier envelope schematics and validation
• Design principles for integrity (including HPHT and sour wells)
• Workshop: Create a well barrier schematic and validation plan

DAY 3

Integrity Monitoring and Diagnostics

• Annulus pressure monitoring and analysis (SAP, B-annulus)
• Integrity testing: pressure tests, inflow, mechanical testing
• Corrosion and erosion monitoring techniques
• Leak detection and acoustic logging
• Use of SCADA and digital systems for real-time monitoring
• Case exercise: Diagnosing a well integrity issue from field data

DAY 4

Risk Assessment and Remediation

• Risk-based approach to well integrity management
• Well integrity risk matrices and criticality rankings
• Common failure mechanisms (sustained casing pressure, corrosion, gas migration)
• Remedial actions: squeeze cementing, packers, casing patches, re-completions
• Intervention planning and risk mitigation techniques
• Group activity: Risk ranking of wells and remediation plan development

DAY 5

Integrity Management Systems and Regulatory Compliance

• Elements of a Well Integrity Management System (WIMS)
• Roles and responsibilities, policies, workflows, and reporting
• Recordkeeping, audits, and documentation requirements
• Emergency response and incident management
• Regulatory requirements and operator responsibilities
• Final exercise: Develop a basic WIMS for a sample field
• Course wrap-up, review, and individual action plans
• Post-test