Production Optimisation & Well Surveillance

Overview

In most mature assets the fastest and cheapest barrels come not from new wells but from making existing wells and facilities perform better. This course shows how a disciplined surveillance routine turns everyday data into production gains. Participants learn to check data quality, build reliable well models, and use nodal analysis to find where pressure is being lost between the reservoir and the separator. The programme then looks at the usual suspects behind poor performance: formation damage, liquid loading, artificial lift inefficiency, water and gas breakthrough, and surface bottlenecks. Each problem is linked to practical remedies and to the economics that decide which ones are worth doing. The final day brings these elements together into an opportunity register and a surveillance plan that participants can take back to their own fields.

Objectives

• Design a practical well and reservoir surveillance programme
• Validate and reconcile production and allocation data
• Build and calibrate simple well models using nodal analysis
• Diagnose the causes of declining or underperforming wells
• Evaluate remedial options including stimulation, lift optimisation and water shut-off
• Rank optimisation opportunities by value and risk

Who should attend

Training methodology

Participants work on a realistic field dataset from the first morning. They clean the data, build well models in spreadsheet tools, and diagnose a set of problem wells in teams before presenting their recommendations. The instructor guides each step with worked examples and explains how experienced engineers interpret ambiguous signals. Short case histories show what worked and what failed in real optimisation campaigns. The course concludes with a team presentation and individual assessment.

Programme outline

Dates and fees

Fees are in GBP. per delegate.

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