General Description

  • General objective

    The course present the main perforating methods use in the industry. The participant will learn about perforating methods and equipment for a large number of applications.

  • Audience

    This course has been designed for engineers and technicians that are starting to work in well perforating operations.

  • Dedication

    Estimated completion time: 5 hours. It includes the dedication corresponding to complementary reading and evaluations.

Program Content

  1. 1

    • 1.1 - Fundamentals of Well Perforating

    • 1.2 - Complementary Material (Downloadable)
  2. 2

    • 2.1 - System Components and Functions

    • 2.2 - Complementary Material (Downloadable)
  3. 3

    • 3.1 - Explosives and Charges

    • 3.2 - Complementary Material (Downloadable)
  4. 4

    • 4.1 - Perforating Operations

    • 4.2 - Complementary Material (Downloadable)
  5. 5

    • 5.1 - Reservoir Mechanical Conditions

    • 5.2 - Complementary Material (Downloadable)
  6. 6

    • 6.1 - Perforations Design

    • 6.2 - Complementary Material (Downloadable)
  7. 7

    • 7.1 - Factors Affecting Perforation Performance

    • 7.2 - Complementary Material (Downloadable)
  8. 8

    • 8.1 - Gun Selection & Performance (Exercise)
  9. 9

    • 9.1 - Pressure conditions during Perforating

    • 9.2 - Complementary Material (Downloadable)
  10. 10

    • 10.1 - Perforating Applications

    • 10.2 - Complementary Material (Downloadable)
  11. 11

    • 11.1 - Perforating Operations

    • 11.2 - Complementary Material (Downloadable)
  12. 12

    • 12.1 - Gun & Charge Performance

    • 12.2 - Complementary Material (Downloadable)
  13. 13

    • 13.1 - Charge Performance (Exercise)

    • 13.3 - QUIZ

  14. 14

    • Course Content - Downloadable

    • Complementary Readings - Downloadable

Instructor

Senior Instructor

Juan Tovar

Juan Tovar is an engineer with over 41 years of experience in the oil & gas industry, a Mechanical Engineer from the UCV and a MSc in PE from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. Started his career as a field engineer with Dowell Schlumberger in Venezuela and worked in the UAE, Libya, the North Sea (UK & Norway) and Algeria for 9 years. Moved to Italy to work for SIAT as the R&D manager for Coiled Tubing and well intervention operations. In 1994 co-founded IESL in Aberdeen, Scotland. An engineering and technology company that specialises in geomechanics, well construction, completion and production engineering projects, the company has successfully executed over 500 projects worldwide.

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