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Well Integrity in Brown Fields
Course Description
This course focuses on the unique challenges of managing well integrity in brown or depleted fields. Participants will learn about the risks associated with aging wells, strategies for maintaining well integrity under full lack of barriers, sustained annuli pressures management and its rigless repair options and other techniques for addressing common failures. The course also emphasizes practical solutions for barrier management, last resort solutions, pressure control, and system optimization.
  • Engineers, supervisors, and field operators managing wells in brown and depleted fields. 
  • Professionals involved in well intervention, maintenance, drilling, well integrity, production, HSE, completions and abandonment operations. 
  • Asset integrity managers seeking strategies for aging infrastructure. 
  • Anyone interested in understanding the specific well integrity issues faced in brown field 

The course adopts a hands-on and problem-solving approach, featuring: 

  • Interactive presentations on industry standards and best practices. 
  • Real-world case studies highlighting common failures and solutions. 
  • Practical exercises to develop actionable programs and methodologies. 
  • Group discussions to foster collaborative problem-solving

Day 1:

Introduction to Well Integrity 

  • Introduction to Well Integrity 
  • Examples of Well Integrity Failures and Their Consequences 
  • Well, Integrity Management Systems 
  • ALARP (As Low as Reasonably Practicable) 
  • Barriers and Performance Standards 
  • Well Barrier Elements and Well Barrier Issues 
  • Managing the Well Within its Operating Envelope 
  • Industry Standards and Recommended Practices 

Day 2:

X-Trees and Wellheads 

 

  • Types of Christmas Trees, Their Functions and Barriers 
  • Tree Standards  
  • Gate Valves Main Issues and Solutions  
  • Practical Exercise: Writing a Program for Stem Packing Replacement 
  • Allowable Leak Rates: Gate Valves vs. SSSV  
  • Christmas Tree Properties: Temperature, PSL, PR, Trim  
  • Practical Exercise: Christmas Tree Selection  
  • Greasing: Volumes and Solvents  
  • Pressure Testing: Inflow and Positive Pressure Testing  
  • Practical Exercise: Creating a Program for Greasing and Testing the Tree and Wellhead Valves 
  • Practical Exercise: Replacing a Valve Without Barriers in a Solid-Block Tree (Y-Block) Using a Tailor-Made Bonnet Blind Flange 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 3:

 

Lack of Barriers 

  • Lack of Barriers: Issues and Solutions 
  • Lack of Tubing/Tree Barriers 
  • Practical Exercise: Creating a Program for Replacing a Tree Valve in the Absence of Tubing/Tree Barriers in Place 
  • Lack of Annulus Barriers: Wellhead Freezing 
  • Practical Exercise: Writing a Program to Replace a Christmas Tree When There Are No Tubing/Tree/Annulus Barriers in Place 
  • Lack of Annulus Gate Valves 
  • Practical Exercise: Writing a Program to Add an Annulus Gate Valve When There Are No Barriers in Place 
  • Lack of Data and the Importance of Data 
  • Practical Example for the Lack of Data 

Day 4:

 

 Annulus Pressure Management 

  • Annulus Pressure Management 
  • Definitions and Types of Annulus Pressures. Sustained Annulus Pressure (SAP) 
  • Fixing Sustained Annulus Pressure (SAP). Data Needed 
  • Living with Sustained Annulus Pressure (SAP) 
  • MAASP (ISO) & MAWOP (API)  
  • Practical Exercise: Annulus Communication – Spotting Annulus Communication and Creating a Program to Fix It 

 

Day 5:

 

 Last Resorts and Wrap Up 

  • Automatic Annulus Control Systems. Advantages, Disadvantages, and Implementation Hurdles. 
  • Hot Tapping 
  • Lack of Annulus Gate Valves 
  • Practical Exercise: Writing a Program to Hot Tap Annulus Gate Valves to Install Annulus Pressure Gauges  
  • Group Discussion 
  • Summary 
  • Course Wrap-Up: Final Assessment, Q&A, and Feedback 

 

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Course Rounds

5 Days
Code Date Venue Fees Action
DE263-02
2026-04-20
Istanbul
USD 5950
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DE263-03
2026-09-21
Kuala-Lumpur
USD 5950
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DE263-04
2026-12-13
Dubai
USD 5450
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