An Interactive 5-Day Training Course
Packers, Safety Valves & Downhole Completion Equipment
Downhole Completion Equipment
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Duration
5 Days
Price
$ 3,000
Starting From
20 Dec 2027
Packers, Safety Valves & Downhole Completion Equipment
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Packers, Safety Valves & Downhole Completion Equipment - DC-PKR-PEA27
| Code | Date | Time | Duration | Location | Currency | Early Bird Fee Per Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC-PKR-PEA27 | 20 - 24 Dec 2027 | 10 AM CST | 4 Hours / Day |
Online |
USD |
3000 |
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Packers, Safety Valves & Downhole Completion Equipment
This course covers downhole completion equipment in detail. Participants study packer types and setting mechanisms, seal assemblies and bores, subsurface safety valves and control systems, landing nipples and flow couplings, sliding sleeves and circulation devices, gas lift mandrels, gauges and control lines, materials and elastomers, testing and failure modes.
Description
A completion is an assembly of equipment that must seal, hold pressure, operate on demand and survive produced fluids for the life of the well. Each component has its own setting mechanism, rating, elastomer limits and failure modes, and selecting and specifying them correctly is the detailed engineering behind a completion design.
This course covers that equipment. It starts with packers: permanent, retrievable and hydraulic set types, their setting mechanisms, load capacity and selection criteria, then covers seal assemblies, seal bores and the stroke and movement they accommodate. It covers subsurface safety valves, their types, control systems, setting depth and testing requirements, then landing nipples, flow couplings, sliding sleeves, circulation devices and gas lift mandrels. The course then covers downhole gauges, control lines and penetrators, materials and elastomer selection for the service conditions, and the testing, verification and failure modes of each component.
The packer carries the load and makes the seal, and its selection fixes much of what follows. A permanent packer is cheaper and more reliable but must be milled to remove; a retrievable packer costs more and can be pulled; a seal bore arrangement allows tubing movement while a latched seal does not. Each choice has consequences for workover cost years later.
Safety valves are the component most heavily regulated and most frequently tested. They must close on loss of control line pressure, hold against well pressure, and do so after months of production, which is why setting depth, control fluid, debris protection and testing frequency are specified rather than left to practice.
Elastomers are usually the limiting material. Temperature, hydrogen sulphide, carbon dioxide, aromatics and explosive decompression during depressurisation all degrade them, and an elastomer selected for the original well conditions may be outside its limits once the well sours or the temperature changes. Equipment selection has to anticipate the conditions over the life of the well, not just at start-up.
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Compare packer types, setting mechanisms and applications.
- Calculate packer loads and select packers for the design conditions.
- Specify seal assemblies, seal bores and stroke requirements.
- Select subsurface safety valves and specify setting depth and control systems.
- Specify landing nipples, flow couplings and flow control devices.
- Specify sliding sleeves, circulation devices and gas lift mandrels.
- Specify downhole gauges, control lines and penetrators.
- Select materials and elastomers for the service conditions over well life.
- Plan testing and verification of completion equipment.
- Diagnose equipment failure modes and apply the findings to selection.
The course is instructor-led. Equipment is covered with cutaway drawings, manufacturer specifications and failed component examples, with participants selecting and specifying equipment for given well conditions. Testing requirements and failure cases are examined throughout. Participants are encouraged to bring their own equipment problems for discussion.
Organisations sending participants to this training will:
- Specify completion equipment correctly for service conditions.
- Reduce completion equipment failures and workovers.
- Improve elastomer and material selection over well life.
- Improve testing and verification practice.
- Strengthen technical review of vendor equipment proposals.
Participants will:
- Understand how each completion component works.
- Be able to select and specify packers, valves and flow control equipment.
- Be able to select materials and elastomers for the conditions.
- Be able to plan equipment testing and verification.
- Be able to diagnose equipment failures.
- Completion engineers
- Drilling and well engineers
- Production and well intervention engineers
- Well integrity engineers
- Service company completion personnel
- Graduate engineers in well engineering
Module 1: Packers
- Permanent, retrievable and hydraulic set packers
- Setting mechanisms
- Load capacity and rating
- Packer bore and seal arrangements
- Selection criteria and milling considerations
Module 2: Seal Assemblies and Movement
- Seal bore and polished bore receptacles
- Seal stack types and materials
- Stroke requirements
- Latched and free seal arrangements
- Stabbing and space-out
Module 3: Subsurface Safety Valves
- Valve types and operation
- Setting depth determination
- Control line and hydraulic systems
- Fail-safe operation
- Debris and reliability considerations
Module 4: Nipples and Flow Couplings
- Landing nipple types and profiles
- Nipple placement in the string
- Flow couplings and erosion protection
- Plugging and isolation using nipples
- Drift and access considerations
Module 5: Sliding Sleeves and Circulation Devices
- Sliding sleeve types and operation
- Circulation requirements
- Side pocket mandrels
- Chemical injection mandrels
- Operating and reliability issues
Module 6: Gas Lift and Artificial Lift Provisions
- Gas lift mandrels and valves
- Provisions for future lift installation
- ESP completion equipment
- Designing for lift changes over well life
Module 7: Gauges, Control Lines and Penetrators
- Downhole pressure and temperature gauges
- Fibre optic sensing
- Control line types and clamping
- Penetrators and wellhead outlets
- Reliability and failure consequences
Module 8: Materials and Elastomers
- Metallurgy for completion equipment
- Sour service requirements
- Elastomer selection and temperature limits
- Explosive decompression
- Specifying for life-of-well conditions
Module 9: Testing and Failure Modes
- Factory acceptance and function testing
- Wellsite testing
- Pressure and inflow testing after installation
- Common failure modes by component
- Failure analysis and feedback to selection
Upon successful completion of this training course, delegates will be awarded an official Certificate of Completion issued by the Petroleum Engineers Association (PEA), an ISO 9001:2015 certified training organization. The certificate carries 10 Credits and formally records the total learning hours completed.
Each certificate is signed by the Course Facilitator and the CEO of the Petroleum Engineers Association, and serves as verifiable proof of professional training that delegates can present to employers and professional bodies worldwide.
Frequently Asked Questions
All course bookings made through PEA are strictly non-refundable. By registering for a course, you acknowledge and accept that all fees are payable in full and are not subject to refund under any circumstances, including changes in personal or professional commitments or partial attendance.
PEA reserves the right to make reasonable adjustments to course content, trainers, or schedules where necessary, without entitling delegates to a refund. Comprehensive details of each course — including objectives, target audience, and content — are clearly outlined before enrolment, and it is the responsibility of the delegate to ensure the course's suitability prior to booking.
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