Effective Cementing Solutions for CCS Wells

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Disciplines: Completions | Drilling | Management

Course Description

Effective Cementing Solutions for CCS Wells is a half-day Training Course that will focus on the challenges of completing and cementing Carbon Capture and Storage wells. For CCS wells, the design should start with the completion size required to achieve the desired CO2 injection rate. Dual containment is essential; the second barrier must not only be designed for the corrosive environment but the second barrier and its associated equipment must be periodically inspected or tested. The differences between CCS wells and conventional oil and gas wells require a different approach to well design. If CCS wells were to be designed using established methods for oil and gas, the wells might fail to maintain integrity to prevent undetected migration of stored CO2.
Cementing CCS wells has many inherent corrosion-resistant challenges to mitigate risk. These include:

1. Need for maximum cement coverage to ensure zonal isolation.
2.  Requirement for long endurance during exposure to supercritical CO2. CO2 and critical CO2 create strong acid environments with water in the reservoir which attacks and degrades normal Portland-based well cementing systems.
3. Safeguarding a salt Interval or sealing caprock zone is critical for well design and sealing.
4. Injection formation intervals with high permeability and lower pressure profiles for injection potentially increase the risk for hole stability and losses.

Cement technologies, alternatives, and new solutions maximize zonal isolation and stabilize and reinforce the well to mitigate risks such as gas migration, cement deterioration, or corrosion.

Learning Level

Intermediate to Advanced

Course Length

Half Day (4 Hours)

Why Attend

Ready to tackle CCS well challenges head-on? Join "Effective Cementing Solutions for CCS Wells," a half-day course focusing on completion and cementing. Learn about dual containment, unique design needs, and cementing challenges like maximizing coverage and withstanding CO2 corrosion. Gain practical solutions for gas migration and cement deterioration. Equip yourself for CCS success.

Who Attends

This course is designed for asset managers, drilling and completion engineers, petroleum engineers and geologists, independent producers, production managers and engineers, reservoir managers and engineers, field supervisors, company executives and officials, field personnel with operating and service companies.

Special Requirements

This course will use digital materials so a laptop is required during class time.

CEUs

0.4 CEUs

Cancellation Policy

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