Production Operations
and Surveillance Training

From $5250 per attendee

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Course Description

Production Operations and Surveillance Training Course

This intensive 5-day course provides practical knowledge and technical skills essential for field and production engineers responsible for optimizing oil production in land-based fields. The course focuses on real-world field operations, flow assurance, production surveillance, data-driven diagnostics, artificial lift with a focus on gas lift systems, production chemistry, and optimization strategies. Through hands-on exercises, field data analysis, and troubleshooting scenarios, participants will learn how to identify performance bottlenecks, improve field productivity, and maintain asset integrity.

 

 

 

 

 

Course Content

Day 1: Production Operations & Flow Assurance  

Field Operations Overview

  • Field layout and production flow paths
  • Equipment: wellheads, SCSSVs, chokes, manifolds, separators

Flow Assurance

  • Fluid properties: GOR, BS&W, API gravity, emulsion
  • Common risks: wax, hydrate, scale, sand, paraffin
  • Mitigation techniques: pigging, chemical injection, heat tracing
  • Case studies: flow restrictions and production impact

Day 2: Surveillance, Testing & Best Practices  

Surveillance Fundamentals

  • Routine, reactive, and diagnostic surveillance
  • Key parameters: WHP, WHT, GOR, BS&W, flow rates
  • Separator operations and SCADA/manual checks

Best Practices – Data Collection & Field Testing

  • QA/QC protocols: cross-checking data, avoiding common errors
  • Field documentation and validation techniques
  • Hands-On Task: Critique and improve sample daily reports

Day 3: Production Surveillance, Troubleshooting & Diagnostics  

Advanced/Professional negotiation structure:

Identifying Issues Through Trends

  • WHP, GOR, BS&W analysis
  • Decline, instability, and crossflow interpretation

Corrective Actions & Field Response

  • Choke management, SCSSV reset, chemical treatments
  • Reactivation strategies for idle or underperforming wells
  • Case Study: Diagnose and solve performance issues using field data

Day 4: Artificial Lift (Gas Lift Focus) & System Optimization  

Gas Lift Fundamentals

  • Gas lift system overview, valves, mandrels, unloading
  • Failure modes and troubleshooting symptoms
  • Gas injection optimization

System Optimization & Allocation

  • Managing low WHP wells
  • Gas lift network balancing
  • Exercise: Allocate lift gas across wells using real data

Day 5: Production Chemistry, Integrity, Optimization & Wrap-Up  

Production Chemistry & Integrity

  • Scale, corrosion, surfactants, asphaltene/paraffin mitigation
  • Formation damage diagnosis and remediation
  • Well integrity monitoring: annulus pressure, tubing leaks

Optimization & Field Start-Up

  • Nodal analysis basics, well ranking
  • Start-up protocols after shut-ins
  • HSE Considerations: PTW, JSA, chemical safety, flaring
  • Final Task: Develop and present a production surveillance and optimization plan for a 5-well land asset​

 

Who Should Attend

This course is ideal for:

  • Production engineers and field engineers responsible for well and facility operations.
  • Surveillance engineers and production technologists working on data gathering and diagnostics.

  • Operations and field supervisors involved in optimizing day-to-day production.
  • Early-career professionals transitioning into oilfield production roles.
  • Asset engineers looking to strengthen their practical field troubleshooting skills.

 

 

Focus Areas

Understand the structure and operation of production facilities from wellhead to export.

Identify and manage flow assurance challenges in oil production systems.

 

Conduct effective surveillance and testing to gather reliable well data.

Apply diagnostic techniques to troubleshoot underperforming wells.

Design and optimize gas lift systems and allocate lift gas efficiently.

Address production chemistry issues including scale, corrosion, and paraffin.

 

Develop simple yet effective production optimization plans and asset strategies.

Implement safe and structured field start-up and shut-in procedures.