Petroleum Engineers

Association
PRESENTS

RESEARCH INTERNSHIP
(Commences 01st Aug 2020)

PRELUDE SESSION

ANAND RAMAMURTHY
 Petroleum Engineers
Association

Well Planning & Engineering

Anand Ramamurthy
 SAFETY / QUALITY

High Importance – SAFETY

High Risk Operations – LIVE
Quality Conscious – MITIGATION
 RESEARCH INTERNSHIP – WELL ENGINEERING
Introduction
Expectations
Agenda
• Oil & Gas Industry / Future
• Upstream (Midstream) Downstream
• Well Construction Need
• Well Design
• Basics for Well Engineering
• Topic - Sample
• Pre-requisites
• Deliverables
 Oil & Gas Industry / Future

Theories
• Oil reserves will dry down
• Renewables are the future
• Nuclear Energy will takeover

Practicality
• Demand / Supply
• Market Shares
Upstream (Midstream) Downstream

- Upstream
- Exploration, Drilling & Production
- Midstream
- Processing, Storage & Transportation
- Downstream
- Refining, Storage & Transportation
 Well Construction Need

- Every person in the team should know

- Everyone is to involved in the operations
- The project is a team work
- Everyone’s safety is project’s safety
 Well Design

• Design Criteria
• Concept of Well Design
• Well Design Standards
• Data Collection
 Basics for Well Design

• Pressure Concepts
• Geology Basics
• Physics in Petroleum Engineering
 Lecture Topic - Sample

• Normal Pore Pressure

• Abnormal Pore Pressure

• Pore Pressure
• Fracture Pressure
 Pre-requisites

• Pressure Concepts, Density, Forces etc.

• U-tube Principles
• Basic Rig Systems / Equipment
• Pore Pressure, Fracture Pressure, Gradients
 Deliverables

• Quality Lectures – No compromise

• Dedicated hours
• Research Papers
• Final Assessment
• Project Topics
• Project Report