KFUPM|ENGINEERING

Department of Petroleum Engineering

PETE-302: WELL COMPLETION (222)

Lecture [01]

INTRODUCTION
Course Information and Policies
General Information

• Textbook:
Required: none

Suggested: See list of suggested references

• Handouts
(will be posted to class webCT)
Summary Notes (Slides)
Journal Papers
Reviews
Tutorials

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General Information
• Instructor:
Name : Rahul Gajbhiye
Office : 76-2147
E-mail : rahulg@kfupm.edu.sa
Tel. : 013-860 (2511)

• Lectures:
PETE-302 (02): 11:00 – 11:50 (UTR)
Location: 76-2152

• Office Hours: TBD(To be decided)

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Evaluation Components
• Course grade:
The final grade will be based on the following distribution
Assignments 15%
Attendance 5%
Project 10%
First major Exam 20% (TBD)
Second major Exam 20% (TBD)
Final Examination 20%
Participation & quizzes 10%
Total 100%

• Homeworks:
Regular HWs (total 10 HWs)
No late HWs! unless prior arrangement is made

• Exams:
Time and Location TBD

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Prerequisites
• Course Prerequisite:

– Background in:
» Introduction to Petroleum Engg. Or Drilling
» Basic Eng. Math.
» Linear Algebra (will be reviewed when needed)
– Familiarity with:
» Programming (language of your choice)
» MATLAB or Mathematica are recommended
» Software that are used in calculations, excel and visual-
basic will be of great use.

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Course Policies

• Academic Integrity:
– No Collaboration is allowed in doing HWs, you must present
your own work!
– Make sure you understand Plagiarism:
• “the practice of claiming or implying original authorship of (or
incorporating material from) someone else's written or creative work,
in whole or in part, into one's own without adequate
acknowledgement”.

• Copyright:
– “All the material generated in the course are copyrighted.”
– Prior permission from the instructor is needed for copying or
distributing the course material.

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Course Policies
• Attendance:
– University policy will be followed! (more than 9 absentees
will be assigned DN)
– Do not come late for the class
– Two late attendance→ One absentee

• Class Environment:
– “Do not use cell phones/mobile/laptop in class room”
– “Do not try to make noise or side talk/gossiping etc.”
– “Do not use other course material in the class”
– “Do not enter or exit during the class hour”

“Violation of course policy will be assigned

grade “DN” without prior Warning”
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Suggested References
List of main References
1. Jonathan Bellarby. Well Completion Design. Elsevier Science; 1st
Edition. (2009).
2. Wan Renpu. Advanced Well Completion Engineering. Gulf
Professional Publishing; 3rd Edition. (2011).
3. W. L. Penberthy and C. M. Shaughnessy. Sand Control. SPE Series on
Special Topics; Vol. 1. (1992).
4. W. T Bell. Perforating. SPE Henry L Doherty Series; 1st Edition.
(1995).

List of Supplementary Materials

1. Well Completions. SPE Reprinting Series; Vol. 5a, 2nd edition. (1980).
2. Michael J. Economides (Author), Larry T. Watters (Author), Shari
Dunn-Norman. Petroleum Well Construction. Wiley; 1st Edition.
(1998).
3. Michael J. Economides , Daniel A. Hill, and Christine Ehlig-
Economides. Petroleum Production Systems. Prentice Hall; 1st
Edition (1993).
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Course Content
1. Introduction
2. Basics of Well completion: types and
applications
3. Completion Equipments & Materials
4. Horizontal & Multilateral well
completion
5. Well tubing design and stress analysis
6. Inflow performance
7. Perforating operation
8. Sand control
9. Completion fluids
10. Remedial cementing
11. Formation damage: causes and
mitigation
12. Corrosion and Corrosion Prevention
13. Well stimulation
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