Advanced Well Integrity Management
This 5-day master class seminar is designed to deepen your knowledge of well integrity management.
The skills and knowledge gain from this workshop will help organizations:
- To optimize productivity at the lowest Unit Operating Cost
- To maintain production sustainability, by avoiding any operational issue related to Well Integrity
- To facilitate excellent well integrity practices to mitigate potential well integrity related production downtime, incidents, and fatalities
- To maintain mechanical integrity throughout the well life cycle
The course possesses the following futures:
- It is the first of its kind in the industry
- It is loaded with practical examples, case studies, and industrial applications are taken from:
- different well conditions: High-Pressure High-Temperature, sour gas, and sweet gas, etc.
- different operating environment (land, swamp, and offshore including deep-water)
- tropical and arctic (temperate) climates
- It provides practical exercises, and delegates will be followed up to ensure they can handle all the calculations, without difficulties.
- Team learning. A group well integrity management project accomplishes the course. All the elements of the course will help you and your team to handle the project challenge.
- Towards the end of the course, the groups formed in the class, will present their well integrity management project for discussions/reviews.
- Delegates are allowed to come with their projects of interest, which they could substitute for the class field project design work, but must be presented for discussions/reviews.
Day 1
- Introduction
Introduction of individual, department / professional background, years of experience and individual expectation from the course
- Pre-course quiz & review
- Why well integrity?
- Upstream Asset Integrity
- Definition of well integrity
- Well Integrity life cycle
- Examples of incidents / fatalities where well integrity was compromised
- Importance of well integrity
- Well construction/configuration:
- Video about Well Construction
- Downhole and surface equipment:
- Tubing size selection (inflow/outflow, liquid loading and erosional velocity)
- Material selection / metallurgy
- Exercise 1: Objective of this exercise: to learn metallurgy selection for production tubing and completion equipment
- Wellhead & Xmas tree selection
- Exercise 2: Objective of this exercise: to learn metallurgy selection for wellhead and Christmas tree.
- Hydrates:
- Impact on well integrity and productivity
- Hydrate prediction and prevention
- Exercise 3: Hydrate Prediction / Review: The purpose of the exercise is to learn how to predict hydrate formation temperature
- Introduction to Well Integrity Management project
Day 2
- Well integrity challenges
- Annular Fluid Expansion calculations
- Annular Pressure management
- MAASP calculations
- Exercise 4: The Objective of this exercise are as follows:
- To learn how to calculate Annulus Fluid Expansion (AFE)
- To learn how to calculate MAASP on different annuli
- To appreciate the necessity to set MAWOP and trigger alarm for Well Integrity Management
- Exercise 5: The Objective of this exercise are as follows:
- To learn how to calculate Casing shoe strength and MAASP on different annuli
- To appreciate the necessity to set MAWOP and trigger alarm for well integrity
- Case Studies on Annular Pressure management
- How to mitigate HPHT / Near HPHT Well Integrity Challenges
- Exercise 6: The Objective of this exercise is to learn how MAASP can change over the life time of the well
- Wellhead & Xmas tree Valves Maintenance:
- Gate valves and grease type
- Actuator
- Christmas tree valves test procedure, etc.
- Exercise 7: The Objective of this exercise are as follows:
- To learn how to calculate Actuator Control Pressure in various conditions
- To learn the importance of control pressure to the actuator’s operations
- Well Integrity Management project
- To learn how to calculate Annulus Fluid Expansion (AFE)
- To learn how to calculate MAASP on different annuli
- To appreciate the necessity to set MAWOP and trigger alarm for Well Integrity Management
- To learn how to calculate Casing shoe strength and MAASP on different annuli
- To appreciate the necessity to set MAWOP and trigger alarm for well integrity
- Gate valves and grease type
- Actuator
- Christmas tree valves test procedure, etc.
- To learn how to calculate Actuator Control Pressure in various conditions
- To learn the importance of control pressure to the actuator’s operations
Day 3
- Subsurface Safety Valve & Criticalities:
- Regulatory requirements
- SCSSV criticalities
- SCSSV operating pressure curve
- Recommended hold open pressure
- Hydraulic oil specifications
- Special notes on SCSSV operations
- Inflow test procedure for SCSSV.
- Videos on safety valve working principle
- Exercise 8: The Objective of this exercise are as follows:
- To learn how to equalize pressure across Sub-surface safety valve
- To learn how to calculate hold open pressure for Sub-surface safety valve
- To learn how to perform safety valve inflow test calculations in accordance to API RP 14B
- Well integrity diagnostic & monitoring tools: corrosion logs, noise logs, PLT logs, RST logs, WFL logs, CBL logs, etc.
- Case studies on the use of well integrity diagnostic & monitoring tools
- Flow Assurance issues: corrosion, wax/ paraffin, scales, water /gas coning, etc.
- Well Integrity Management project
- Regulatory requirements
- SCSSV criticalities
- SCSSV operating pressure curve
- Recommended hold open pressure
- Hydraulic oil specifications
- Special notes on SCSSV operations
- Inflow test procedure for SCSSV.
- Videos on safety valve working principle
- To learn how to equalize pressure across Sub-surface safety valve
- To learn how to calculate hold open pressure for Sub-surface safety valve
- To learn how to perform safety valve inflow test calculations in accordance to API RP 14B
Day 4
- Well integrity challenges
- Annular Fluid Expansion calculations
- Annular Pressure management
- MAASP calculations
- Exercise 4: The Objective of this exercise are as follows:
- To learn how to calculate Annulus Fluid Expansion (AFE)
- To learn how to calculate MAASP on different annuli
- To appreciate the necessity to set MAWOP and trigger alarm for Well Integrity Management
- Exercise 5: The Objective of this exercise are as follows:
- To learn how to calculate Casing shoe strength and MAASP on different annuli
- To appreciate the necessity to set MAWOP and trigger alarm for well integrity
- Case Studies on Annular Pressure management
- How to mitigate HPHT / Near HPHT Well Integrity Challenges
- Exercise 6: The Objective of this exercise is to learn how MAASP can change over the life time of the well
- Wellhead & Xmas tree Valves Maintenance:
- Gate valves and grease type
- Actuator
- Christmas tree valves test procedure, etc.
- Exercise 7: The Objective of this exercise are as follows:
- To learn how to calculate Actuator Control Pressure in various conditions
- To learn the importance of control pressure to the actuator’s operations
- Well Integrity Management project
- To learn how to calculate Annulus Fluid Expansion (AFE)
- To learn how to calculate MAASP on different annuli
- To appreciate the necessity to set MAWOP and trigger alarm for Well Integrity Management
- To learn how to calculate Casing shoe strength and MAASP on different annuli
- To appreciate the necessity to set MAWOP and trigger alarm for well integrity
- Gate valves and grease type
- Actuator
- Christmas tree valves test procedure, etc.
- To learn how to calculate Actuator Control Pressure in various conditions
- To learn the importance of control pressure to the actuator’s operations
Day 5
- WIMS at Well operational phase
- Well operational phase objectives
- Organizational structure and tasks
- Well barriers
- Performance standards
- Leak rates
- Well monitoring and surveillance
- Monitoring and surveillance frequency
- Well operating limits
- Suspended and shut-in wells
- Visual inspection
- Well logging
- Corrosion monitoring
- Corrosion monitoring and prevention – external
- Erosion monitoring
- Structural integrity monitoring
- Well elevation monitoring
- Reservoir subsidence
- Annulus pressure management
- Management considerations
- Sources of annulus pressure
- Annulus pressure monitoring and testing
- Frequency of monitoring tubing and annulus casing pressures
- Investigation of annulus pressure
- Maximum allowable annulus surface pressure
- Maintaining annulus pressure within the thresholds
- Review and change of MAASP and thresholds
- Well maintenance
- Replacement parts
- Frequency of maintenance
- Component testing methods
- ESD related safety systems
- Risk assessment of well integrity failure and its management
- Integrity failure ranking and prioritization
- Well failure model
- Reporting and documentation
- Periodic well review
- Well Integrity management project presentations
- Performance standards
- Leak rates
- Monitoring and surveillance frequency
- Well operating limits
- Suspended and shut-in wells
- Visual inspection
- Well logging
- Corrosion monitoring
- Corrosion monitoring and prevention – external
- Erosion monitoring
- Structural integrity monitoring
- Well elevation monitoring
- Reservoir subsidence
- Management considerations
- Sources of annulus pressure
- Annulus pressure monitoring and testing
- Frequency of monitoring tubing and annulus casing pressures
- Investigation of annulus pressure
- Maximum allowable annulus surface pressure
- Maintaining annulus pressure within the thresholds
- Review and change of MAASP and thresholds
- Replacement parts
- Frequency of maintenance
- Component testing methods
- ESD related safety systems
- Integrity failure ranking and prioritization
- Well failure model
The advantages of attending the well integrity workshop includes:
- Knowledge and confidence building in well integrity management
- Preventing or solving the problems that impact well integrity and cost reduction
- Common well integrity understanding across multi-discipline professionals
- Socialization of the WIMS documents including WIMS flowchart, risk assessments, etc.
- Understand the Well Integrity international standards
- Understand the Well Integrity Management system and its full implementation
- Well barriers and their verification
- Monitoring and surveillance of well integrity
- Investigate and manage well integrity issues, causes & potential solutions
- Understand repairs to address “Loss of Well Operating Envelope”
- Maintenance of production sustainability, by avoiding any operational issue related to Well Integrity
- Mitigation of potential well integrity related production downtime and/or incidents and fatalities.
- Extending the well and well components longevity
- Understand safety workover, Well Suspension & Well Abandonment
- Define well integrity well categorization based on compliance to the barrier policy outlined in the regulations and develop an approach to risk management
- Asset Managers
- Well Integrity Engineers
- Completion Engineers
- Drilling Engineers
- Drilling Team Leaders & Managers
- Production Engineers, Team
- Leaders & Managers
- OIM
- Area Production Supervisors/ Wellhead
- Platform Superintendent
- Field Technicians
- HSE personnel
- Field Team Leaders & Managers
- Petroleum Engineers & Managers
- Reservoir Engineer & Managers
- Production Maintenance Engineers
- Production Maintenance Team
- Leaders & Managers
- Project Engineers
- Engineering Team Leaders & Senior Managers
- Cross-Discipline Training
- Oil and Gas Project Evaluator
Michael Etuhoko, P.Eng., PMP
Michael (Mike) Etuhoko is a well known consultant and founder of Protekz Inc. Canada, an independent well and production engineering consultancy company. He has over 22 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry. He has led major projects & trainings for major companies in Europe, North America, Africa, Central Asia, and Far East Asia. Mike currently consults worldwide in the area of Well Completion, Workover and Well Services, Sand Control, and Formation Damage Prevention and Treatments. Before working as a consultant, he has served several years in Shell and Total E&P , which has equipped him with a solid foundation in well completion and workover practices.
His Current and Recent Assignments Include the Following:
- Lead Completions & Intervention for Karachaganak Field, Kazakhstan
Completion & Intervention for Field with Characteristics: Deep wells (± 6200m TVD on the average), light oil/condensate and gas, High GOR, H2S > 7%, CO2 > 6%, low porosity, low permeability and HPHT reservoir environment
- Subsea Intervention/Workover/Completion for Korean National Oil Company
Diagnose and restore Donghae 1-4P Sub-sea well back to production
- Completions, Sand Control, & Well Testing (Deepwater Explroation Asset) for BG Nigeria
Responsible for “Well Completion and Testing” operations in deepwater exploration campaign
- Well Productivity for Total E&P
Scales Squeeze treatment for Dunbar, Alwyn, Otter and Elgin/Franklin fields; Fracturing design and operations in HPHT wells; Sand Control in HPHT wells, Water shut-off in HPHT wells
Mike has presented for several international conferences including Offshore Technology Conference, SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference, and SPE Annual Technical Conference Exhibition. He has also authored SPE papers on “Monobore Completion Using Interventionless Technology” and “Open Hole Multistage Fracturing Completion in Carbonate Reservoir.”
Upcoming Training
- Code PST0445-202501
- Start Date 22 Jun, 2026
- End Date 26 Jun, 2026
- Locations Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Cost USD 4350
- Code PST0445-202502
- Start Date 05 Oct, 2026
- End Date 09 Oct, 2026
- Locations Bangkok, Thailand
- Cost USD 4350
- Code PST0445-202503
- Start Date 09 Nov, 2026
- End Date 13 Nov, 2026
- Locations Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Cost USD 4350
Upcoming Training
| Code | Start Date | End Date | Locations | Cost | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PST0445-202501 | 22 Jun, 2026 | 26 Jun, 2026 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | USD 4350 | Michael Etuhoko, P.Eng., PMP |
| PST0445-202502 | 05 Oct, 2026 | 09 Oct, 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand | USD 4350 | Michael Etuhoko, P.Eng., PMP |
| PST0445-202503 | 09 Nov, 2026 | 13 Nov, 2026 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | USD 4350 | Michael Etuhoko, P.Eng., PMP |
