Well Integrity Management

Name: Well Integrity Management Training Course
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Why Choose Well Integrity Management Training Course?

The Well Integrity Management Course gives petroleum engineers, well operations professionals, and asset managers a comprehensive, technically rigorous understanding of well integrity principles, barrier management, corrosion diagnostics, risk-based testing, and the organisational frameworks needed to manage well integrity systematically across the full well lifecycle.

Well integrity failures carry some of the most severe consequences in the oil and gas industry — from uncontrolled releases and environmental damage to production losses, regulatory exposure, and catastrophic safety incidents. Managing well integrity effectively requires a depth of technical knowledge that spans completion design, barrier philosophy, internal and external corrosion management, failure mode analysis, and the development of organisation-wide integrity competence.

This course addresses every dimension of that challenge — from well completion components and integrity barrier design, through PLT logging, noise logging, pressure testing, and corrosion diagnostics, to paraffin and scale management, annular pressure management, risk-based testing frameworks, FMEA, abandonment procedures, and building a well integrity management organisation capable of sustaining performance over the life of the asset.

The Well Integrity Management Course is built for professionals who are accountable for well performance and safety — and who want the technical depth and management framework to reduce well integrity risk measurably and sustainably.

What are the Goals?

The Well Integrity Management Course is designed to develop comprehensive well integrity capability — from barrier identification and completion design through diagnostics, corrosion management, risk-based testing, and the organisational systems that sustain well integrity over the full asset lifecycle.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Define well integrity barriers and explain their function within completion design and well construction
Identify the influences on well integrity and explain why preventive maintenance reduces operating costs and optimises production
Apply internal and external well integrity testing methods and understand the ways in which well integrity can be lost
Use PLT logging techniques, noise logging, temperature logging, and pressure testing to diagnose internal integrity issues
Establish tubing baseline wall thickness and monitor corrosion over the well lifecycle
Evaluate the impact of sand, paraffins, asphaltenes, bacteria, and scale on well integrity and apply appropriate treatment strategies
Conduct cement squeeze operations for water and gas shut-off and manage annular pressure effectively
Build organisational well integrity competence and capability — including well handover processes, wellhead check procedures, and staff development frameworks

Who is this Training Course for?

The Well Integrity Management Course is designed for petroleum engineers, well operations professionals, production engineers, and asset managers who are responsible for the integrity, safety, and performance of oil and gas wells across their operational lifecycle.

This course is suitable for:

Well integrity engineers responsible for barrier management, testing programmes, and integrity assessment
Production engineers managing well performance, intervention decisions, and corrosion and scale treatment
Petroleum engineers involved in completion design, well construction, and integrity barrier specification
Well operations supervisors responsible for wellhead management, maintenance procedures, and integrity compliance
Asset managers developing well integrity management frameworks, policies, and performance standards
HSE professionals managing well integrity risk assessments and regulatory compliance
Intervention and workover engineers planning and executing integrity restoration and remediation operations
Graduate petroleum engineers building a structured technical foundation in well integrity management

How will this Training Course be Presented?

The Well Integrity Management Course is delivered through a technically structured, progressively building learning approach that moves from well integrity fundamentals and completion design through corrosion diagnostics, production chemistry impacts, risk-based testing, barrier philosophy, and organisational capability development. Each day addresses a distinct well integrity domain — building a complete, integrated understanding of how well integrity is managed across the full asset lifecycle.

Practical barrier management exercises, FMEA applications, testing methodology discussions, and real-world well integrity scenarios are integrated throughout — ensuring delegates connect technical frameworks to the operational realities of managing well integrity in the field.

Delivery methods include:

Instructor-led sessions covering well integrity principles, barrier philosophy, completion design, and diagnostic technologies
Testing methodology workshops applying internal and external integrity test selection and interpretation to well scenarios
PLT and diagnostic logging sessions developing understanding of PLT, noise logging, temperature logging, and production profile analysis
Corrosion and production chemistry workshops examining sand, paraffin, asphaltene, bacteria, and scale impacts and treatment strategies
Organisational capability development workshops covering well handover procedures, wellhead check systems, and staff competence frameworks

The Course Content

Definition of the various components of the well and showing the integrity barriers
Designing Integrity in Wells-Completion Design
Well Completion Components
Well Head construction steps
Influences on Well Integrity and why it needs managing
Preventive maintenance reduces operating cost and optimizes production
Maintenance Processes and Differences
External well integrity Tests
Internal well integrity Tests
Ways of losing well integrity

Technology & tools for internal well integrity diagnostic & monitoring
PLT Logging Techniques
Securing internal integrity, leak detection etc.
Establishes tubing base line wall thickness and corrosion over life cycle of the well
Non-intervention less investigations like Pressure testing
Detects leaks (Noise logging, temperature logging, etc.)
Production profile analysis
Risk to the completion string from internal sources
Barrier understanding
The management of Barrier testing
- Discuss testing methods of the barriers in the well
- Referring to the barriers discussed above, make a plan to test and verify the barriers

Monitor for and understand mechanical integrity problems preventing potential production rates
Sand removal
Impact of Paraffin’s and Asphalten on well integrity
Bacteria types and its effect on well integrity
How to treat these problems in a proper way?
How to execute scale removal
Cement squeeze for water and gas shut off
Evaluating Well Integrity, Annular pressure management
Abandonment: Temporary and permanent

Well Failure Model
Leak rate determination calculations
Risk Based Well Integrity Management and Testing
Failure Mode and Effects Analyses Diagram
- Show barriers, function and its severity in case of failure
- Discuss testing and managing the data
Provide systems and procedures, which ensure that the integrity of the well is assured
- Ensure that the well is maintained with reference to appropriate procedures and specifications
- Ensure that the risks of operating the well are as low as reasonably practicable
- Basis for the development of asset-specific well maintenance and integrity standards, policies, procedures and performance targets

How to build an organization with sufficient Well Integrity competence and capability
- Competent staff
Well Failure Model
- Failure Modes and Effect Analyses
- Risk Based Well Maintenance
- Well Hand Over Form
- Well Head Check Sheet
Wrap-up of the class and evaluation

Certificate

AZTech Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course

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This course is designed for well integrity engineers, production engineers, petroleum engineers, well operations supervisors, asset managers, and HSE professionals who are responsible for the integrity, safety, and performance of oil and gas wells. It is suitable for both experienced professionals deepening their well integrity management capability and those newer to well integrity who need a comprehensive, technically rigorous foundation across the full well lifecycle.

Barrier management is a foundational theme throughout the entire course — introduced on Day 1 with barrier definitions and completion design, developed through Day 2's barrier testing methodology, and formalised through the FMEA framework on Day 4. Delegates develop a thorough understanding of what integrity barriers are, what functions they perform, how their failure modes are assessed, and how testing and management programmes are designed to verify that barriers remain effective throughout the well's operational life.

Day 4 covers risk-based well integrity management in full — including the well failure model, leak rate determination calculations, and the application of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis to barrier function, severity assessment, and testing management. Delegates develop the ability to build structured risk-based testing programmes that prioritise well integrity management resources against the criticality and failure probability of individual barriers — a significantly more effective approach than time-based testing alone.

A working background in petroleum or production engineering is helpful. The course begins with well integrity fundamentals including barrier definitions, completion components, and integrity influences before advancing to diagnostic techniques, corrosion management, FMEA, and risk-based testing frameworks. Delegates with solid petroleum engineering knowledge who want to develop their well integrity capability in a structured, technically rigorous environment will find the content directly applicable to their professional roles.

Day 3 dedicates specific focus to the production chemistry and mechanical threats that affect surrounding well integrity — including sand removal, paraffin and asphaltene impacts, bacterial corrosion, and scale formation. Delegates learn how to identify each threat, understand its specific mechanism of integrity degradation, and apply the appropriate treatment strategy — from chemical treatment and scale removal to cement squeeze operations for water and gas shut-off.

Day 5 is dedicated to building the organisational capability that sustains well integrity management beyond individual technical knowledge — covering how to develop competent well integrity staff, implement well handover and wellhead check procedures, establish well failure model frameworks, and build the standards, policies, and performance targets that drive consistent well integrity performance across the asset. Delegates leave with a practical organisational development framework they can adapt and apply within their own well operations teams.