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Collaborative, Interactive and Relevant Training for the Energy Industry
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COURSE INFORMATION
Introduction to Wellbore Cement Evaluation
Type:
Training CourseLength:
2 Days
CEU:
1.6
PDH:
16Fee:
$1895 CADUpcoming Sessions
Location:
Online - Live Training
Date:
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
8:30 AM - 4:30 PMWednesday, May 10, 2023
8:30 AM - 4:30 PMRegister before April 18th and receive $100 off! Use the promo code EarlyBird.
Course Description
This 2-day Cement Log Evaluation workshop will illustrate the application of log investigations for cement evaluation, which is essential to successful completions and meeting AER and other provincial requirements.
Actual log examples of SAGD and Horizontal wells will be used to illustrate different types of logging environments allowing comparison for log quality and evaluation of interpretation techniques.
Exercises to determine intervention for Surface Casing Vent Flow issues will be demonstrated. Types of mud removal techniques used and their effects on cement quality will also be discussed.
To "cement" student learning, a practical guideline will be presented to successfully evaluate cement integrity and vertical hydraulic isolation.
Actual log examples of SAGD and Horizontal wells will be used to illustrate different types of logging environments allowing comparison for log quality and evaluation of interpretation techniques.
Exercises to determine intervention for Surface Casing Vent Flow issues will be demonstrated. Types of mud removal techniques used and their effects on cement quality will also be discussed.
To "cement" student learning, a practical guideline will be presented to successfully evaluate cement integrity and vertical hydraulic isolation.
Who Should Attend
This course will apply to professionals involved in cementing, completions, and workovers.
Those dealing with the following issues will find this course especially useful:
Those dealing with the following issues will find this course especially useful:
- SAGD and provincial approval.
- Evaluating foam or light-weight cements which have proposed unique problems and those needing detailed techniques for those circumstances.
- Horizontal well completions where isolation between frac stages is required and sometimes difficult to achieve.
Course Outline 
- Basics of Wellbore Cementing
- Common Cementing Problems
- Modern Cement Evaluation Technologies
- Crystal-Based Sound Creation and Detection
- Acoustic Impedance Log
- Ultrasonic Log
- Radioactive Logs and Cement Evaluation
- Radial Bond Log
- Basic Mechanics of Materials
- Stress vs Strain and Basic Material Theory
- Hooke’s Law and Basic Mechanics of Materials
- Sound and Cement Compressive Strength
- Compressive Strength using Calibration to Acoustic Impedance
- Sound Attenuation and Compressive Strength
- Radial Bond Log Response and Cement Strength Evaluation
- Evaluation of Compressive Strength using 3ft Receiver Amplitude
- Calibration of Sector Response
- Sector Data and Cement Channeling in High angle and Horizontal wells
- Formation and Direct Fluid Effects from the Variable Density (VDL) plot
- Micro-Annulus Conditions and Causes
- Horizontal Radial Bond and VDL effects in Large Pipe
- Fast Formation Response
- Cement Provides Critical Isolation Between Frac Stages
- Micro-annulus in Large Pipe Appears Like a Cement Top
- Lightweight Cement and Compressive Strength Evaluation
- Effect of Wellbore Fluids on Sound-Based Cement Bond Tools
- 8 and 16 Sector Radial Bond Log-Off
- Abandonment Planning
- Surface Casing Vent Flow Diagnostics and Intervention
Instructor
Stuart Smith, P.Eng.
As a Professional Field Engineer, Wireline Supervisor, and Log Analyst that is acutely aware of the demands placed on field personnel, Stuart Smith’s mantra is “Call me if you think I can help”.
With over 30 years of domestic and international experience in offshore with semi-submersibles and jack-ups and onshore with triples to poles and slant rigs in both open and cased-hole environments, Stuart Smith’s experience includes vertical and horizontal wellbore surveying and BHA guidance using Magnetic Steering Tools and Gyroscopes. This experience has created a passion and deep understanding for the wellbore and formation investigation sciences with relentless regard for accuracy and consistency.
With over a decade of experience in both cased-hole well integrity log analysis using electromagnetic phase-shift and decay methodologies, and in the evaluation of conventional cement bond logs and acoustic impedance logs Stuart has developed 3-detector cased-hole gamma density porosity algorithms accepted as a replacement for the same measurement in open-hole.
Stuart has also developed a conventional bond log cement evaluation model used successfully on more than 700 SAGD wells in 10.75” and greater casings and more than 500 wells in casing sizes from 4.5” to 9-5/8”. The model has been used successfully since its development in 2013 and works equally well for lightweight and foam cement.
With a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from Western University, and fluency in Spanish Stuart Smith currently works as a log analyst with Multiline Wireline Services Ltd. and has been a P.Eng. member of APEGA since 1992.
Read More about Stuart Smith, P.Eng.
With over 30 years of domestic and international experience in offshore with semi-submersibles and jack-ups and onshore with triples to poles and slant rigs in both open and cased-hole environments, Stuart Smith’s experience includes vertical and horizontal wellbore surveying and BHA guidance using Magnetic Steering Tools and Gyroscopes. This experience has created a passion and deep understanding for the wellbore and formation investigation sciences with relentless regard for accuracy and consistency.
With over a decade of experience in both cased-hole well integrity log analysis using electromagnetic phase-shift and decay methodologies, and in the evaluation of conventional cement bond logs and acoustic impedance logs Stuart has developed 3-detector cased-hole gamma density porosity algorithms accepted as a replacement for the same measurement in open-hole.
Stuart has also developed a conventional bond log cement evaluation model used successfully on more than 700 SAGD wells in 10.75” and greater casings and more than 500 wells in casing sizes from 4.5” to 9-5/8”. The model has been used successfully since its development in 2013 and works equally well for lightweight and foam cement.
With a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from Western University, and fluency in Spanish Stuart Smith currently works as a log analyst with Multiline Wireline Services Ltd. and has been a P.Eng. member of APEGA since 1992.
Read More about Stuart Smith, P.Eng.
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