Acid Stimulation Techniques Course

Upon completion of this course each attendee will be able to:

• The causes of formation damage during the drilling, cementing, perforating, producing and
  working over wells
• How these may be identified
• Matrix and fracture acidizing applications with in-depth discussions of oilfield acids, acid
  reactions, additives, acidizing techniques and job designs

Introduction: Root Cause Analysis Overview

• Overview of Root Cause Analysis
• Preview of Lessons 1 through 4

Lesson 1: Form and Focus the Team

• Form a Team
• Focus the Team
• Understand the Problem

Lesson 2: Find the Root Cause

• Create a cause & effect diagram
• Explore chains of causes
• Study interrelationships
• Use data analysis & investigative tools
• Identify root causes

Lesson 3: Fix the Root Cause

• Propose potential solutions
• Select the “best” solution
• Conduct a reality test
• Develop Action Plan to implement solution
• Verify the solution

Lesson 4: Finalize the Solution

• Validate the solution
• Update documentation
• Train
• Start audits
• Transfer knowledge

Lesson 5: Overcoming Barriers

• 10 barriers to Root Causes Analysis with potential remedies

This course is suited for Production Engineers, Production Technologist / Surveillance Engineers and other professionals directly linked to Acidizing Design and Evaluation.

Classroom lectures and exercises
Final test (multiple answer test)

Core Certificate for each attendee