Course description
Awareness is the key to prevention!
Wireline was first used in the oilfield the early 1920s as a means of accurately measuring well depth. It started as a flat steel measuring line. Otis was the first company to use a circular wire and to create special wireline units, often mounted on trailers.
Slickline uses small diameter continuous solid wire for manipulating various tools in live or dead wells. Wireline equipment is very portable and rig-up time can be quite fast.
High deviations can cause problems with Slickline, as gravity is required to keep the wire moving down the wellbore. In highly deviated wells, the wireline tool string lies against the side of the tubing and the weight comes off causing the tools to stop moving downwards.
Slickline can be used for a very wide range of jobs such as:
- Running and pulling flow control devices.
- Opening and closing circulation devices.
- Checking the inside of the tubing for debris, waxes, scale, corrosion, etc.
- Cleaning the inside of the tubing and the completion components.
- Running and pulling gas lift or chemical injection equipment.
- Running and pulling DHSVs.
In less than eight hours, this course helps provide a working knowledge of wireline operations, the pressure controls used to maintain well bore pressure and the types of tools and equipment in use.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Who the Course is for
This course is for participant whom need to learn the skills, understanding and responsibilities to work in well servicing and drilling wireline operations.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
By taking this course, you’ll be able to:
Understand wireline well pressure control is an essential part in ensuring the competence of personnel involved in the planning and carrying out of live well servicing operations.
Training Course Content
- Types of Wireline
- Typical Wireline Setup
- Wireline Equipment and Planning
- Drift, Impressions and Wireline Cutter
- Slickline Sizes
- Slickline Categories
- Bending Stresses
- Minimising Bending Stress
- Care of Wire
- Spooling and Wire Testing
- Introduction to Wireline Fishing
- Unplanned Operations
- Types of Wireline Operations
- Basic Tool Strings
- Rope Sockets
- Wireline Jars
- Wireline Stem
- Lead and Roller Stem
- Quick Lock System
- Wireline Unit (Winch)
- Types of Units
- Electrical Power Packs
- Diesel Power Packs
- Slickline Pressure Control and Wireline Components
- Wireline Stuffing Box
- Quick Unions
- Lubricators and Bleed Off Valve
- Wireline Blowout Preventor
- Weight Indicator
- Braided Line
- Standard Braided Line Rig Up
- Braided Line
- Grease Injection System
- Flow Tubes and Safety Check Union
- Braided Line Bops
- Shear Valves
- Shear Valves (Tree / Standalone)
- Wireline Operational Considerations
- Explosive Decompression and in Situ Testing
- Pressure Testing
- Lubricator Fluid and Equalisation
- Dhsv and Tree Valve Control
- Tool String Weight and Flowing Wells
- Gas Wells
- Offshore Floating Operations
- Emergency Procedures
- Yellow and Red Alerts
- Specific Containment Problems
- Contingencies and Best Practices
- Causes of Wireline Leaks/containment Problems
- Stuffing Box Leak (Slickline)
- Grease Seal Leak (Braided Cable Operations)
- Leak in Lubricator and Power Loss
- Broken Strand Braided Cable
- Wire Birds Nest, High Whp and Low Whp
- Tool Stuck Across Tree and Broken Wire
Course delivery details
The average time needed to complete the course is 8 hours and the minimum pass mark for the exam is 70% and is valid for 2 years.
- Minimal disruption to the working day – with the online course permitting you to continue your work.
- Designed for anyone, in any sector, worldwide who wishes ti understand wireline operations better.
- Provides the knowledge and tools required to identify roles and responsibilities in pressure controlled environment.
- High-impact programme
- Efficient and effective learning – wireline, slickline and e-line topics are covered in a single, self-contained course.
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