PASSIONATE PARTNER

Well Engineering

In supporting the needs of drilling and well competence, Acona also offers the industry independent well engineering services.  We offer the client engineering assistance through studies, analyses and projects provided by in-house expertise.

 

The Well Engineering Services:

  • Represent the knowledge base of the Acona staff
  • Maintains the intellectual property and systems developed to support the business
  • Provides internal projects and external customers support and special competence when required
  • Provides QA and Peer assists to in-house projects

Competence areas covered are:

  • D&W operations
  • Drilling Technology
  • Well & Subsea Technology
  • Drilling Rigs & Facilities
  • Drilling Optimization    
  • Early Field Development Analyses and Engineering

 

   


OUR SERVICES:

  • DRILLING & WELL ENGINEERING:

    • Advanced well engineering input to exploration and development wells, well/ activity programs, etc.

    • Casing and tubing design

    • Technical Studies

    • Offset well reviews

    • Programming of “non-standard” well activities; HPHT, Deep waters, Slot recovery, well intervention, etc

   
  • WELL CONTROL SUPPORT:

    • Crisis management and engineering support

    • Competence development and Training

    • Procedures development

  • WELL INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT:

    • Barrier identification, -analyses, -monitoring, and assessment

  • DRILLING FACILITIES FUNCTIONALITY & TECHNICAL INTEGRITY 

 

  • COMPLETION:

    • Downhole completions / Smart wells

    • Sandface completion / reservoir interface / Sand control

    • Downhole monitoring and data acquisition strategy

    • Inflow control / Barriers / Zonal isolation

    • Formation damage and inflow performance

    • Well Clean-up studies

    • Intervention studies

 

                       
  • FACILITATION:

    • Drill / Complete Well on Paper exercises

    • Well Activity Risk Analyses

    • Technical Limit Processes and Coaching

  • RIG INTAKE  
  • DRILLING PROCESS & MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 
  • DRILLING OPTIMIZATION & IMPROVEMENT 

  • FIELD DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT:

    • Establish Well Design basis, etc.

    • Method Selection / Right Scoping

    • Well life cycle considerations

    • Assessment of well strategy

    • Well concept at feasibility, concept selection and investment decision

    • Time and Cost analyses (in various phases of well planning)

    • Decision Gate Support packages for various project milestones

   
  • INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION / assessment activities:

    • Independent Project Reviews (IPR)

    • Peer reviews / Independent well reviews

    • Quality control, peer reviews and concept selection

    • Total risk evaluation of single wells or well campaigns

    • Partner Reviews on safety critical wells