Transition from other engineering to Production Engineering (Oil and Gas)
Transition from other engineering to Production Engineering (Oil and Gas)
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Hello,
My degree is mechanical engineering, and my professional background is oil and gas facilities engineering (surface production facilities; tank battery, wellhead, pipeline, gathering systems, etc. design, project, construction). I have a good awareness of drilling, completions, production, in shale, but not by training and experience.
I am very interested in production engineering. Are there courses or training programs that one can take to be able to have the confidence to start an entry or even associate level production engineering (oil and gas).
Thank you in advance for your help.
My degree is mechanical engineering, and my professional background is oil and gas facilities engineering (surface production facilities; tank battery, wellhead, pipeline, gathering systems, etc. design, project, construction). I have a good awareness of drilling, completions, production, in shale, but not by training and experience.
I am very interested in production engineering. Are there courses or training programs that one can take to be able to have the confidence to start an entry or even associate level production engineering (oil and gas).
Thank you in advance for your help.
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RE: Transition from other engineering to Production Engineering (Oil and Gas)
I cannot recommend one particular class, but I would I recommend reading up on pore pressure, fracture gradients, inflow performance relationship (IPR), the 5 reservoir fluids, and reservoir drive mechanisms. Mechanically, I recommend reviewing the different downhole tools in a fishing catalog, reading about beam pumps, submersible pumps, and gas lift. (Schlumberger, Baker Hughes, and NOV come to mind for the catalogs.) You will quickly grasp the downhole tools once you go out to the field and see them being used. I recommend the book "The Beam Lift Handbook" by Bommer and Podio if you think you will be working with rod pumps. The most enjoyable part of my job is going out to the field to see the work in action. I hope this helps.