Training Courses

Maximize the value of your conference journey by enrolling in a pre-event training course. Select from the curated courses listed below, tailored to support your unique learning and professional development goals. SPE partners with leading industry experts to deliver training programs that cover a diverse range of essential topics.

Participants can earn 0.8 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for each one-day course, adding significant value to your educational experience.

All training courses will take place on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, conveniently hosted at the conference venue.

Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your knowledge and enhance your career growth!

Training courses are not included with the purchase of conference registration and must be purchased separately during the registration process.

Fees

Length	By 12 March	13 March-8 April
1 Day Technical Courses (In-Person)	USD 550 Member USD 750 Nonmember	USD 750 Member USD 950 Nonmember

Understanding Inorganic Scaling—Mechanisms, Control and Management

Course Description

This course is an introduction to inorganic scaling. It includes an overview of the different types of inorganic oilfield scales encountered during production, and the various methods used to control them. Field examples will illustrate the importance of an effective scale management strategy.

Topics:

Why scale forms and how to treat it, including both chemical and engineering solutions
Conventional acid soluble scales (carbonates) and non-acid soluble scales (sulphates) as well as other less common scales such as sulphides
The chemistry of scale inhibition as well as the benefits and limitations of different chemical inhibitors
The squeeze process, the mechanisms involved, and the various chemical and reservoir factors that control the treatment lifetime, as well other chemical deployment methods such as continuous injection, etc.

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Flow Assurance—Managing Flow Dynamics and Production Chemistry

Course Description

This one-day course presents a holistic approach to flow assurance. The course will introduce technologies, workflows and their deployment for the identification, characterization and management of flow impediments, such as slugging and precipitation of organic and inorganic solids. The course will present best practices and fit-for-purpose design solutions for minimizing the risk of flow stoppage while transporting hydrocarbons from “Pore to Sales Meter.” The principles will be demonstrated using field examples from around the world.

Course Outline:

Introduce key impediments to production, conditions at which these impediments occur and their field management strategies. These impediments including slugging and formation of organic and inorganic solids, with examples from various challenging environments.
Share examples of representative sampling methodologies, wellbore conditions and their handling criterion, and appropriate volumes required for reservoir fluid characterization.
Define current laboratory measurement and modelling approaches for understanding the reservoir fluid phase behaviour and inorganic and organic impediments, such as asphaltenes, paraffin waxes, hydrates, and inorganic scales.
Introduce basic fluid flow and heat transfer concepts in-relation to organic and inorganic solids precipitation and deposition.
Demonstrate the value of a systematic and holistic flow assurance program for production systems and operations, using case studies from various field locations around the globe.

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