SLICKLINE

Basic Slickline Training Course

5 Day instructor-led technical training for personnel involved in slickline well intervention operations

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Course overview

JARP Well Services’ practical and structured five-day Slickline 1 technical training course is designed to bolster competency in your slickline operations personnel.

The course is focused on introductory level slickline employees to provide them with a headstart knowledge to confidently operate at the wellsite as part of the slickline crew, where they can build on their knowledge and strive towards Slickline 2 to complete their competency in slickline.

The course combines classroom-based theory with practical workshop sessions where the candidates will physically be hands on with the tools, stripping, inspecting and redressing fit for purpose. The course is led by an instructor with decades of experience working hands on with various slickline tooling manufacturers’ equipment.

The course can be tailored to suit either your company owned assets, or to comply with your client’s operations manuals.

Unable to have your crew attend our training facility in Dammam, Saudi Arabia? No problem, we can attend your facility to deliver the training on the exact slickline assets your crew utilise in the field.

Course at a glance

  • 5 days

  • Dammam, Saudi Arabia (Other locations upon request)

  • Classroom theory + practical workshop sessions

  • Written examination

What you’ll learn

This course is designed to provide a practical and operational familiarisation of slickline operations and is aimed at entry level personnel or those who are looking to complete their competency.

Candidates will be given the core knowledge on slickline operations from equipment selection, setup of toolstrings & BHAs, rig up/down activities, surface equipment and why as slickline we attend the well.

By the end of the training program, participants will have an understanding of:

  • What is slickline

  • Why is slickline used

  • Slickline types, maintenance, limits & record keeping

  • Slickline pressure control equipment items

  • Completion components

  • Slickline units

  • Auxiliary surface equipment

  • Basic toolstring components and their function

  • Pulling tools

  • Standard slickline tools

  • Job planning

  • Perform safe rig-up, operation, and rig-down of slickline equipment

Course content

    • What is slickline

    • History of slickline

    • Slickline wires

    • Slickline pressure control equipment

    • Well completion components

    • Slickline units

    • Additional surface equipment

    • Basic toolstring

    • Pulling tools

    • Standard slickline tools

    • Job planning

    • Rigging up

    • Running in hole

    • Pulling out of hole

    • Rigging down

    • Field operations

    • Operational scenarios

    • Written assessment

    • Review results

Who should attend?

This course is ideal for:

  • Slickline operators and assistants

  • Well services technicians

  • Production engineers

  • Site foremen

  • HSE personnel involved in well intervention activities

  • Slickline tool technicians

Entry requirements

No formal prerequisites are required however the below would be advantageous

  • Basic knowledge of oil and gas field operations

  • Familiarity with wellsite activities is recommended

  • Prior experience in well intervention services

Certification

Participants who successfully complete the course and achieve the required examination result will receive a certificate showing completion of the course.