PMAOPS434 — Commission wells and gathering systems
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66 assessable components: 6 elements (32 performance criteria), 8 performance evidence and 26 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Prepare for work
- 1.1Receive and give shift handover
- 1.2Identify work requirements
- 1.3Identify and control hazards
- 1.4Coordinate with appropriate personnel
- 1.5Check well and its gathering system is ready for commissioning
- 1.6Determine appropriate schedule and priorities for work
2 Accept handover of well and gathering system
- 2.1Ensure documents and other records provided match ‘as is’ plant and equipment
- 2.2Check all issues have been satisfactorily resolved
- 2.3Confirm status of individual items being handed over
- 2.4Ensure plant and equipment are operationally sound and in accordance with contract
- 2.5Accept handover when appropriate
- 2.6Complete logs and reports in accordance with procedures
3 Commission well in accordance with procedures
- 3.1Commission support systems
- 3.2Commission wellhead and components
- 3.3Make adjustments to bring well to stable operation
4 Commission gathering system in accordance with procedures
- 4.1Commission support systems
- 4.2Introduce product to gathering system
- 4.3Check all equipment is operating correctly
- 4.4Take action to solve problems
5 Monitor and adjust well and gathering system to meet production requirements
- 5.1Take required readings
- 5.2Ensure telemetry and controls are functional
- 5.3Adjust downhole pump speed to maintain correct liquid level
- 5.4Monitor nearby wells for impact of new well
- 5.5Complete other site checks
- 5.6Liaise with relevant operational personnel as required
- 5.7Make appropriate adjustments to ensure new well is performing as required
- 5.8Adjust new well and gathering system to balance the overall production to meet requirements
6 Finalise commissioning activities
- 6.1Complete commissioning tasks as appropriate
- 6.2Ensure identified faults are correctly logged/reported for action
- 6.3Ensure incomplete tasks are scheduled for follow-up
- 6.4Ensure all logs and reporting are complete and understood
- 6.5Check all systems are operational and all relevant personnel are informed
Performance evidence
- undertake readings and operate and monitor well system
- analyse and interpret network communication and data on individual wells and recommend action to ensure flow meets plant and organisation needs
- perform site checks, start-up/shutdown procedures, and isolations and de-isolations
- interpret fluid level readings and maintain fluid levels
- plan and coordinate the work of the team
- isolate the causes of problems and distinguish between causes of problems/alarm/fault indications, including: • instrumentation failure/malfunction • electrical failure/malfunction • mechanical failure/malfunction • control system failure/malfunction • mismatch between flow rates and system requirements • wear, tear and corrosion of plant and equipment • quality measurement inaccuracy (e.g. analyser or sampling deficiency) • systemic/recurring problems
- identify hazards and risks and apply risk control procedures
- calculate volumetric flow rates and equipment efficiencies
Knowledge evidence
- oil/gas formation, structure and completions for coal seam gas (CSG), traditional or other oil/gas formations
- coal type and structure or other bedrock structures
- well design and construction
- inter-well communications (e.g. pressure, flow and other technical parameters)
- well status data (e.g. well flows, flow rates, pressure and temperature, and downhole conditions and information)
- hydrate formation
- free flow and pumped wells
- pumping principles
- gas flow principles
- gas/water separation principles
- draining and venting requirements
- corrosion control, chemical handling and safety data sheets (SDS)
- flange pressure and temperature ratings (basic)
- cathodic protection (basic)
- downhole drawings (DHDs) and their application to plant/well operation
- remote terminal unit, functions, operation and problems
- pump, drivehead, fuel gas systems operations and principles
- fluid dynamics and statics as relevant to the system
- reservoir management
- all items on a schematic of the remote system and the function of each
- methods of changing production rates and the advantages and disadvantages of each
- effect of specific climatic and environmental factors
- water testing and gas break through testing techniques
- function and troubleshooting of major components and their problems
- hierarchy of control
- hazards that may arise in the job/work environment, and: • their possible causes • potential consequences • appropriate risk controls
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