whitson+ Public Course in Pittsburgh

​Join us in Pittsburgh at Devon Energy for a full day of hands-on technical training designed to help you get more out of your well and production data. 🛢️📈

​Led by James MacDonald, the day covers Nodal Analysis in the morning, followed by Rate Transient Analysis, PNR Decline, DCA & Type Wells in the afternoon. Whether you're diagnosing well performance, optimizing gas lift, estimating BHPs, or building forecasts and type wells, this course brings practical workflows and real-world engineering applications together in one day. 🔧⚙️

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​Agenda

​Morning – 8:30am-Noon
Topic: Nodal Analysis Training

✅Reliably estimate daily BHPs.
✅Is the well liquid loaded?
✅Which gas lift valve is open?
✅IPR/VLP curves.
✅Compare casing vs tubing flow (gas).
✅Compare different gas lift rates (oil).
✅Learn about the powerful gas lift curve.....are you over injecting?
✅Friction vs gravity....What is dominating the wellbore pressure loss?
✅Mass report liquid loading.
✅Distribute gas lift in the optimal way, to maximize rate.

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​Afternoon – 1:00-4:30
Topic: Rate Transient Analysis, PNR Decline, DCA, Type Well.

​✅Reliably estimate daily BHPs.
✅EOS to predict dew point/bubble point.
✅Multiphase Flowing Material Balance.
✅Single phase and multiphase Linear Flow diagnostics.
✅Numerical model history match and forecast.
✅Automated DCA.
✅Advanced Type Well.
✅PNR (Pressure Normalized Rate) Decline.