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BASIC DRILLING OPERATIONS

COURSE OVERVIEW & LEARNING OUTCOMES

This course presents an overview of hydrocarbon well drilling operations from pre-spud to finish. At the end of the course participants would have honed their skills in basic drilling operations understand the sequence of the drilling processes basic components and functions of a drilling rig drilling economics formation and fracture pressures drilling problems and well control procedures cementing directional drilling and basic logging operations.

TARGET PARTICIPANTS

  • Drilling Engineers

  • Drilling supervisors

  • Technical support personnel

EXAMPLE MODULES

  • Well planning overview 

  • Drilling rig systems their purpose and use 

  • Differences between onshore and offshore drilling rigs and drilling practices 

  • Well objectives-exploration appraisal development 

  • Evaluating design strategies- geological engineering (well profile design) and HSE 

  • Engineering considerations for successful well construction- hole sizes casing/ liner options cementing option drilling equipment selection 

  • Well construction phases- surface Intermediate production sections 

  • Principles of the drilling process fishing casing and cementing 

  • Principles of well control and blowout prevention 

  • Causes and prevention practices concerning lost circulation stuck pipe 

  • Well Completion/Production 

DURATION

5 Days

LOCATIONS:

Houston Dubai

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