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PRACTICAL WELL CONSTRUCTION I & II

COURSE OVERVIEW & LEARNING OUTCOMES

This training in Well Construction is in two parts, and can be taken separately or together. It targets early to mid-career professionals who contribute in the delivery of O&G wells, manage the process or represent project owners at drill sites. While the aspects of well engineering and construction are very vast with each aspect a discipline onto itself, this course aims to highlight the important parts of the process to promote an effective understanding for engineers and well delivery project managers.

TARGET PARTICIPANTS

  • Engineers

  • Project managers

EXAMPLE MODULES

  • Overview of the drilling process 

  • Language of drilling, completing, and well intervention 

  • Drill string components: bits and accessories 

  • Identifying stakeholders 

  • Commonly employed performance metrics for successful drilling.

  • Understanding the abbreviations and acronyms associated with drilling Rig equipment and types

  • Defining Well Objectives – activities to achieve well objectives, changes in well objectives over the life of the asset,

  • Well Planning

  • Types of drill bits

  • Bit Selection

  • Drill strings

  • Drilling fluids and hydraulics 

  • Drilling fluid properties 

  • Lifting capacity of drilling fluids, pressure losses in the circulating system and ECD 

  • Maxim Drilling Optimization for non-visible NPT reduction 

  • Interpretation of drilling parameters (M/LWD, Directional Drilling, Mudlogging) 

  • Pore Pressure estimation, Torque & Drag and hole cleaning

  • Electric logging, MWD, LWD

  • Visible and Non-visible Non-Productive Time (NPT): causative factors and management.

  • Hole Condition Monitoring

  • Hole problems (stuck pipe, lost circulation) 

  • Stuck pipe (Mechanical and Differential) 

  • Wellbore hydraulic integrity (Lost circulation, ballooning) 

  • Wellbore Instability

  • Cores and Coring

  • Well Control

  • Directional, horizontal, multilateral and under-balanced drilling

  • Directional drilling and multi-laterals

  • Cementing 

  • The overall cementing operation 

  • Primary cementing

  • Remedial cementing 

  • Plug cementing 

  • The use of cement additives 

  • Laboratory testing 

  • Cement sheath integrity 

  • Cement sheath evaluation 

  • Special cement systems 

  • Cement guidelines

  • Introduction to Casing design 

  • Casing Design and Installation 

  • Selecting Casing Depth and Sizes Calculating Collapse and Burst loads 

  • Preliminary casing selection 

  • Combined Load Effect and Final casing selection

  • Completion and Testing 

  • Planning including requirements for the completion and testing, 

  • Types of Completions 

  • Perforating 

  • Smart Well Completions 

  • Wellhead equipment and trees

  • HSE at the rig site

  • Surface and subsurface characteristics unique to the offshore environment

  • HSE considerations for offshore and how it impacts planning, operations, and logistics.

  • Pressure control, routine and special problems

  • Managing Wellsite Operations

  • Rig team priorities and success measures

  • Focusing on wellsite challenges, distractions, and sensitivities

  • Managing reports and rig documentation

  • Rig meetings and drills

  • Well monitoring, limits, alarms, and suspension of operations

  • Reducing unscheduled events, technical limits, and drilling/completing well on paper techniques

  • Managing complex situations associated with tripping, displacements, and testing

DURATION

5 Days

LOCATIONS:

Accra,
Kigali,
Dubai,
London,
Houston.

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