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This comprehensive course will help you de-mystify activities around the rig and well planning. It will explain the fundamentals of drilling with an emphasis on key areas such as logistical considerations, costing, and analysis of drilling contracts. Understand the urgency of drilling requests, know more about the cost implications of drilling-related problems, and understand the risks involved in a drilling contract. This course will provide you with the opportunity to explore and understand important drilling concepts, principles, and technology. As a non-drilling professional, you too can grow with the drilling industry with a deeper understanding of the critical role you play in contributing to its success,

By the end of this course delegates will be able to:

• Understand drilling terminology & drilling processes for completing onshore & offshore wells
• Appreciate major cost components of drilling operations and its impact for better project planning and management
• Better visualize major drilling equipment and their technical functions to promote a deeper understanding of the logistical and technical considerations
• Gain valuable insights on the drilling industry with a synopsis of recent technology developments that impact the drilling process

New engineers and forward-looking executives in the following fields who are interested in enhancing their knowledge and awareness of the drilling process

Overview of Oil and Gas Exploration

· Unique characteristics of the Oil Industry

· The colour of oil, Brief History

· Whale Oil

· Cable tool rig

· Drilling practices

· The Barrel

· Today’s utilization of a barrel of crude

Source of Petroleum

· Sedimentary rocks, types of sediment

· Reservoir rocks and formation of oil and gas

· Examples of traps

· Types of pressure

· Predicting over-pressures

· Planning stage, before drilling the well

· While drilling

The E& P Process

· Upstream and down stream

· Exploration

· Appraisal, and Development Drilling

· Scenario and Environment,

· Location

Mobilize and Transport Drilling Equipment: Basic and Critical Equipment Used

Offshore Rigs

· Floating rigs and fixed platforms

· Semisubmersibles

· Drill ships

· Tender assisted rigs

· Jackups and steel platforms

· Tension leg platforms, spars

Drilling Rig and Its Facilities

A Drilling Rig Consists of Five Main Systems

· The derrick, the hoisting system; crown block, traveling block, drilling line

· The power system

· The rotating system

· Kelly Drive

· Top drive

· The circulating system

· Mud pump, shale shaker, desander, desilter

· Well control system, BOP, Kicks, their causes and prevention

Drilling Fluid-Mud, Different Types, Benefits and Disadvantages

Problems Caused By Poor Waste Management

Drill Bits and Their Function

Drill String Design and BHA Drill Pipe

· Types of drill string failures and their causes

· Regular drill pipe inspections

Drilling Sequence

· What happens on the drill floor? Mouse hole connection

· Making a round trip

· Racking stands of drill pipe

Drilling With Stands: Well Plan, Drilling Time/ Depth Curve

Running Casing

· Casing types and casing design

· How the different casing sizes are installed

· Running casing in detail

· Cementing casing

Well Heads: Evaluation and Completing the Well

· Types of evaluation methods

· Mud logging, wireline logging tools

· Drillstem testing

· MWD& LWD

Well Completions

· Rotary steering

· Directional, horizontal, extended reach, multilateral drilling and intelligent wells

· Types of well completions

· Primary and secondary recovery

The Drilling Organisation

Newer Drilling Techniques

Overcoming Different Challenges and Complications in Drilling Operations

· Challenges on the drill floor

· Iron roughnecks

· Automatic stabbing arms

· Stabbing guides, Second mouse hole

· Automated pipe handling systems and bridge cranes

· Casing running tools

· Casing fill-up tool, Fully automatic pipe running equipment, casing and drill pipe

· Challenges and complications in drilling operations down hole

Fishing

Drilling Cost Calculation – Well Costing

Market Forces Affecting the Drilling Industry / Oil and Gas Pricing