Course Information
- Course Price
£4995 Plus VAT
- Location UK Courses
- Course Code DOTP
- Course Date 9 Jun - 13 Jun 2025
Course Objectives:
The course gives an overview of drilling, well operations, drilling systems and challenges in the
frilling industry. Provides participants with the understanding of drilling and well technology and
terminology. Explanations of the physics in a practical perspective and provides an overall
picture of drilling and well operations.
Who Should Attend?
Production Technologists, Engineers, Field Technicians, Reservoir Engineers, etc
Prerequisite Courses
None
Course Overview
Basic Drilling Technology
The overall drilling process
Terminology in drilling
Rig equipment, rig types, drill bits MWD, drill strings, solids management, well control
Hole problems, stuck pipes, lost returns
Philosophies of drilling operations
Drilling trends and new technology
Casing and Cementing
Selecting casing and hole sizes
Setting depths, Selecting casing and connections
Casing stress, Casing loads
Cement and cement additives
Selecting appropriate slurries
Mud removal and cement placement
Stage cementing, squeezes and plugs
Preventing gas migration
Cementing equipment
Well head equipment
Directional, Horizontal and Multilateral Drilling
Applications for directional drilling
Directional profiles, Extended reach wells
Dogleg severity and their problems
Horizontal drilling methods
Logging high angle wells
Hole clearing
Multi-laterals
Tools to deflect a wellbore
Well Control
Abnormal pressure, Normal pore pressure, Abnormal pore pressure gradients
Fracture gradients
Mud weights
Causes of kicks
Kick indicators
Shut in procedure
Well-killed procedures
Course Materials
The course will be enhanced through the use of case studies, DVD and daily exercises