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Well Drilling Planning and Construction Course

Why Choose this Training Course?


This course provides a fundamental overview of the design, planning and implementation associated with
drilling an oil and gas well. It is beneficial to all parties directly and indirectly involved in the well drilling
process.
This course will expose participants to the terminology, concepts, processes, and equipment used to drill oil
and gas wells. The planning process followed by drilling engineers will be covered to the extent that
participants will understand the process and be able to initiate a complete well design.

Training Objectives
The Primary Objectives of the Course are to obtain sufficient knowledge about:

 Review drilling data and plan the well from spud to production phase.
 Well design and optimize drilling schedule
 Incorporate the completion plans into the drilling plan
 Drill a well cost effectively and maximize penetration rate.
 Evaluate stuck pipe problem and avoid potential problems
 Evaluate and maintain drilling fluids
 Optimize hole cleaning
 Design casing, drill string and BOP/Wellheads
 Evaluate and implement cementing programs
 Design and implement bit and hydraulics programs.
 Incorporate directional drilling and deviation control
 Recognize and evaluate well control problems

At the end of this training course, you will learn to:


 About drilling equipment and how it is used
 Drilling terminology and abbreviations
 Keys to planning a successful well
 Common drilling problems and how to avoid them

Target Audience
 Entry level drilling engineers
 Drilling operations personnel
 Drilling office support staff
 Petroleum and production engineers
 Completion engineers
 Geoscientists
 Managers and technical supervisors
Course content
 Introduction
 Defining Well Objectives
 Characterizing the Drilling Environment
 Drilling Performance Management
 Directional Drilling and Trajectory Design
 Drilling Fluids and Solids Control
 Bits and Hydraulics
 Drill String and BHA
 Casing Running and Cementing Operations
 Drilling Problems

Agenda
 WELL OBJECTIVES & INPUTS TO THE DRILLING PROGRAM
• Typical objectives and inputs to an exploration or/and a development well program.
• Pore and fracturation pressure evaluation.
• Criteria to consider for the well design.
 CASING DESIGN: SHOE POSITIONING
• Swab and surge considerations, kick tolerance, hypothesis selection.
• Selection of mud weights, additional constraints.
 CASING DESIGN: CASING SELECTION
• Physical and mechanical properties of casings and casing connections.
• Casing string calculation, selection.
 BITS PROGRAM
• Different types of bits, bit selection: bit records, cost per foot, bit hydraulics.
 DRILL STRING, COMPONENTS & SELECTION
• Drill string components.
• Characteristics and limit of use.
• BHA and drill pipe selection.
 MUD & CEMENT PROGRAM
• Drilling fluid types and characteristics, mechanical treatment equipment.
• Selection of mud program according to the well construction criteria.
• Cementing technology and procedures, cement and slurry design.
• Cementing program, cementing quality control.
 DEVIATED WELLS DESIGN: DIRECTIONAL DRILLING METHODS & TECHNOLOGY
• Directional drilling tools and technology, directional program.
• Trajectory planning coordinates systems.
• Trajectory calculation methods, uncertainty evaluation, anti-collision.
• Drill string selection.
 RIG SELECTION
• Main drilling rig functions.
• Types of rigs, rig selection criteria.
 HOLE PROBLEMS & PREVENTION:
• Lost Circulation
• Stuck Pipe
• Kick & well control
 DRILLING PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT.

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