Course Description
This basic drilling technology course addresses the technology used to drill wells from a fundamental view point. Equipment and procedures involved with drilling oil and gas wells are described for those who are interested in understanding the drilling process regardless of academic background.
What Do Participants Learn?
- 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
- How to read a morning report
- Technology behind information in a morning report
Who Should Attend?
- Petroleum and Production Engineers
- Completion Engineers
- Geoscientists
- Managers
- Technical Supervisors
- Service and Support Personnel
- Entry Level Drilling Engineers
- Drilling Operations Personnel
- Drilling Office Support Staff
What Will the Learning Experience Include?
Phase: 1
Introduce
- Comprehensive pre-program activities include:
- Web-based information forms & surveys completed by attendee.
- Direct consultation with the attendee about the expectations.
- During the training, participants engage in data, activities, and conversations that lead to insight and knowledge.
- Participants learn from expert trainers who have both academic and business experiences.
- Highly applicable training content & instructive activities for adding depth to training topics.
- **A half-day site visit for integrating the experience & plan next steps. Opportunities to provide connections, ideas & support.
Phase: 2
Explore & Practice
Phase: 3
Apply
- Apply & sustain the learning experience by using this ongoing support:
- To ensure participant has new skills or behavior progress.
- Optional, fee-based mentoring & coaching with the trainer.
- Training materials & additional documents (e-books, pdf files, presentations and articles)
- Evaluate your training experience by giving us feedbacks and help us to reach our organizational goals.
- Participant's Evaluation
- Trainer's Evaluation
Phase: 4
EVALUATE
Section One:
- The overall drilling process and equipment
- The language of drillers - understanding their terminology
- Understanding the abbreviations and acronyms associated with drilling Rig equipment and types
- Types of drill bits MWD
- Drill strings
- Drilled solids management
- Mud tank arrangements
- Drilling fluid properties
- Well control
- Cementing
- Casing design
- Hole problems (stuck pipe, lost circulation)
- Well control
- Directional drilling operations and tools Safety