Category: Drilling

• General Information Rig inspection training course enables candidates to gain skills and competence necessary for carrying out rig Inspection/audits, commissioning, compliance & acceptance, as well as operations and maintenance for both offshore and land drilling rigs. Attendees will be well qualified to deliver drilling rig inspection and maintenance required to ensure operations’ readiness throughout drilling. They learn to implement relevant standards and best practices to assess the condition of a rig’s equipment, thus reducing total non-productive time, while maintaining overall asset’s health and integrity. The course can be customized to accommodate the needs of a specific audience, e.g. drilling supervisors, rig managers, maintenance and inspection engineers, … • Course content Course title Course duration Course content Rig Inspection 5 Days Conduct a basic visual rig inspection using a defined format Identify major items that may impact safety and operational capability of drilling rigs Describe the main criteria and main items of rig equipment Describe the classification and registration of offshore drilling units Recognize indications of overall drilling rig condition and maintenance status Identify standards used in the drilling industry (e.g. API) and their application to drilling equipment Explain the purpose and meaning of and content of an equipment certificate Identify common deficiencies found on well control equipment Introduction to Rig Inspections and equipment measurements Understand rig commissioning of drilling units & prepare standard check list Identify rig equipment and understand safety principles Overview of drilling operations and Safety Case studies Understand operational rig systems Foreseeing and lowering risk Impacts and risks on critical equipment Links between Safety and Inspections Advanced inspection techniques on critical and safety operational equipment Impact of inspections on uptime Equipment maintenance and the effect on Operations Rules and Regulations Effective communication of findings Inspection reports and general reporting tips

• General InformationThese training courses can be offered as a package, geared toward drilling supervisor position on both onshore and offshore rigs, or selected as individual short courses to be delivered to interested personnel. Content can be modified to suit a range of audience, ranging from fresh university graduates to junior and senior operations personnel. • Course content NO. Course Title Total Hours 1 Rotary drilling rig & its components 40 2 Drilling fluids 60 3 Drilling bits 40 4 Introduction to casing and liners 40 5 Basics of wellhead equipment 40 6 Mud rheology & bit hydraulics 40 7 Cementing 40 8 Principles of drill string design 40 9 Casing design 40 10 Introduction to drilling problems 40 11 Fishing tools and operations 60 12 Well control (Fundamentals) 66 13 Directional Drilling 60 14 Completion string and X-mas tree 40 15 Technical Reporting 20

• General InformationThis course is designed for experienced drilling engineers with little or no background HPHT experience who wish to proceed their career in HPHT fields. It will introduce HPHT well complexities and will teach participants how to identify specific areas where detailed design is required to properly plan and drill HPHT wells. • Course content Course title Course duration Course content High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) Drilling 4 Days  Fluids• Mud types and selection• ECD issues• Temperature effects• Barite sag• Compressibility• Fluid stability• Elastomer compatibilityWell control• Pore pressure and fracture gradient windows• Gas expansion• Formation charging / ballooning• Loss circulation• Crew awareness and training • Dissolved gases in mud• HPHT well control procedures and equipmentWell and drillstring design• Design considerations• Loads on casing and tubing• Shoe placement• Effect of doglegs (conductor verticality)• Connection selection• APD due to heat / thermal expansion• Temperature deration• Casing wear• H2S and CO2 effects• Torque and drag• Design safety factors• Failure of downhole tools• Wellbore stability• Running tubulars in tight gradients• Critical cement placement• Hole size selection to match ECD requirements• Casing / liner pressure testing decisions• Liners versus long stringsRig selection• Types of rigs and suitability• Rig equipment rating• Additional equipment required Equipment • Downhole equipment selection• Solids control equipment• Torque and vibration mitigation• Logging tools Well planning• Risk assessment• Decision trees• Contingencies• Relief well planning

• General InformationThis five-day course is the sequel to the PDT. Participants are recommended to complete the PDT and a well control course prior to enrolling in the ADT. This is a supervisor level course that is suited for experienced operator, contractor, and service company personnel. • Course content Course title Course duration Course content Advanced Drilling Technology 5 Days  • Pre-Spud Meeting• Communication• Hole Trends• Problem Solving Model• Drill String Design• Casing & Cementing• Drillout Considerations• Leak-Off Tests & Formation Integrity Tests• Tripping• Limitations to Control Capability• Salt Water Flows & Kick Identification• Methods of Well Control• (Driller’s Method, Wait & Weight, Volumetric & Lubrication, Modified Wait & Weight)• Underground Blowouts• Lost Circulation From Propagation Losses• Deviation and Stuck Pipe• Freeing Techniques• Kick-Off Plugs• Advanced Mud• Advanced Mud Solids• Hydraulics• Top Hole Cleaning• Shallow Gas and Diverting• Causes of Abnormal Pressure• WC Red Flags and Transition Zone Indicators• Logging and Perforating• High Press/High Temp Considerations• Shales• BOP Equipment Considerations• Subsea Equipment Considerations• Gas Cap Drilling• Squeezing for Holes in Shoes & Top of Liners• Liner Cementing• Production Squeezes

• General InformationThe objective of this five-day drilling technology course is to equip drilling personnel with the technical tools needed to become effective supervisors. This is Part 1 of a two-course series in drilling technology. This course is suited for operator, contractor, and service company personnel who seek a more in-depth understanding of drilling operations. • Course content Course title Course duration Course content Practical Drilling Technology 5 Days • Communication• Hole Trends• Problem Solving Model• Bits• Drill String Basics• Tripping Practices• Deviation & Stuck Pipe• Circulation System• Casing & Cementing• Abnormal Pressure• Mud & Mud Solids• Drillout Considerations• Leak-Off Tests• Formation Integrity Tests• Well Control Red Flags• Shallow Gas Kicks• Diverting• BOP Equipment Considerations• Salt Water Flows and Kick Identification• Well Control (Driller’s Method and Wait & Weight)• Kill Sheets• Lost Circulation in Vugular Formations• H2S Safety• Workover and Completions

• General InformationThe objective of this course is to train drilling supervisors how to properly supervise a drilling operation. This ten-day course covers drilling practices and problems from spud to completion for all levels from assistant driller to drilling manager. The course is taught by hole-intervals starting with top-hole problems related to big-hole and normal pressure. After an appropriate casing string has been set, drilling continues into the abnormal pressure zone and heavy mud practices and problems are discussed. Well control is introduced as one of the drilling problems and taught by hole-interval, with training enhanced by hands-on simulator practice. Associated problems such as lost circulation and stuck pipe are discussed along with well control. IWCF and IADC Level 4-Supervisory Well Control certifications are offered through this course. Students must select which certification they desire when enrolling in the course. They may also choose to take this course without certification. instructor will assess the student’s operational or technical strengths or weaknesses through evaluations based on their performance. • Course content Course title Course duration Course content Operational Drilling Technology 10 Days • Things that do NOT Enhance Making Hole • Pre-Spud Meeting & Considerations • Drill String Design • Drillout Considerations • Leak Off and Formation Capability Tests • Limitations to Control Capability • Salt Water Flows • Kill Sheets • Simulator Training • Methods of Well Control • General Mud Topics • Shallow Gas and Kicks • Diverting • Surface Casing • Top Hole Cleaning and Trends • Hydraulics • Well Control Problem Diagnosis and Solutions • Mud Solids • Lost Circulation • Deviation and Stuck Pipe • Difficult Well Control Situations• Tripping Practices and Considerations• H2S Safety• Causes of Abnormal Pressure• WC Red Flags & Transition Zone Indicators• Managed Pressure Drilling• Shale Problems• Wellhead Installation• Casing & Cementing• Good Mud Practices• Logging and Perforating• BOP Equipment• ECD Drilling• UBO and Barite Plugs• Overview of Optimization Procedures• Bits• Differential Sticking and Freeing Techniques• Kick Off Plugs• Drill Stem Test Considerations• Gas Cap Drilling• Liner Cementing• Squeeze Cementing and Production Squeezing• Completion Methods and Workover Fluids