Drilling Operation Workshop

Program Objectives:

1. To explain the drilling equipment: Drilling rigs and rig floor equipment, casing, BOPs, bits.
2. To know the Structure of various Mud Pumps at rig site and their functions.
3. To relate the following basic concepts (Rock types, fracture gradients, formation pressures, wellbore instability, leak testing, kicks, and kick tolerance.) to know well site operations requirements and main roles and responsibilities of all personnel at rig site as team work (Company man, Tool pusher, driller, drilling crew, electrician, mechanic, medic, campboss, catering crew, service companies on board, etc.)
4. To provide a comprehensive understanding of drilling fluids and instruction on the engineering of a mud system, including both water and oil-based mud systems.
5. To understand the definition of pore pressure, fracture gradient and the meaning of formation damage
6. To know the definition of “Mud Logging” and the scope of services to support drilling and formation evaluation processes. To know the concept and principles of mud logging services as surface measurements, what are the measured parameters including drilling and reservoir (Rocks and fluids)
7. To provide comprehensive understanding of Wireline and LWD sensors and measurements (directional, resistivity, nuclear, acoustic, pressure…) and its applications for directional drilling, geosteering, formation evaluation and predictive pressure.
8. To know what are the critical Well Parameters to be monitored and list them. Know their Physical meaning and implications in the drilling process.
9. To acquire the basic knowledge to design a casing and cementing program, methods, equipment and basic commercial analysis.
10. To provide the necessary elements and selection criteria to be able to choose the completion equipment for flowing wells and to know how to run them.
11. To cover basic well control management techniques using the IADC guidelines, including specific “Kill” methods.