At the End of the Course Participants will be able to:
Power System:
• Describe the power system on a drilling rig.
Hoisting system:
• Identify the names of each of the component parts of the hoisting system and state
Circulating System:
• Describe the functions of the drilling fluid.
• Rotary System:
• Identify the names of each of the component parts of the rotary system and state
• Describe the procedure for making a connection.
Well Control System:
• Identify the names of each of the component parts of the well control system and state its purpose.
Well Monitoring Equipment:
• List and describe the functions which are monitored and the monitoring equipment that would be placed on the rig.

Drilling Engineers
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Drilling Supervisors
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Junior Directional Drillers
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Senior Well Engineers
• Tool Pushers

Course structure: Lecture (60%), Videos (20%), Case Studies (10%), Discussion (10%)

Course assessment:  ـ pre test    ـ Post Test.

Day 1
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Introduction
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Power system
1. Component of power system
2. method of generating the electrical power
3. types of generator
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Hoisting System
1. Component of hoisting system
2. Draw works
3. Drilling Lines
4. Crown block
5. Traveling block
6. Dead Line Anchor
7. fast line
8. Drilling line tension
9. Slip and cut operation.
10. Round Trip Operations.
11. Drilling Ahead.
12. Running Casing.
13. Short Trips.
Day 2
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Circulating system
1. Introduction.
2. Main components of the circulating system.
3. Drilling fluid (mud)
4. Solids removal equipment.
5. Shale shaker
6. Degasser
7. DE sander
8. Deciliter
9. Centrifuge
10. Mud pits and connections
11. Duplex (2 cylinders) - double acting.
12. Triplex (3 cylinders) - single acting.
Day 3
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Rotary System
1. Introduction.
2. Kelly.
3. Kelly saver sub.
4. Kelly cocks
5. Rotary table
6. Master bushing and Kelly bushing.
7. Procedure for Adding Drill pipe when Drilling Ahead
8. Procedure for Pulling the Drill string from the Hole
9. Iron Roughneck
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Top Drive Systems
1. Top drive systems installed in the derrick
2. Top drive types
Day 4
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WELL CONTROL SYSTEM
1. Rules & Regulations
2. Well Control Equipment
3. Warming Signs of Kicks
4. Well Control Procedures
5. Causes of Kicks
6. Closing in a Well for Well Control
7. Well Control Operations
8. Rig Math for the Man on the Rig
Day 5
1. Unusual Well Control Operations.
2. Shallow Gas Kicks.
3. BOP Diverter & Closing System.
4. Equipment Limitations.
5. No Normal Pressure & Means of detecting.
6. Supervising Well Control Operations.
7. Well control killing procedure and methods.
8. Associated Problems.
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WELL MONITORING SYSTEM
1. Mud logging.
2. drilling parameters monitoring
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Inspection Main Rig components
1. inspection period for all rig component