By the end of this course delegates will learn about:

• Important topics of drilling engineering
• Drill string mechanics: loads, cause of failure, design concepts
• Mechanized drilling operations: makeup of tubular, mechanized drilling rigs
• Drilling problems: stuck pipe situations, fishing operations
• Advanced drilling technologies - casing drilling, HPHT, coiled tubing drilling
• Proper selection of drilling technology for shale gas, geothermal drilling, etc.
• Non-conventional drilling methods and equipment including environmental aspects of drilling activities
• Drilling through gas hydrates

Drilling Engineers, Senior Drilling Engineers, Drilling Supervisors, Work over Engineers, Petroleum Engineers, Completion Engineers, Tool Pushers, Reservoir and Senior Reservoir Engineers, Geologists, Production Engineers & technologists, Well site Engineers, Lifting Personnel, Maintenance Engineers, Foremen, Industry Personnel

This interactive Training will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas and will include;

• Lectures
• Workshop & Work Presentation
• Case Studies and Practical Exercise
• Videos and General Discussions

Drilling Analysis and Benchmarking

• Data collection and QC process
• Interactive learning curve analysis
• Expectation and resulting drilling performance
• Best composite time
• AFE statistical approach
• Drilling process management
• Drilling the technical limit
• Real time drilling performance monitoring

Advanced Topics in Pore/Fracture Pressure Gradient Estimation

• Pore pressure generation mechanisms
• Classical pore pressure theories
• Pressure data analysis
• Rock physics of pore pressure
• Pore pressure in carbonate
• The Centroid concept
• Seal integrity evaluation
• Real time pore pressure estimation from drilling data
• Classical fracture estimations
• Minimum horizontal stress estimation from frac data
• LOT analysis
• Calibration of fracture gradient model
• Pre drill fracture gradient estimation

Wellbore Stability Analysis

• Introduction to rock mechanics
• Vertical stress
• Maximum and minimum horizontal stresses
• Wellbore stresses
• Rock strength
• Rock failure criteria
• Wellbore stability models (linear elastic)
• Calibration of wellbore stability model
• Shale and drilling fluid interactions
• Caving analysis
• Class problems
  
  

Advanced Topics in Drilling Fluids Management

• Drilling fluid selection
• Barite sag
• Hydraulic optimization
• Solids control economics
• Rig auditing for solids control efficiency

Advanced Topics in Drilling Mechanics and Hole Problems

• Loss of circulation contingency planning
• Selection of loss circulation materials
• Shale problems
• Stuck pipe
• Bit optimization
• Drilling rate optimization
• Mechanical specific energy

Health, Safety and Environmental Consideration in Drilling Operation

BTS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.