Course Outline:
- Pore pressure determination
- Well control procedures: mudlogger data, killing well, barite plugs
- Hole cleaning and rheology
- Drilling fluid: polymers, biocide, water-base, oil-base
- Controlling drilling solids to reduce drilling problems and waste volumes
- Pressure integrity tests
- Hydraulic optimization (onsite “ocho” technique)
- Optimized weight-on-bit/rotary speed (onsite)
- Hole problems: ballooning, hole stability, pipe sticking, lost returns
- Operation guidelines
- Operation problems
- Drilling trends and new technology
Who Can Benefit?
Drilling engineers, company men, supervisors, toolpushers, drillers and technical managers responsible for improving drilling performance at the rig site.
