Course Objective:

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

1. Select the correct type of well for specific purposes.
2. Plan the well given well head, and target data.
3. Select the appropriate down hole tools to drill the well.
4. Understand the operation of down hole measuring equipment.
5. Interpret survey data, carry out survey calculations and plot survey positions on the will plan.
6. Recognize and avoid down -hole problems.
7. Analyze well shapes and project ahead.

Course Outline

1. Co-ordinate System and Well Planning
2. Directional Plan
3. Deflecting Tools
4. Down Hole Motors and Bottom Hole Assemblies
5. Survey Equipment and Survey Interpretation
6. Survey Instruments, Methods and Calculations
7. Dog Leg Severity
8. Types of Horizontal Wells
9. Horizontal Well Planning
10. Torque and Drag Calculations
11. BHA for Horizontal Well Design
12. Multilateral Well Techniques
13. Practical Simulator Exercises on the Personal Computer