Course Description

This course deals with topics related to well planning and engineering. It covers the importance and role of planning in the exploration process, production process, establishing highly precise objectives, developing an integrated well plan, basics of well design, drilling equipment plan, well planning strategies for material supply / procurement., profitability and risk assessment.

Course Goal:

To enhance the participant’s knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to understand and apply recent techniques of well planning and engineering

Course Objectives:

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

1. Identify the importance and role of planning in the exploration process.
2. Identify the importance in the production process.
3. Determine the difficulties in establishing highly precise objectives.
4. Apply the proper procedure for developing an integrated well plan.
5. Establish the basis for well design.
6. Set a proper drilling equipment plan.
7. Understand well planning strategies for material supply / procurement.
8. Evaluate capital expenditure.
9. Assess profitability and risk.

Course Outline:

1. The importance and role of planning in the exploration process.
2. Importance in the production process.
3. Difficulties in establishing highly precise objectives.
4. Procedure for developing an integrated well plan.
5. Establishing the basis for well design.
   1. Fundamental concepts & considerations.
   2. Conceptual completion design.
   3. Well servicing philosophy & completion.
6. Drilling equipment plan.
7. Well planning strategies for material supply / procurement.
8. Financial evaluation of capital expenditure.
9. Reviewing profitability – risk assessment.

Who Can Benefit?

1. Supervisors
2. Engineers