Basics of Drilling Engineering

Description: 

This course presents the fundamental aspects of oil and gas drilling technology, equipment and procedures. The drilling process is explained along with definitions and descriptions of drilling equipment as well as the terminology to understand the drilling process. The course addresses also an overview of rig types and equipment, the preliminary well design, directional drilling, drilling fluids, drilling bits and drilling economics. In addition, it emphasizes the basics of casing design calculations, well control as well as well completion.

Contents:

• Well Construction Process
• Drilling Fundamentals
• Preliminary Well Design
• Programming and Drilling
• Evaluating and Completing

Designed For: Junior drilling engineers, Geoscientists; Petroleum engineers; Reservoir Engineers and all the technical or operational staff who are working in collaboration with drilling engineers or involved in well design and drilling operations.