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DRILLING FLUIDS TECHNOLOGY

Location

Dubai, UAE

Date

From Date: 18-Nov-2024
To Date: 22-Nov-2024

Duration

5 days

Language

ENGLISH

Discipline

DRILLLING

Introduction

This Drilling Fluids Technology training course gives a clear picture for well control to everybody involved in drilling and workover operations. The drilling fluids help the operator to have a smooth drilling operation safely and this is the way to control all formation pressures and also to lift all cuttings from the well as per section and at the same time keeps the well static and full of geological formation intact till the casing is ran and set in place and secure the particular section of the well. Many of particularities conducting to a very expensive mud or brine is due to necessity to keep the well under control all the time throughout the drilling process but also to minimize the skin / formation damage to avoid production problems during the lifecycle of the well.

Primarily in this Drilling Fluids Technology training course, we are concerned with problems associated with selection of the appropriate drilling fluid to accomplish the demands of the well in a cost-effective way.

This training course will contain in-depth information on the cost impact of the mud and brines for drilling and workovers and the preparation for well testing or completion design in maximizing field production and increasing recoverable reserves by keeping well productivity under optimum conditions based on minimum formation damage.

The Drilling Fluids Technology training course will feature:

All types of drilling Fluids which actually are the blood of all drilling and workover operations.

Identify and closely predict the cost of mud per well according to the drilling design which can account over 20% of the total drilling cost per well.

Respect the stiff environment regulations

Increase the use of advanced wells, highly deviated or horizontal ones by using the proper water base mud and or oil base mud.

Objective

Upon successful completion of the course participants will be able to:

To control efficiently the subsurface pressure.

To keep the holes clean by applying good oilfield operation practice and transporting drastically the drilling cuttings on surface.
To stabilize and support the borehole.
To help the designed BHA for drilling to have the best results in minimum time.
To face drilling problems related to difficult formations where partial or total mud losses occur during circulation.
To prepare the well for open hole logging.
To understand the formation damage and to keep it minimum.
To facilitate the operation to unstuck D/P or during the fishing operations
To know what are the actions to kill the well in a critical situation.
To evaluate the efficiency of the drilling fluid according to the formation under drilling and make adjustments and corrections in properties of the fluid.
To be familiar with FIT and LOT tests during the drilling operations
Operate new innovative down hole tools like MWD and LWD, DHM and turbines.

Audience

Drilling Engineers
Drilling Foremen
Mud Engineers
Mud technicians
Drilling Supervisors
Tool pushers
W.O engineers
Production Technologists
Production supervisors and foremen
Completion supervisors and engineers

Content

DAY - 1

Drilling Fluids Overview, Practices and Strategies

Basic Design of Drilling a well
Mud functions
Mud classification
Mud properties and basic guide for mixing
Additives
Mud and Brines applications

DAY - 2

Completion and Clean Fluids

Corrosion control
Monitoring properties of the drilling fluids
Barriers and well control
Displacement procedure
Drill in fluids
Well kill principles and procedures

DAY - 3

Mud Monitoring and Tests in Situ

Overview of field tests and adjustments
Types of mud and applications
Tests for oil base mud (OBM)
Tests for water base mud (WBM)
Synthetic mud (SBM)
Polymers and use in drilling fluids
Completion / Workover fluids (CWO) and packer fluids

DAY - 4

Drilling Problems and Mud Special Applications

Foam and air fluids
Under balance drilling
Lost circulation materials
Oil base mud and restrictions
Formation damage due to drilling
Rheology and hydraulics
Calculations and tables

DAY - 5

Special Applications

Solids control
Lifting the drilling cuttings and evaluation
Specialized tests
Pipe stuck and fishing operation
Synthetic base mud
HP water base mud
Well control

NOTE:

Pre & Post Tests will be conducted

Case Studies, Group Exercises, Group Discussions, Last Day Review & Assessments will be carried out.

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Certificate

Define Management Consultancy & Training Certificate of course completion will be issued to all attendees.

Methodology

A highly interactive combination of lectures and discussion sessions will be managed to maximize the amount and quality of information and knowledge transfer. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions and motivating everybody to find the right answers. You will also be encouraged to raise your questions and to share in the development of the right answers using your analysis and experiences. Tests of the multiple-choice type will be made available daily to examine the effectiveness of delivering the course.

Very useful Course Materials will be given.

30% Lectures
30% Workshops and work presentation
20% Group Work& Practical Exercises
20% Videos& General Discussions

Course Details