Advanced Drilling Technology

Start Date End Date Venue Fees (US $)
30 Nov 2025 Muscat, Oman $ 4,500 Register

Advanced Drilling Technology

Introduction

The Advanced Drilling Technology training program will help you acquire the knowledge and management skills to advance further in your career. This program will prepare you to operate in a safe and efficient manner with respect for personnel, equipment and protection of our environment.

Objectives

    This program will enable Senior Drilling Personnel in the Operations to:

    • State the major theoretical aspects of advanced drilling
    • Apply Onshore / Offshore Drilling Techniques
    • Demonstrate and understanding of the actions required for Planning, Designing, and Managing Drilling Projects

Training Methodology

The training methodology is interactive with group exercises and is suitable for all employees involved in functions management. The pace and level of the training workshop is customized to the understanding of the delegates. Ongoing back-up and support is available after the training on request to the supplier, and the training course is also available for in-house presentation as well as for “Competency Transfer”.

Who Should Attend?

Senior Drilling Personnel, responsible for Drilling Operations.

Course Outline

Borehole Stability

  • Formation Compaction and Hydration forces:
  • Osmotic Phenomena
  • Chemistry
  • Components

Pore Pressures and Franc Gradients

  • Prediction Methods
  • Selection of Casing Seats

Oil Muds – Water Base Muds

  • Lost Circulation
  • Avoiding Lost Circulation
  • Regaining Circulation
  • Hydraulics
    • Maximizing Bit Hydraulic Horsepower and Impact Force
    • Rheology
      • Principles
      • Calculations
      • Circulating Pressure Losses

Factors affecting Stuck Pipe

  • Hole cleaning
  • Differential pressure sticking
  • Freeing pipe

Solids Control

  • Methods
  • Economic Evaluation
  • Directional well drilling

Principles of Buoyancy

  • Properties of Tubular
  • Casing Design
    • Collapse
    • Burst
    • Tension

Drill String Design

  • Principles
  • Use
  • Stresses and Buckling of Tubular

Straight Hole Drilling

  • Using Water Muds and Oil Muds
  • Drilling Rates

Bit Selection

  • Cementing
    • Design
    • Placement
    • Corrosion Control while drilling

Completion/Workover

  • Fluids - Types
  • Efficiency Drilling – Time Saving Practices

Case studies and group discussions

Group Exercises

Course Evaluation and Summary

Accreditation

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