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Objectives

• By the end of this Course participants will be able to:
• Have an understanding of the composition and properties of drilling and completion fluid systems and additives
• Gain insights into how things work, and where they do not work
• Have grounding in clay chemistry and polymer chemistry and their importance to drilling fluid design
• Have an appreciation of the importance of efficient solids control
• Acquire a background in the mechanisms of formation damage, reservoir fluid design to maximize productivity, completion fluid systems, and the field applications of completion brines.

The Delegates

Drilling Engineers, Senior Drilling Engineers, Drilling Supervisors, Workover Engineers, Petroleum Engineers, Completion Engineers, Tool Pushers, Reservoir and Senior Reservoir Engineers, Geologists, Production Engineers & technologists, Wellsite Engineers, Lifting Personnel, Maintenance Engineers, Foremen, Industry Personnel .

Contents

• Introduction and Course overview.
• Basic Geology
• Porosity & Permeability
• Reservoir properties
• Hydrocarbon reservoirs and origins
• Pressure Detection
• Development & causes of Abnormal Pressure
• Overview evaluation of Abnormal Pressure
• Fracture Gradient
• Introduction –What is a Fracture Gradient
• Fracture Gradients –Importance?
• Introduction to Drilling Fluids
• History of Drilling Fluids (Mud)
• When / How ‘MUD’ came to be used in the Oil & Gas
• Industry, Functions of a drilling mud
• Rheology & Hydraulics
• Physical properties of drilling ‘muds’, Bit hydraulics
• Basic Chemistry & Drilling Fluids Chemistry
• Concepts & terminology
• Chemical types and reactions
• Water chemistry, pH and Alkalinity
• Control
• Clay Chemistry
• Fundamental Clay Structure
• Interaction with water
• Control
• Polymers
• Types
• Uses
• Water Base Drilling Fluid (WBM)
• Components
• Miscellaneous Specialty Functions
• Clays
• Use
• Interaction
• Loss Circulation
• Why, Materials
• Different WBMs
• Classification
• Contaminates
• Salt, Solids
• Oils
• Acid gases
• Leading to property changes
• Common Calculations used in WBM
• Oil Base Drilling Fluids or Non-Aqueous Fluids (OBM)
• Types, Inverts, Mineral, Common Calculations used in Oil Base Muds
• Solids Control
• During drilling a well, Analysis, Equipment
• Common Drilling Problems and Mud Remedies Used Today
• Formation Damage
• Causes
• Mechanisms
• Loss Circulation
• Stuck Pipe
• Differential
• Key Seating
• Undergauged
• Kick
• Blowout
• Corrosion
• Environmental Concerns
• Completion & Workover Fluids

Course summary .

The Discount

Free Seats Are Offered