Petroleum Courses Catalogue Drilnet

Training Catalogue
PETROLEUM
TRAINING COURSES
TRAINING CATALOGUE - WWW.DRILNET.COM - [email protected] - DRILNET 2015 © All Rights Reserved.

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Training Catalogue
CONTENTS
WELL CONSTRUCTION ....................................................................................................... 5
FLUIDS & CEMENT .............................................................................................................. 9
PRODUCTION OPTIMIZATION........................................................................................... 10
NEW TECHNOLOGIES ....................................................................................................... 11
COMPLETION & WORKOVER ........................................................................................... 12
RESERVOIR ........................................................................................................................ 12
CERTIFIED COURSES ....................................................................................................... 13
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INTRODUCTION
DRILNET is specialized in the technology transfer in the petroleum and para petroleum sector. Our
expertise covers all sectors of the oil industry: Oil, Gas and Energy Project Management,
Exploration, Production, Development, Refining and Logistics, but also Safety, Maintenance and
Management.
Training is the first activity of our company, that has been accredited since 2000 by the French
competent bodies as a training center under the number 93 13 0999613. Thus, we are entitled to
offer training services: training engineering (training needs audit, training programs creation, manual
editing), conventional training presentation (in premises and on site), coaching (on-the-job training),
blended learning and e-learning. In addition to this, DRILNET offers the possibility to train your
future trainers.
We are recognized worldwide as an expert in this field, as we train the personnel of the biggest
international petroleum companies. DRILNET develops drilling training programs and trains
engineers and technicians of international companies such as ADCO (UAE), BOUMERDES
UNIVRSITY (Algeria), COFOR (France), DELTAWELL (Italy), DIETSMANN (Monaco), DRILLMEC
(Iraq, Italy), ENI and ENI CORPORATE UNIVERSITY (UAE, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Italy),
FORASOL (France), GAZ DE FRANCE (France), GSP (Romania), GTSC (UAE), HALLIBURTON
(Algeria), OMV-PETROM (Romania), PRIDE (France, Kazakhstan), POLITECHNICO (Italy), RST
GLOBAL SOLUTIONS (Singapore, Netherlands, UAE), SCHLUMBERGER (France, UK, Algeria),
SONATRACH (Algeria), TNK-BP ROSNEFT (Russia), TOTAL (France, Syria) and others.
Through our partnerships and associations we provide all existing certifications: American Safety &
Health Institute, AWS, Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, Crane Certification
Association of America, Croix Rouge Internationale, Emergency First Response, IADC,
IASST, IMI Awards, IOSH Managing Safety, LEEA, MCA, National Safety Council, NEBOSH,
NFPA, OPITO, STCW 95, UK Spill, etc.
DRILNET is a proud Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the International Well
Control Forum and also the Romanian Association of Drilling Contractors.
The training catalogue represents an assembly of technical guide sheets. The durations and the
subjects introduced can be adapted in accordance with the context and the objectives of the client.
Depending on your needs, you can choose a course in our training catalogue, and we propose to
help you to adapt it in accordance with your objectives and your means.

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You will find hereafter a list of petroleum courses covering well construction, fluids & cement, well
completion & workover, production optimization, new technologies and reservoir topics, and also
IADC and IWCF certified courses.
All training programs can be developed for different skill levels depending on client’s request. The
basic level training can be presented as introductory (in 3 days instead of 5 as for basic course).
Also, any training program can be developed as an advanced or specialization level training to meet
the client’s specific needs and requirements. The duration of such training can vary from 1 to several
weeks or planned out over a period.
All training courses can be completed by the practical application period on site.
In addition to the courses listed hereafter, we propose general training programs. You can receive
the related catalogue upon request.

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WELL CONSTRUCTION
Course Title Who should attend Level Duration Content
Basic x
Introduction to  Operating staff beginners Page 15

Advanced 5 days
Petroleum Industry  Clerical and support services staff
Specialization*
Basic x
 Engineers and technicians

Introduction to Drilling Page 16
interested but not involved in Advanced 4 days
Theoretical Training
drilling
Specialization*
Basic x
 Drilling staff beginners before their

Introduction to Drilling 5 days Page 17
first job experience on the on land Advanced
Practical Training
drilling rig
Specialization*
Basic x 5 days
 Drilling supervisors
Drilling Rigs & Rig Page 18
 Drilling engineers Advanced x 10 days
Equipment
 Operations engineers
Specialization* x 15 days
Basic x
Drilling Rig & Rig Page 20
 Drilling engineers Advanced 5 days
Inspection
Specialization*
Basic x
Rig Mud Equipment & 5 days Page 21
 Drilling engineers Advanced
Mud System
Specialization*

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WELL CONSTRUCTION
Basic
Rig Mud Equipment,  Drilling supervisors

Mud System &  Drilling engineers Advanced x 15 days Page 21
Laboratory  Operations engineers
Specialization*
Basic x 5 days
Well Construction:
Drilling Materials, Page 22
Equipments &
Operations  Operations engineers
Specialization*
Basic x
Drilling Engineering: 5 days Page 24
 Drilling engineers Advanced
Geology & Reservoir
Specialization*
Basic x
Well Monitoring  Drilling engineers Advanced 5 days Page 25
Specialization*
Basic x 5 days
 Drilling superintendents,
Well Construction: Page 26
Drilling Engineering
 Completion engineers
Basic
Drilling Practices & Page 27
Operations
Specialization*

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WELL CONSTRUCTION
Basic x
Rig Sizing  Drilling engineers Advanced 5 days Page 28
Specialization*
Basic x
Drill String, BHA & Page 29
 Drilling engineers Advanced 5 days
Design
Specialization*
Basic x
Casing Design  Drilling engineers Advanced 5 days Page 30
Specialization*
Basic x 5 days
Borehole Instability &
Common Drilling Page 31
Problems (Stuck Pipe,
etc.)  Operations engineers
Basic
Fishing Tools & Page 33
Operations
Specialization*
Basic x
Back Off & Side Track  Drilling engineers Advanced 5 days Page 34
Specialization*

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WELL CONSTRUCTION
 Drilling engineers Basic x

 Production engineers
Directional Drilling  Drilling supervisors Advanced 5 days Page 35
 Toolpushers
 Managers
Specialization*
 Technical support personnel
 Drilling engineers Basic

Drilling Bit  Toolpushers Page 36
Advanced x 5 days
Technologies  Drillers
 Managers
 Technical support personnel Specialization*
 Drilling engineers Basic x 5 days

 Toolpushers Page 37
Coring Technologies Advanced x 10 days
 Drillers
 Managers
 Technical support personnel Specialization*
 Roughnecks Basic x
 Floormen
 Roustabouts
Introductory Course to Page 38
Well Control  Derrick man Advanced 5 days
 Fluids engineer
 Drilling engineers & technicians
Specialization*
beginners
 Assistant driller Basic

 Driller
 Toolpusher
Well Control  Superintendents & supervisors Advanced x 5 days Page 39
(Drilling / Fluids & Cement /
Production / HSE)
Specialization*
 Technicians & engineers
Basic
 Engineers and technicians who
are involved in the planning and
Well intervention realization of well intervention Advanced x 5 days Page 41
operations as wireline, coiled
tubing, snubbing
Specialization*

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FLUIDS & CEMENT

Basic
 Drilling engineers
 Fluids & cement engineers
Drilling Fluids Advanced x 10 days Page 42
 Drilling supervisor
Technologies
 Fluids & cement supervisor
 Toolpusher Specialization*
Basic
Drilling Fluids  Fluids & cement engineers
Technologies &  Drilling supervisor Advanced x 15 days Page 42
Laboratory  Fluids & cement supervisor
Basic x
Drilling Fluids & Solids Advanced 5 days Page 44
Control
Basic x 5 days Page 46

Cementing Advanced x 10 days Page 48
Technologies
Basic
Cementing  Fluids & cement engineers
Technologies &  Drilling supervisor Advanced x 15 days Page 48
Laboratory  Fluids & cement supervisor
Basic
 Senior technicians
Drilling Fluids &
 Mud engineers Advanced 17 weeks Page 49
Cement Technologies
& Practices  Any other personnel involved in
operations
Specialization* x

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PRODUCTION OPTIMIZATION
Basic x
 Production supervisor
Well Testing  Production engineer Advanced 5 days Page 51
 Any other personnel involved in E&P
operations as a coordinator
Specialization*
Basic x
Artificial Lift: Gas
 Reservoir engineers Advanced 5 days Page 52
Lift  Petroleum engineers
Specialization*
Basic x
Water Injection
 Oil & Gas technicians Advanced 1 day Page 53
Operations
Specialization*
 Oil and gas industry executives, Basic

Introduction to managers, and directors
 Legal personnel
Hydraulic  Financial institutions Advanced x 2 days Page 54
Fracturing  Engineers in energy extraction and
production Specialization*
 Governmental and community
affairs executives, managers, and
Basic x
directors
HP/HT Well Drilling  Drilling engineers Advanced 5 days Page 55
Specialization*
Basic
Pore Pressure
 Drilling supervisors Advanced x 5 days Page 56
Determination  Drilling engineers
Specialization*
Basic x
Daily Monitoring of
 Production engineers Advanced 5 days Page 57
Wells  Production technicians
Specialization*

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NEW TECHNOLOGIES
 Drilling Engineers Basic

 Mud Engineers
Managed
 Superintendents
Pressure Drilling Advanced x 5 days Page 58
(MPD)  Supervisors
 All professionals involved in well
planning and operations Specialization*
Basic x
Under Balanced
 Drilling engineers Advanced 5 days Page 59
Drilling
Specialization*
 Production engineers Basic x
Coil Tubing  Drilling supervisors
Advanced 5 days Page 60
Technologies  Production supervisors
 Toolpusher
 Managers Specialization*
Basic x
Casing While
 Drilling engineers Advanced 2 days Page 61
Drilling
Specialization*

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COMPLETION & WORKOVER

Basic x
Well Completion  Drilling supervisors Advanced 5 days Page 62
 Production supervisor
 Toolpusher
 Managers Specialization*

Well Testing -  Drilling supervisors
 Production supervisor Advanced 5 days Page 63
DST
 Toolpusher
 Managers
Specialization*

Wireline Logging  Operations engineers
& Slickline  Production supervisor Advanced 5 days Page 64
Operations  Toolpusher
 Managers
Specialization*
 Production engineers Basic

Well Completion  Drilling supervisors
 Production supervisor Advanced x 10 days Page 65
Engineering
 Toolpusher
 Managers
Specialization*
RESERVOIR
Basic x
 Petroleum engineers
 Reservoir engineers
Reservoir Advanced 5 days Page 67
 Geologists
Specialization*
*Specialization courses are organized on the client’s request according to their training specifications

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CERTIFIED COURSES
Course Title Who should attend Level Duration Certification Content
Introductory Any personnel working on the rig

Course to Well who needs an introductory L2 5 days IWCF Page 68
Control training in well control
Anyone involved in drilling and/or

Well Control well control operations in a non-
L3 5 days IWCF Page 69
supervisory position: all positions
from floorman to driller inclusive

Well Control
well control operations: all L4 5 days IWCF Page 70
positions from driller inclusive

Course to Well who needs an introductory L2 5 days IWCF Page 71
Intervention training in well intervention
Engineers and technicians who

Well Intervention realization of well intervention L3 5 days IWCF Page 72
tubing, snubbing

Well Intervention realization, and supervising of L4 5 days IWCF Page 73
well intervention operations as
wireline, coiled tubing, snubbing

Course to Well who needs an introductory L2 5 days IADC Page 74
Cap training in well control

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CERTIFIED COURSES
Course Title Who should attend Level Duration Certification Content

well control operations in a non-
Well Cap L3 5 days IADC Page 75
supervisory position: all positions
from floorman to driller inclusive

Well Cap well control operations: all L4 5 days IADC Page 76
positions from driller inclusive

Corse to Well who needs an introductory L2 5 days IADC Page 77
Intervention training in well intervention

Well Intervention realization of well intervention L3 5 days IADC Page 78
tubing, snubbing

Well Intervention realization, and supervising of L4 5 days IADC Page 79
well intervention operations as
wireline, coiled tubing, snubbing

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INTRODUCTION TO PETROLEUM INDUSTRY

Duration: 5 days
Objectives
This 5-day introductory course is designed to provide non-technical personnel in the petroleum
industry with fundamental understanding of the upstream and the downstream petroleum industry.
The participants will have a condensed presentation of various activities within these two sectors. The
course explains the business, operations, processes and technologies in the exploration, production,
refining and transportation of hydrocarbons. The course will teach the structure and dynamics of the
industry and will also provide the basic fundamentals as well as the terminology used.
Upon completion of this course the trainees will have a good approach to challenges, constraints and
methods used in upstream and downstream petroleum sectors. They will also be familiar with the
various actors involved in these sectors. Your staff will feel sufficiently familiar with the industry to
function more effectively with their co-workers and, due to increased confidence and knowledge, their
productivity will improve
Who should attend
- Operating staff beginners

- Clerical and support services staff (secretariat, management, logistics, legal, communication,
etc.).
Prerequisite
None
Program
 Introduction to geology
 Exploration
 Exploration drilling
 Development
 Production
 Well design
 Drilling Rig Crew organization
 Refining
 Transportation of Petroleum

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T INTRODUCTION TO DRILILING
THEORETICAL TRAINING
Duration: 4 days
Objectives
To provide a comprehensive overview of drilling techniques and operations:
 To acquire the vocabulary specific to drilling

 To review drilling operations and equipment
 To learn about roles and responsibilities of different professionals involved in drilling
Who should attend
Engineers and technicians interested but not involved in drilling: geologists, geophysicists, reservoir
engineers, completion, production and process staff, platform designers, economists, etc.
Prerequisite
None
Program
ORGANIZATION OF DRILLING  Rotating function and equipment

OPERATIONS  Power function
 Drilling principle  Mud and solid treatment
 Cost, duration of a drilling job  BOP
 Different people involved, types of
contracts SPECIAL OPERATIONS
 Safety  Cementing operations
 Wellhead
WELL ARCHITECTURE
 Directional drilling
 Reservoir notions
 Well control
 Functions of different casings
 Fishing
 Parameters to be taken into account to
 Wireline logging, well test (DST)
determine well architecture
 Examples of architectures
OFFSHORE DRILLING OPERATIONS
 Different types of rigs
DRILLING PRINCIPLES - EQUIPMENT
 Problems related to their use
 Different types of bits
 Drilling string
WELL COMPLETION
 Drilling rig
 Reservoir-wellbore interface
 Hoisting function and equipment
 Equipment for flowing wells
 Pumping function and equipment
 Well intervention

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INTRODUCTION TO DRILILING
PRACTICAL TRAINING
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
This 5-day introductory course is designed to Drilling staff beginners with fundamental understanding
of the drilling and with a first job experience on the well site.
Upon completion of the course, participants:

 know the drilling equipment and corresponding well techniques,
 know the different operations,
 know the functions of the different people involved in drilling,
 have acquired the specific drilling vocabulary,
 are ready to join the rig floor team as a floorman beginner
Who should attend
Drilling staff beginners before their first job experience on the on-land drilling rig
Prerequisite
None
Program
THEORETICAL TRAINING: 4 days

 Hydrocarbons  Problems while drilling
 On site Crews organization  Fishing
 Drilling team  Casing and Cementing - General
 HSE considerations  The wellhead
 Security on a well site  The Packers
 How to be on a drilling rig  Drilling fluids
 Drilling rig  Pumping equipment
 Drill string  Mud circuit and mud equipment
 Drill string equipment  Coring
 Drill bit  Evaluation
PRACTICAL TRAINING: 1 day
Visit and practice on the drilling rig site to acquire a first experience on the rig floor and from the
monkey board, going through the power and pump equipment and discovering real material and
equipments used for tripping and drilling a well

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DRILLING RIGS & RIG EQUIPMENT

Duration: 10 days*
Objectives
This 10-day training course is designed to drilling supervisors, drilling engineers and operations
engineering staff to provide with an advanced knowledge on the drilling rig and the rig equipment.
Who should attend

Drilling supervisors, drilling engineers and operations engineers of petroleum companies, drilling
contractors and services companies
Prerequisite
A basic knowledge on the drilling rig and the rig equipment is required.
Program
DRILLING RIGS
 History and principles of the rotary drilling
 Rig types – classification
 Drilling mast and derricks
 The substructures
 Power installed
 The lifting system
THE DRILLING STRING

 Drill string introduction
 Drill pipe
 Heavy weight drill pipe (HWDP)
 The drill-collars (DC)
 The stabilizers
 Near bit
 Sub et crossover
 The reamers
ROTATING SYSTEMES AND EQUIPMENTS

 Rotary table (RT)
 Kelly bushing & slips
 Kelly
 Swivel
RIG FLOOR TRIPPING EQUIPMENTS

 Introduction
 Tongs for tubular materials
 Tripping procedures
INTRODUCTION TO DRILLING BITS

 Roller bits
 Bits with natural diamonds
 Synthetic diamonds tools
INTRODUCTION TO CASING (Architecture of the well) and Cementing

 Introduction
 Casings
 Cementing

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INTRODUCTION TO WELLHEAD - BOP & AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT

 Wellhead
 Well control equipment
PUMPING EQUIPMENT
 Introduction
 The duplex pumps
 The triplex pumps
 Pumps maintenance
 Pump accessories
MEASUREMENTS
 Nature of measurements
 Reasons for measuring
 Measures users
 Measurements presentation
 Other
INTRODUCTION TO THE DRILLING FLUIDS - MUD MEASURING DEVICE

 Introduction
 Drilling fluids functions
 Mud types
 Main mud products: role and use
 Main measuring instruments of the mud
HIGH AND LOW PRESSURE MUD CIRCUITS - MUD PIT EQUIPMENT AND TREATMENTS
 High pressure circuit
 The valves
 Low pressure circuit
INTRODUCTION TO HYDROSTATIC – HYDRODYNAMIC AND KICKS CONTROL

 Necessary concepts of physics for kicks control
 The pressures
 Causes of kicks
 Kick detection while drilling
 Kicks detection while tripping
 Principle of a kick control
SAFETY ON RIG SITE

 Introduction
 Safety equipment for the drillers
 Safety while working
 Handling – lifting – transports
 Gas emanations – H2S, CO2, C4, etc
 Fire protection
 First aid
*The same course can be delivered in 5 days with less detail on each topic, and inversely in
15 days with a closer look at each theme according to client’s needs and requirements.

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DRILLING RIG & RIG INSPECTION

Duration: 5 days
Objectives
This 5-day course is designed to provide drilling supervisors, drilling engineers and operations
engineering staff with a basic knowledge on the drilling rig and the rig inspection.
Who should attend
Prerequisite
None
Program
DRILLING RIGS
 History and principles of the rotary drilling
 Rig types – classification
 Drilling mast and derricks
 The substructures
 Power installed
 The lifting system
DRILLING STRING
 Drill string introduction
 Drill pipe
 Heavy weight drill pipe (HWDP)
 The drill-collars (DC)
 The stabilizers
 Near bit
 Sub et crossover
 The reamers
ROTATING SYSTEMES AND EQUIPMENTS

 Rotary table (RT)
 Kelly bushing & slips
 Kelly
 Swivel
RIG FLOOR TRIPPING EQUIPMENTS

 Introduction
 Tongs for tubular materials
 Tripping procedures

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RIG MUD EQUIPMENT & MUD SYSTEM

Duration: 5 days
Objectives
engineering staff with a basic knowledge on the rig mud equipment and the mud system.
Who should attend
Prerequisite
None
Program
DRILLING FLUIDS FONCTIONS MAIN MEASURING INSTRUMENTS OF THE

 Cleaning Of the Well MUD
 Cuttings Suspension  The Marsh Funnel Viscometer
 Sedimentation of Fine Cuttings on  Mud Density Scale
Surface  API Filter Press
 Lubrication and Cooling Of the Drilling  Sand
Assembly  Ph Measuring Methods
 Stability of the Hole  Level Measurements (And Mud Volumes
 Formation of Impermeable Mud Cake in the Pits)
 Control of Formation Pressure  Daily Report of the Derrick-Man (A
 Increase of Rate Of Penetration (ROP) Derrick-Man Responsibility)
 Hydraulic Energy Transmission to Tools
and Bit HIGH PRESSURE CIRCUIT
 Downhole Information  The pump discharge lines
 Damage Minimization of Formations  The rig floor manifold
 Control of Corrosion  The stand pipe
 Control of Safety and Toxicity  The kelly hose
 Connecting elements
MUD TYPES
 Water Based Mud THE VALVES
 Oil-Based Fluids  High pressure (HP) valves
 Low pressure valves
MAIN MUD PRODUCTS: ROLE AND USE
 Colloidal Clays LOW PRESSURE CIRCUIT
 Organic Colloids  The shale shaker
 Thinners and Anti-Flocculants  The decantation
 Mineral Additives  Mud degassing
 Special Organic Products  The hydrocyclones
 Weighting Materials  Special treatments for solids elimination
 Plugging Agents  Mud fabrication
 Transfer – pump boosting
 Measures
*Two weeks laboratory can be added to the course if the training is done on field or base camp
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WELL CONSTRUCTION:
DRILLING MATERIALS, EQUIPMENTS &
OPERATIONS
Duration: 10 days*
Objectives
This 10-day course is designed to provide drilling supervisors, drilling engineers and
operations engineering staff with an advanced knowledge on the drilling materials,
equipments and operations.
Who should attend
Drilling supervisors, drilling engineers and operations engineers of petroleum companies,

drilling contractors and services companies
Prerequisite
A basic knowledge on the drilling materials, equipments and operations is required.
Program
BHA – TOTCO INCLINOMETER

 Description of the standard “TOTCO”
RIG EQUIPMENT AND CALCULATIONS inclinometer
 Driving power and transmission  Assembly and operation principle of the
 The drawworks TOTCO
 The drilling line  Various run-in methods
 The reeving  Determination of the time setting
 The usage of drilling pumps  “Directional double recorder” TOTCO
BHA STABILIZATION - VERTICAL INTERACTIONS BITS / ROCKS

DRILLING  Introduction
 Drilling objective in vertical hole  Inter-actions bit / rock
 Deviation phenomena while drilling
dipped and interbedded formations ROLLER CONE BITS
 BHA selection  Introduction
 Stabilizations  Mode of work of tricone bits
 Conclusion  Description and manufacturing
 Tricone characteristics
BHA – AUXILIARY EQUIPMENTS  Rock bit metallurgy
 Hole openers  Improvement of rock bit technology
 The shock subs  Rock bit classification
 The drilling jars
 The safety equipment FIXED CUTTER BITS (Natural and
 The turbines and downhole motors synthetic diamond bits)
 Introduction
 Mode of work of fixed cutter drill bits
 Diamond bits
 Fixed cutter bits

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CORING TECHNOLOGY BOP AND AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT

 Introduction  Roles
 The standard core barrels  Types of bops
 Coring solutions  Choice of bops
 Oriented coring  Ram type bops
 Core bits  The annular bop
 Coring procedures  Diverter
 Other coring techniques  Rotating bop
 Core analysis  Choke manifold, kill and choke lines
 Inside bop valve
DRILL STRING CALCULATIONS  Recommendations
 Remind of the Archimedes' principle  Different bop stack configurations
 Buoyancy factor  Hydraulic control of the BOPs
 Determination of number of drill collars /
WOB WELL CONTROL
 International system of units (SI)
CASING  Introduction
 Purpose of casing  Necessary pressure notions needed for
 Casing specification and classification well control
 Preparation of the casing  Causes of kicks
 Running in hole operations  Kicks detection
 The liner  Shut-in procedures in fixed rig (rig
equipped with a surface bop)
 Kick calculations
WELLHEAD
 Kill methods of well control
Introduction
Basic design concepts of wellhead
Casing heads housing
Casing head spool
Sealing arrangements between casings
Tubing head spools
 Valves
 Auxiliary wellhead equipment
*The same course can be delivered in 5 days with less detail on each topic.

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DRILLING ENGINEERING:
GEOLOGY & RESERVOIR
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
engineering staff with a basic knowledge on the drilling engineering.
Who should attend
Prerequisite
None
Program
GEOLOGY INTRODUCTION TO HYDROCARBONS

 Introduction  Introduction
 Geology of your region  Requirements for petroleum accumulation
 Oil fields and gas fields system  Kerogen types
 Marginal marine environments  Temperature and time
 Tectonic: folds and faults  Crude oil classifications
 Seismic and logging  Migration processes
 Logging  Petroleum chemistry and
 Integrated study thermodynamical analysis
 Subsurface pressure
INTRODUCTION TO PETROPHYSICS  Conclusion
 Introduction
 Porosity INTRODUCTION TO RESERVOIR & DRIVE
 Permeability MECHANISMS
 Wettability  Introduction
 Capillary pressure  Original hydrocarbons in place in the
 Pressures reservoir
 Reserves
 Drive mechanisms
 Reservoir study

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WELL MONITORING
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
This course is designed to provide trainees with an overview of the well monitoring techniques.
Who should attend
Prerequisite
None
Program
WELL PLANNING ISSUES ELEMENTS OF WELL COSTING

 Geological analysis and evaluation  Rig Costs
 Engineering data  Operations costs
 H2S / CO2 / mercaptans  Services
 Casing design criteria  Total Well Costs
 Casing design
 Cementing program NON PRODUCTIVE TIME (NPT)
 Wellhead and BOP  Classification of NPT
 Directional drilling and well survey  Calculation of NPT
program
 Bottom hole assemblies and drillstring RISK ASSESSMENT IN DRILLING COST
design CALCULATIONS
 Bit selection  Estimating the P10 value
 Drilling fluid program  Estimation of P50 Value
 Rig selection  Estimation of P90 Value
 Wellbore evaluation
LEARNING CURVES
 Well production testing
 Learning Rate
 Completion objectives and design
 Types of Learning Curves
 Well intervention / well killing
TECHNICAL LIMIT DRILLING

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR DRILLING A
COST REDUCTION
WELL
DRILLING CONTRACTING STRATEGIES
WELL COSTING
 Conventional Contract
 Reasons For Costing
 Integrated Services (IS)
FACTORS AFFECTING WELL COSTS  Integrated Project Management (IPM)
DRILLING TIME ESTIMATE  Turn Key Contract
TIME ESTIMATE
DETAILED TIME ESTIMATE CURRENT AND FUTURE TRENDS IN
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WELL CONSTRUCTION:
DRILLING ENGINEERING
Duration: 10 days*
Objectives
This 10-day course concerns drilling engineering knowledge. At the end of the session, the
trainees acquired the necessary knowledge to prepare a drilling program and completion
program.
Who should attend
Drilling superintendents, drilling supervisors, drilling engineers, completion engineers and operations
engineers of petroleum companies, drilling contractors and services companies
Prerequisite
A basic knowledge on drilling technologies and on drilling engineering calculations is required.
Program
WELL PLANNING RIG SIZING

 Introduction  Capacity and power required for the
 Well planning hoisting system
 Rotary table power requirements
PORE PRESSURE & TEMPERATURE  Power required for pumping
 Introduction  Mud system evaluation
 Pressure and gradient definitions
 Abnormal pore pressure detection BIT SELECTION
 Temperature prediction  Introduction & Program
 Drilling bit classification (review)
CASING DESIGN and BOP PRESSURE  Bit selection
RATING  Critical rotary speeds
 Introduction – casing design process  Drilling optimization
 Data collection  Bit hydraulics
 Formation integrity tests  General considerations
 Fracture gradient determination
 Casing setting depth and sizes FLUID HYDROLICS CONSIDERATIONS
 Casing design  Hydraulics program preparation
 Pressure rating of bop equipment  Design of the hydraulics program
DRILLSTRING DESIGN CEMENTING CONSIDERATIONS

 Drill pipe properties – review  Introduction
 Drill pipe stress and deformations  Cement (review)
 Drilling strings calculations  Slurry selection
 Cement placement
 Well control
 Job design
*The same course can be delivered in 5 days with less detail on each topic, and inversely in 20
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DRILLING PRACTICES & OPERATIONS

Duration: 10 days
Objectives
The two-week course is designed for engineers and field personnel involved in planning and
implementation of drilling programs. The course covers all aspects of drilling technology. Drilling is a
complex operation requiring the marriage of different technologies and disciplines. The course
provides all the fundamentals necessary to drill a well whether it is a shallow well or a complex, high
pressure well.
Who should attend
Prerequisite
A basic knowledge on the drilling technologies is required.
Program
INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY FISHING

 The earth  Causes, prevention
 The rocks  Equipments, tools and procedures
 Tectonics  Typical fishing string
 Stratigraphy  Free point indicator
 Petroleum geology  Back-off – side track
 The reservoir (pore pressure, fluids)
 Oil prospecting BOP AND WELLHEAD TESTS
 BOP and accumulators tests (capacity
DRILLING BITS calculations and tests)
 Bit optimization – drill off test  Wellhead test procedures
 Mechanical and hydraulic parameters
 IADC bit wear classifications, study of bit CASING AND FORMATION TESTS
wears  Casing test
 Shoe bond test
DRILLING JARS  Leak off test
 Types, positioning and calibration
DIRECTIONAL DRILLING AND
BOREHOLE STABILITY AND COMMON EQUIPMENTS
DRILLING PROBLEMS  Directional well planning
 Borehole stability  Horizontal wells
 Stuck pipe
 Lost circulation SAFETY DRILL (KICK DRILL)
 Corrosion
EVALUATION AND CORRECTION

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RIG SIZING
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
engineering staff with a basic knowledge on the rig sizing.
Who should attend
Prerequisite
None
Program
INTRODUCTION
CAPACITY AND POWER REQUIRED FOR THE HOSTING SYSTEM

 Hoisting capacity
 Derricks, masts and substructures
 Power required for the hoisting system
ROTARY TABLE POWER REQUIREMENTS
POWER REQUIRED FOR PUMPING

 Review - characteristics of the mud pumps
 Theoretical and practical flow rate
 Discharge pressure
 Power
MUD SYSTEM EVALUATION

 Volume requirements
 Mixing systems
 Solids control needs
 Special requirements as per prognosis

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DRILL STRING, BHA & DESIGN

Duration: 5 days
Objectives
This 5-day basic course is designed to provide drilling supervisors, drilling engineers and operations
engineering staff with knowledge on the drill string, BHA and design.
Who should attend

Prerequisite
None
Program
THE DRILLING STRING

 Drill String introduction
 Drill Pipe
 Heavy Weight Drill Pipe (HWDP)
 Drill Collar (DC)
BHA STABILIZATION-VERTICAL DRILLING

 Drilling objective in vertical hole
 Deviation phenomena while drilling dipped and interbedded formations
 BHA Selection
 Common Stabilizations
 Conclusion
BHA – AUXILIARY EQUIPMENTS

 Hole Openers
 Shock Subs
 Drilling Jars
 Safety equipment
 Turbines & Downhole Motors
BHA – TOTCO INCLINOMETER

 Description of standard TOTCO inclinometer
 Assembly & operating principle of TOTCO
 Various run-in methods
 Determination of time setting
 Directional double recorder TOTCO
DRILLSTRING DESIGN
 Drill pipe properties- review
 Drill pipe stress & deformation
 Drilling strings calculations

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CASING DESING
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
engineering staff with knowledge on the casing design.
Who should attend
Prerequisite
None
Program
INTRODUCTION – CASING DESIGN PROCESS
DATA COLLECTION
FORMATION INTEGRITY TESTS
FRACTURE GRADIENT DETERMINATION

 Factors Influencing Fracture Gradient
 Theory of wellbore breakage
 FIT Interpretation
 Hubbert and Willis method
CASING SETTING DEPTH AND SIZES

 Casing Profiles
 Casing seat recommendations
 Example: Casing Seat Selection
 Casing and Hole Sizes
 API Casing Classification
CASING DESIGN
 Purpose of Casing
 Factors Influencing Casing Design
 Design Criteria
 Design Criteria
PRESSURE RATING OF BOP EQUIPMENT

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BOREHOLE INSTABILITY &

COMMONG DRILLING PROBLEMS
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
engineering staff with knowledge on the reasons of the borehole instability and other common drilling
problems and the methods to resolve them.
Who should attend
Prerequisite
None
Program
REASONS OF BOREHOLE INSTABILITY  High angle hole cleaning guidelines (

 Shale instability >35°)
 Unconsolidated formation
 Fractured formation SHALE INSTABILITY
 Mobil formation  Chemically stressed
 Thermal reaction – evaporate deposits  Mechanically stressed
 Bad hole-cleaning
UNCONSOLIDATED FORMATION
STUCK PIPE  Indications of unconsolidated formation
 Introduction  Preventive actions for unconsolidated
 Definitions formation
 Causes FRACTURED FORMATION
 Indications of fractured formation
MECHANISMS  Preventive actions for fractured formation
 Definitions
 Hole pack-off causes CEMENT BLOCKS
 Hole bridge causes
SOFT CEMENT
SETTLED CUTTINGS
 Settled cuttings, near vertical wellbore JUNK
(<35°)
 Settled cuttings, high angle wellbore DIFFERENTIAL STICKING
(>35°)  Definition
 Indications of settled cuttings  Differential sticking conditions
 Preventive actions
 Minimum flow rate (gpm) versus hole size WELLBORE GEOMETRY
and hole angle
 Maximum rate of penetration (rop) versus LOSS CIRCULATION
hole size and hole angle  Definitions
 Minimum circulating strokes factor (csf) to  Adverse effects on drilling operations
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METHODS FOR LOCATING LOSS DEPTH

PRESSURE INDUCED FRACTURE  Survey methods
 Causes of lost circulation  Practical methods
 Warning  Considerations for survey methods
 Indications
 First actions (total loss) RESTORING CIRCULATION
 Preventive actions  Guidelines for lost circulation solutions
 Guidelines for successful lost circulation
NATURALLY EXISTING FRACTURE / HIGH materials (lcm) results
PERMEABILITY  Seepage loss solutions ( < 3 m3/hr )
 Causes of lost circulation  Partial loss solutions ( > 3 m3/hr )
 Warning  Total loss solutions (no return)
 Indications  Sealing materials used for lost circulation
 First actions (total loss)  Spotting procedures for lost circulation
 Preventive actions materials (lcm)
 Spotting procedures for specially pill
LOSS SEVERITY CLASSIFICATIONS  Spotting procedures for gunk pill
 Seepage loss (cement/bentonite/diesel)
 Partial loss  Spotting procedures for cement
 Total loss
LOSS CIRCULATION PREVENTION
GUIDELINES
PRECAUTIONS WHILE DRILLING WITHOUT

RETURNS
*The same course can be delivered in 10 or 15 days with a closer look at each topic according
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FISHING TOOLS & OPERATIONS

Duration: 5 days
Objectives
engineering staff with knowledge on the fishing tools and operations.
Who should attend
Prerequisite
None
Program
INTRODUCTION  Washover Tools

 Definitions  External Catch Tools
 Causes  Internal Catch Tools
 Releasing Spear
PREVENTIONS AND PROCEDURES  Safety Joints
 Deficiency of equipments  Jarring System
 Human error or human negligence  Internal Pipe Cutting Tools
 Inadequate program  External Pipe Cutting Tools
 Borehole stability  Cable Fishing Tools
 Fundamental rules  Back-Off Tools
DECISIONS FISHING BHA

 Decision parameters  BHA for Milling Operations
 Decision tree  BHA for Junk Basket Operations
 BHA for Releasing Spear
FISHING TOOLS  BHA for Internal or External Catch tools
 Minimum equipment required on rig site  BHA with jar Intensifier
 Repairing tools  BHA for Washover Operations
 Impression Block
 Junk Fishing Tools BHA for Washover Operations
 Milling Tools

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BACK OFF & SIDE TRACK

Duration: 5 days
Objectives
This 5-day basic course is designed to provide drilling supervisors, drilling engineers and
operations engineering staff with knowledge on the back off and side track.
Who should attend
Drilling supervisors, drilling engineers and operations engineers of petroleum companies,

drilling contractors and services companies
Prerequisite
None
Program
INTRODUCTION
STUCK POINT DETERMINATION

 Elongation Measurement or Free-Pointing
 The Free Point Indicator (FPI)
BACK OFF
 Back off with explosive
 Mechanical back off
SIDE TRACK
 Introduction
 Kick off zone selection
 Side track procedures in openhole
 Setting of cement plug method
 An alternative to openhole side track: whipstock
 Side track procedures in cased hole

 Side track through a casing window
 Side track with the whipstock

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DIRECTIONAL DRILLING
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
This 5-days introductory course is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to directional

drilling and horizontal applications. With theory and practice, attendees will learn the benefits of
directional and common methods adapted to design, drill, survey and monitor deviated wells.
Who should attend
Drilling, production and operations engineers, drilling supervisors, toolpushers, managers and
technical support personnel, and also services companies staff.
Prerequisite
None
Program
INTRODUCTION
 History
 Applications Of Directional Drilling
DIRECTIONAL WELL PLANNING

 Positioning And Coordinate Systems
 Survey Calculation Methods
 Basic Well Planning
SURVEYING
 Magnetic Declination Angle
 Magnetic Interference
 Survey Instruments
DEFLECTION METHODS
 Whipstock
 Jetting
 Down Hole Motor With Bent Sub
 Steerable Positive Displacement Motor
 Toolface Orientation
DOWNHOLE MOTORS
 Positive Displacement Motor
 Steerable Displacement Motor
 Drilling Fluid Requirements With Pdms
DRILL STRING, BHA SELECTION & DESIGN ROTATE/NON ROTATE ASSEMBLIES
HORIZONTAL WELLS

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DRILLING BIT TECHNOLOGIES

Duration: 5 days
Objectives
This course module is designed to provide a large overview of the drilling bits and their use. On
completion of the course, the attendees will be able to describe the concept of the different drilling
bits, to cope with the drilling performance following the bit choice and to describe the bit wear.
Who should attend
Drilling engineers, drilling supervisors, toolpushers, drillers, managers and technical support
personnel engaged in drilling and workovers.
Prerequisite
A basic knowledge on the drilling technologies is required.
Program
INTER-ACTION BIT / ROCK  Fixed cutter bits

 Characteristics of the rock as material to  Manufacturing
be destroyed  Design
 Attack of the rock by the bit  IADC Classification
 Attack of the bit by the rock
 Bit optimization BIT OPTIMIZATION
 The drilling parameters
ROLLER CONE BITS
 Mechanical parameters
 Mode of work  The drill off test
 Description and manufacturing  Hydraulic parameters
 Tricone characteristics  Design
 Cutting structure  Bits choice
 Bearings and Seals  Based on the wear analysis
 Hydraulic system  The break even method
 Rock bit metallurgy
 Improvement of rock bit technology STUDY OF WEAR ON ROLLER CONE BIT
 IADC Rock bit classification  Roller cone bit IADC dull grading system
 Dull condition evaluation
DIAMOND AND FIXED CUTTER BITS
 Introduction – Type of diamonds used STUDY OF WEAR ON FIXED CUTTER BITS
 Mode of work  Fixed cutter bit IADC dull grading system
 Diamond bits  Dull condition evaluation
 Manufacturing
 Application
 Design
 Selection

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CORING TECHNOLOGIES
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
This course module is designed to provide an overview of the coring equipments and operations. On
completion of the course, the attendees will be able to describe the coring process and to choose the
equipment accordingly to the operational objectives and constraints.
Who should attend
Drilling engineers, drilling supervisors, toolpushers, drillers, managers and technical support
personnel engaged in drilling and workovers.
Prerequisite
None
Program
INTRODUCTION CORE BITS
THE STANDARD CORE BARRELS CORING PROCEDURES

 The planning phase
CORING SOLUTIONS  Rig site location
 Conventional coring  Picking up the coring equipment
 Fiberglass inner tubes  Running in the hole
 Aluminum inner tubes  Cutting of the core
 Long barrel coring  Making a connection
 Gel coring  Operating parameters
 Unconsolidated formation coring
 Oriented coring OTHER CORING TECHNIQUES
 Horizontal well coring  Sidewall coring
 Pressure well coring  Wireline coring
 Sponge coring (DBS)  Slimhole coring
 Clean core (DBS)
 CoreGard concept (BHI) CORE ANALYSIS
ORIENTED CORING
*The same course can be delivered in 10 days with a closer look at each topic according to
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INTRODUCTORY COURSE TO WELL CONTROL

Duration: 5 days
Objectives
To provide the personnel working on the drilling rig with a general training on the well control
techniques and equipments.
Who should attend
- Roughnecks
- Floormen
- Roustabouts
- Derrick man
- Fluids Engineer
- Drilling engineers & technicians beginners
- Any personnel working on the drilling rig who need a basic training in well control
Prerequisite
None
Program
 Familiarization with the phenomena of abnormal pressure during operations

 Primary Well Control
 Causes of kicks
 Kicks indications
 Basic calculations
 Normal & abnormal formation pressure
 Hydrostatic exercises
 Hydrostatic pressure losses due to the defective filling of wells
 Pressure systems losses & equivalent circulation density
 Leaks back tests & determination
 Equivalent mud losses
 Maximum mud weight - fracturing pressure
 Introduction to the kill sheet
 Introduction to the well control equipment

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WELL CONTROL
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
The course is intended for Drilling technicians, drilling engineers and drilling supervisors to enable
them to understand origins, detection and many of the well control issues that can adversely impact
their company's drilling operations, particularly possible responses to the phenomena of formation
pressure variation during drilling operations. This course provides the participants with theoretical and
practical knowhow and techniques to handle well control situations in drilling environments on both
surface and subsea locations.
Who should attend
- Assistant Driller
- Driller
- Toolpusher
- Superintendents & Supervisors (Drilling / Fluids & Cement / Production / HSE)
- Technicians & Engineers
Prerequisite
None
Program
INTRODUCTION: DEFINITION OF KICK AND BLOWOUT – TERMINOLOGY
WELL CONTROL NOTIONS

 Basic Concepts
 Hydrostatic Pressure
 Formation Pressure
 Overburden Pressure
 Fracture Pressure
 Maximum Pressure allowable
 Bottom-Hole Pressure
 Pump Pressure
 Surge and Swab Pressure
 Shut-In Drill Pipe Pressure
 Shut-In Casing Pressure
 Basic Calculations
 Capacity
 Displacement
 Pump outputs
 Fluid weight up
 "U" tube / others
KICK INFORMATION
 Causes - Detection during drilling and during tripping
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 Driller's procedure for well control

 Safety equipment periodic test and safety drill

 KILLSHEET NOTIONS AND USAGE
 Taking readings
 Strokes to bit
 Kill weight mud
 Initial circulating pressure
 Final circulating pressure
 Decline schedule
DRILLER'S METHOD
 Control principle - calculations and kill graph
 Application: case story / equipment incidents / risk of losses above the kick zone
WEIGHT AND WEIGHT METHOD

 Applications
WELL CONTROL EQUIPMENT

 B.O.P
 Diverter
 Closing units and accumulator
 Choke and standpipe manifolds
 Inside B.O.P & safety valve....
EVALUATION AND CORRECTION
Practical exercises on simulator are added if the training is followed by IWCF certification
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WELL INTERVENTION
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
To provide an understanding of well intervention and pressure control techniques, with the skills to
plan, supervise and carry out well intervention:
 To understand the behavior of a producing well,
 To learn about the equipment used in wire line, coiled tubing and snubbing,
 To grasp safety barrier principles,
 To learn about the equipment, and acquire the methods used to control well pressure,
 To pass the IWCF “Well Intervention” Test.
Who should attend

Engineers and technicians, who have to plan, supervise or carry out well intervention
Prerequisite
None
Program
BASIC PRINCIPLES AND WELL  Tool trap

FUNDAMENTALS  Braided line, e-line
 Double BOP
 Physics applied to the well
 Grease injection system
 Hydrostatic pressures  Tool trap, tool catcher
 Coiled tubing
 Specific gravities
 Different types of BOP, strippers
 Densities  Problem during the interventions,
interpretation and decision
 Pressure gradient  Snubbing
 Pore pressure  BOP, types and stacks
 Specific constraints
 Over/underbalance  Problem during the interventions,
interpretation and decision
COMPLETION EQUIPMENT
 Different types of completion PRESSURE CONTROL APPLIED TO
 Specific equipment as COMPLETION AND WELL
 Packers INTERVENTION
 SCSSV  Barriers, pressure tests
 Side pocket mandrels  Well calculation (pressure, volume, kill
 Casing, tubing fluid, pumping time, balancing the
 Tubing hanger pressure at the circulating device…)
 Xmas tree  Shut in procedures
 Kill methods (direct or reverse circulation,
DIFFERENT TYPES OF INTERVENTION bull heading, lubricate and bleed…)
WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE EQUIPMENT  Specific problems linked to producing
 Wire line intervention wells (thief zones, losses, plugging,
 Slick line migration, hydrates…)
 BOP  Responsibilities, decision making
 Lubricator
 Stuffing box

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DRILLING FLUIDS TECHNOLOGIES

Duration: 10 days*
Objectives
This course module is designed to provide an overview of the drilling fluids techniques and
operations.
Who should attend
- Drilling Engineers
- Fluids & Cement Engineers
- Drilling Supervisor
- Fluids & Cement Supervisor
- Toolpushers from drilling and production sectors
Prerequisite
A basic knowledge on drilling fluids technologies is required.
Program
DRILLING FLUIDS FUNCTIONS COMMON CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN THE

 Introduction MUD CHEMISTRY
 Drilling fluid functions  Introduction
 Summary  Gyp or anhydrite contamination
 Cement contamination
BASIC CHEMISTRY  Seawater
 Introduction  Carbon dioxide gas contamination
 Classification of matter  Carbonate and bicarbonate contamination
 Atomic structure  Hydrogen sulfide (h2s) contamination
 Valence  Removal of oxygen with oxygen
 Electron shell scavenger
 Ionic bonding  Acid treatments
 Ionic bonding  Phosphates
 Compounds  Effect of lignite on calcium
 Formula
 Stoichiometry – stoichiometric reactions CONTAMINATION AND TREATMENT
 Equivalent weight  Introduction
 Balancing and equation  Anhydrite or gypsum contamination
 Solubility  Cement contamination
 Ph and alkalinity  Carbonate contamination
 Acids, bases and salts  Salt contamination
 Concentrations of solutions  Salt water flow
 Mixtures – solutions – emulsions –  Hydrogen sulfide (h2s) contamination
dispersions  Quick reference for recognizing and
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DRILLING FLUIDS - CALCULATIONS INHIBITIVE WATER BASED MUD SYSTEMS

 Introduction  Introduction
 Us oilfield and metric units  Calcium-based muds
 General wellbore calculations  Lime muds
 Pumps output  Gyp muds
 Annular velocity  Salt based muds
 Circulation time  Potassium-based muds
 Hydrostatic pressure  Polymer fluids
 Example calculations
 Weight increase using mud materials OIL BASED MUDS
 Weight reduction using water or oil  Introduction
 Volume increase using mud materials  Oil mud applications
 Mixing liquids of different densities  Disadvantages of oil mud
 Oil mud products description
RHEOLOGY  Types of base oils used
 Introduction  Oil mud formulations
 Rheology  Mixing procedures
 Flow regimes  Oil mud properties
 Trouble shooting oil muds
CLAY CHEMISTRY  Oil mud calculations
 Introduction  Gas solubility in oil mud
 Type of clay
 Caution exchange capacity (cec) SOLIDS CONTROL
 Composition of clay-water mud  Introduction
 Principles of chemical treatment  Characteristics of solids
 Methods for solids controls
TESTING Equipments and PROCEDURES  Principles of mechanical solids separation
 Introduction  Sequence of solids control devices
 Density of fluid (or mud weight)  Solids removal devices
 Viscosity  Dewatering and zero-discharge solids
 Filtration control
 Sand content
 Liquid and solid content DRILLI-IN FLUIDS
 Hydrogen ion concentration (ph)  Introduction
 Chemical analysis of water drilling fluids  Formation damage mechanisms
 Drill-in fluids types and applications
NON INHIBITIVE WATER BASED MUD
SYSTEMS
 Introduction
 Non-inhibitive fluid
*One week laboratory can be added to the course if the training is done on field or base
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DRILLING FLUIDS & SOLIDS CONTROL

Duration: 5 days
Objectives
This course module is designed to provide an overview of the drilling fluids and the solids control.
Who should attend
Prerequisite
None
Program
DRILLING FLUIDS AND HYDRAULICS DRILLING FLUID PROPERTIES
DRILLING FLUIDS PRESSURE

 Make-up of a drilling fluid  Hydrostatic pressure
 Normal drilling fluids  Hydraulic pressure
 Special drilling fluids  Imposed pressure
 Lime base muds  Pressure imposed by the pump
 Lime-treated muds  Pressure imposed by the formation
 Emulsion muds - oil in water  Pascal's law
 Inhibited muds
 Gypsum base muds DRILLING FLUID REPORTING
 Oil based muds PARAMETERS
 Inverted emulsions  Density
 Salt water muds  Plastic viscosity
 Silicate muds  Yield point
 Low solids muds  Gel strength
 Drilling fluid classification systems  Ph
 Drilling fluid additives  Filtrate/water loss
 Alkalinity, mud pm alkalinity, filtrate
MATERIAL BALANCE EQUATIONS  Salt/chlorides
 Calcium
OIL-BASED DRILLING FLUIDS  Sand content
 Electrical Stability  Solids content
 Oil: Water Ratio  Funnel viscosity
 Aniline Point
HYDRAULICS
DRILLING FLUID ECONOMICS  Bingham plastic model
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HYDRAULIC CALCULATIONS PRINCIPLES OF MECHANICAL SOLIDS

 Surface pressure losses SEPARATION
 Pressure loss in the drillstring  Processing in sequence
 Drillstring pressure losses  Total flow processing
 Annular pressure losses  No bypassing
 Reynolds number and critical velocity
SEQUENCE OF SOLIDS CONTROL
CUTTINGS TRANSPORT DEVICES
 Cuttings slip velocity  Solid removal region
 Addition region
SWAB AND SURGE PRESSURE  Mud check (suction) region
 Swab and surge analysis report
SOLIDS REMOVAL DEVICES
MUD HYDRAULICS ANALYSIS REPORT  Shale shakers
 Hydrocyclones
SOLIDS CONTROL INTRODUCTION  Desanders
 Desilters
CHARACTERISTICS OF SOLIDS
 Mud Cleaners
 Types of solids
 Centrifuges
 Classification of particles sizes
 Shape of solids
DEWATERING AND ZERO-DISCHARGE
 Concentration and size distribution of SOLIDS CONTROL
solids
METHODS FOR SOLIDS CONTROLS

 Dilution method
 Gravity settling method
 Mechanical separation method
 Chemical-mechanical separation method

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CEMENTING TECHNOLOGIES
BASIC
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
This 5-days course is designed to provide a basic knowledge on the cementing technologies. This
session will cover cement standards, cement materials, primary cementing, plug cementing,
squeeze cementing, cement evaluation, and good cementing practices.
Who should attend
Prerequisite
None
Program
CEMENTING-GENERAL
 Introduction
 Casings
 Types of casing strings
 Cementing
 Cementing objectives
 Cement slurry volume
 Displacement volume
 Cements usage
 Cementing job process
 Cementing equipment for single stage column
 Cementing for multiple stage column
CEMENT SLURRY PROPERTIES

 Introduction
 Cement slurry properties
 Slurry properties as defined in laboratory testing

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LABORATORY TESTING
 Introduction
 Slurry preparation
 Slurry tests
 Density measurement
 Fluid-loss testing
 Rheology testing
 Thickening-time tests
 Compressive strength testing
 Transition time testing
 Slurry contamination testing
 Free fluid testing
 Slurry stability/settling test
 Other tests
CEMENTING EQUIPMENT
 Introduction
 Bulk cement handling equipment
 Cement mixing equipment
 Auxiliary equipment
MUD REMOVAL-SLURRY DISPLACEMENT

 Introduction
 Importance of mud displacement
 Mud-removal process
 Factors affecting mud-displacement efficiency
 Well preparation
 Mud conditioning before running casing
 Running casing
 Conditioning the drilling fluid
 Displacement techniques
 Problem analysis
 Turbulent-flow technique
 Effective laminar-flow technique
 Displacement fluids or preflushes
 Purpose of chemical washes and spacers
 Chemical washes
 Spacers
 Preflush volumes for turbulent-flow displacement
 Preflush volumes for effective laminar-flow displacement

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CEMENTING TECHNOLOGIES
ADVANCED
Duration: 10 days*
Objectives
This 10-days course is designed to develop and deepen the basic knowledge on cementing. This
session will cover cement standards, cement materials, primary cementing, plug cementing,
squeeze cementing, cement evaluation and good cementing practices
Who should attend
Prerequisite
A basic knowledge on the cementing technologies is required.
Program
 Primary cementing & casing hardware

 Cement manufacturing and additives
 Cement slurry properties
 Laboratory testing
 Cementing equipments
 Mud removal – Slurry displacement
 Gas migration
 Foam cement
 Special cements
 Well analysis and slurry selection
 Horizontal well cementing
 Cementing failure – Causes and Solutions
 Remedial cementing
 Introduction to cementing evaluation
*One week laboratory can be added to the course if the training is done on field or base
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DRILLING FLUIDS & CEMENT

TECHNOLOGIES & PRACTICES
Duration: 17 weeks
Objectives
The purpose of this training course is to train future drilling fluid supervisors or anyone else
responsible for Fluid engineering projects in the company.
At the end of the training, the trainees acquired the necessary knowledge to analyze a drilling fluids
program (mud and cement). They are able to prepare and to follow the operations while drilling and to
converse efficiently with the specialists.
Who should attend
- Senior technicians
- Mud engineers
- Any other personnel involved in operations
Prerequisite
- Basic knowledge of physics and chemistry,

- Training as a Derrickman and Assistant Driller in a contractor drilling company
- Drilling knowledge: level Assistant driller of the “Drilling supervisor training program”
Program
If the pre-requisites are respected, the training start with the module “Basic Fluids & Cements”
courses named “BFC”. If the trainees have no experience in drilling, they must follow the module
“Basic Drilling Training (BDT)” before to start “BFC”.
I. BASIC DRILLING TRAINING PROGRAM (3  Casing and equipment

weeks)  Well head
 Bop and Auxiliary equipment
INTRODUCTION TO PETROLEUM
 Drilling bit technology
GEOLOGY (5 days)
 Coring technology and core bit
 Introduction - The Earth
 Directional drilling
 The Rocks
 Well control
 Tectonic
 DST (introduction)
 Stratigraphy
 Completion (introduction)
 Reservoir characterization
 Safety on rig site
 Exploration : geology, geophysics
 Knowledge Evaluation
 Cartography (theory and practice on)
 Rig site geology
II. BASIC FLUIDS & CEMENTS (BFC) (14
weeks)
INTRODUCTION TO DRILLING (10 days)
 Drilling rigs BASIC DRILLING FLUIDS (8 weeks)
 Drilling rig functions  Drilling Fluid Functions, types and
 Drill string and equipments properties of the drilling fluids.
 Architecture of a well  Basic Chemistry

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 Chemical dosages  Calculation on slurries: definition of the

 Common Chemical reaction in mud different terms
chemistry  Rheology: models, calculations,
 Use of the control material application to slurry rules displacement
 Basic Engineering calculations  Spacers
 Rheology  Mechanism of fluids displacement:
 Hydraulic mud/spacer/slurry
 Clays chemistry, structures and  Application to Primary cementation
properties  Cementing equipments : cementing unit,
 Shale caused problems batch mixer, cementing head, visit on
yard
 Solid content
 Primary cementing: calculations
 Calculations on LGS/HGS
 Liner cementing: method and calculations
 Filtration, Darcy's law
 Special systems: Saturated salty slurries,
 Water-based mud systems
Thixotropic, Lightweight slurry system
 Testing water based mud system
 Introduction to horizontal well cementing
 Contamination
 Gas migration
 Polymer mud system
 Criteria for successful cementing
 Gypsum mud system
 Reasons of failures of the cementing
 Saturated salt water mud. operations and remedies
 KCL, PHPA mud system  Plug cementing and placement
 Borehole Stability  Remedial cementing
 Oil based mud system  Cementing job evaluation: during the job,
 Solids removal - Solids analysis after the job
 Drill-in Fluids, damaging fluids  Cementing job evaluation: during the job,
 Service Companies presentation: after the job
Systems & Produces  Service Companies presentation:
 Elaboration of a drilling fluid program Systems & Products
 Drilling fluid reports and well reports
Laboratory (5 days)
WORKOVER/COMPLETION FLUIDS (5  Laboratory facilities and equipments
days)  Procedures & Normalization of API tests
 Completion/Workover Fluid Functions,  Realization and mixing of a cement slurry
types and properties.  Density design and Rheological
 Characteristics and usage limits characteristic
(engineering).  Filtration test
 Application and fluid design.  Thickening time test - Compressive
 Formation damage strength test spacer scavenging
capabilities determination
BASIC CEMENT (5 weeks)  Mixing spacer : rheology and
compatibilities
Theoretical Training (20 days)  Laboratory cement report
 Primary cementing  Application Computer Aid
 Casing hardware
 Cement manufacturing and cement *There are two possibilities for on-the-job
chemistry Cement laboratory introduction training:
 Properties and characteristics of slurries - Organized by the client without
 Cementing additives Drilnet
- Organized by the client with the "On
job training" process from Drilnet

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WELL TESTING
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
engineering staff with knowledge on the well testing allowing the production optimization.
The aim of the course is to provide trainees with sufficient knowledge to understand the importance of
the planning and programming stage in defining the requirements of the well test. Upon completion of
this course, the participants will have a better understanding of the factors in planning and preparing a
successful well program.
Who should attend
- Production Supervisor
- Production Engineer
- Any other personnel involved in E&P operations as a coordinator
Prerequisite
None
Program
 Introduction
 Aims And Objectives
 Introduction To Well Testing
 Types Of Well Tests
 Formation Damage & Skin Effect
 Reservoir Fluid Sampling
 Surface Sampling
 Safety Planning
 Responsibilities
 Defined Responsibilities For The Well Test Program
 The Well Test Design
 Operations Design
 Offsite Checklists
 Onsite Checklists
 Examples Of Well Test Programs/Procedures
 End Of Well Test Operations

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ARTIFICIAL LIFT:
GAS LIFT
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
The aim of this course is to explain how a gas lifted well is working and how to design it.
This course covers all the aspects of a gas lift installation from the reservoir aspect up to the surface
installation and trouble shooting.
Who should attend
This course is intended primarily for reservoir engineers and petroleum engineers beginners or
experienced.
Prerequisite
None
Program
 Gas lift downhole equipment

 Valves- type and functions
 Casing operated valves, butting
 Flowing gradients -Tubing performances operated valves
curves  Miscellaneous valves
 Inflow performances  Valve calibration at workshop
 Well representation  Design of gas lift installation
 Positioning side pocket
 Reservoir performances
mandrels
 Nodal analysis  Valve selection
 Outflow performances  Gas lift design
 Vertical pressure gradients curves for  Completion designs
two-phase flow  Special gas lift system
 Introducing gas lift  Close-circuit gas lift.
 Principles, main parameters  Intermittent gas lift.
 Characteristics, advantages and  High-pressure gas lift, high IP,
limitations.  Dual gas lift
 Analyzing and monitoring a gas lift
operation
 Surface equipment
 Start up procedures and
recommendations.
 Trouble shooting

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WATER INJECTION OPERATIONS

Duration: 1 day
Objectives
This 1-day course is designed to provide oil & gas technicians with knowledge and understanding of
water injection operations.
Who should attend
Oil & Gas Technicians
Prerequisite
None
Program
 Principles of water injection

 Principles of deaeration
 Principles of oxygen scavenging
 Deaeration and filtration plant
 Types of water injection filtration plant available
 Water injection wells, downhole completions and reservoir formation
 Water injection operations and monitoring
 Hazards associated with water injection operations

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INTRODUCTION TO HYDRAULIC FRACTURING

Duration: 2 days
Objectives
The course is designed to give a broad overview of how fracturing works, the terminology used,
and the processes that are incorporated into hydraulic fracturing. The attendees will be presented
an in-detail tour of the various processes, history, requirements, and issues surrounding hydraulic
fracturing. On the completion of the course the attendees will be able to identify the processes of
hydraulic fracturing and articulate the various challenges and issues associated with this drilling
technique.
Who should attend
- Oil and gas industry executives, managers, and directors

- Project managers and directors
- Operational directors and managers
- Environmental, health, and safety managers and directors
- Regulators from local, state, and federal levels of government
- Legal personnel involved with the oil and gas industry
- Financial institutions involved in oil and gas activities
- Engineers in energy extraction and production
- Governmental and community affairs executives, managers, and directors
- Individuals new to the oil and gas industry
Program
PERSPECTIVE  Well completionFRACTURING

 History of hydraulic fracturing
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING IN OIL & GAS  Action of fracturing
ACTIVITIES  Frac design
 Shale plays = differences in fracturing
GEOLOGY  Onshore vs. offshore fracturing
 Classification of rocks  Post-treatment reports
 Formation  Well bore diameter
 Porosity  Fracturing horizontal wells
 Permeability
 Geological mapping TRUTHS AND MYTHS
 Creation of oil and gas  Groundwater contamination
 Brief history of oil and gas production  Water used for fracturing
 Fracturing causing earthquakes
DRILLING  Emissions stemming from fracturing
 What it takes to drill (people, equipment,  EPA’s Pavilion, Wyoming, report
money, time, etc.)
 Current issues facing fracturing
 History of drilling: from water to oil and
gas
FUTURE OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
 Differences in drilling techniques
 Regulations and transparency
 Vertical and horizontal
 “Super fracturing”: How deep? How far?
 Casing in drilling
 Technology development
 Problems with drilling

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HP/HT WELL DRILLING

Duration: 5 days
Objectives
engineering staff with knowledge on the drilling of high pressure and high temperature wells.
Who should attend
Prerequisite
None
Program
DEFINITION DRILLING STRING CONSIDERATIONS

 Drilling components
RIG SELECTION  Measurement tools
MUD SELECTION
WELL TESTING CONSIDERATIONS
 Comparison between Water Based and
 Mud as a test fluid
SBM muds
 Kill weight brine as a test fluid
 Well control issues
 Sea water as a test fluid
 FIT considerations
 Consequences for testing with sub kill or
 Thermal effects on fracture gradient
kill weight fluid
 Pressure to break gel
 Typical test string design
 Pipe speed
 Breathing and/or Ballooning CEMENTING CONSIDERATIONS
 Barite sagging in HPHT Wells
TRAPPED ANNULUS PRESSURE
CASING DESIGN  Cause
 Example casing design for HPHT Wells  Mathematical analysis
 Differential pressures
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON CASING
STRENGTH
 Example Reduced Burst Strength Due to
High Temperature

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PORE PRESSURE DETERMINATION

Duration: 5 days
Objectives
This 5-day course is designed to provide drilling supervisors and drilling engineers with an advanced
knowledge on the pore pressure determination.
Who should attend
- Drilling Supervisors
Prerequisite
A basic knowledge on the pore pressure determination is required to follow this course.
Program
DEFINITIONS MUD LOGGING METHODS

 Rate of Penetration (ROP)
HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE  Corrected D Exponent
 Overburden Pressure  Pore Pressure Calculation From DC
 Matrix Stress Exponent Data
 Limitations of the D Exponent
PORE PRESSURE  Drag, Torque and Fill
 Normal Pore Pressure  Gas Levels
 Abnormal Pore Pressure  Temperature Data
 Subnormal Pore Pressure  Flowline Temperature
 Cuttings Parameters
CAUSES OF ABNORMAL PORE
PRESSURE
LOGS
 Depositional Effects
 Gamma Ray
 Diagenetic Processes
 Resistivity
 Tectonic Effects
 Sonic Logs
 Structural Causes
 Theory Of Sonic Logging
 Reservoir Structure
 Resistivity Logs
 Thermodynamic Processes
 Formation Density Logs
 Abnormal Pore Pressure Evaluation

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DAILY MONITORING OF WELLS

Duration: 5 days
Objectives
This 5-day basic course is designed to provide production engineers and technicians with knowledge
on the daily monitoring of wells.
Who should attend
Production engineers & technicians from petroleum and services companies
Prerequisite
None
Program
PRESENTATION: "FROM RESERVOIR TO WIRE-LINE AND MAINTENANCE

SEPARATOR" OPERATIONS
 Plugs, SCSSV, injection valves
BASIC KNOWLEDGE  Bottom hole measurements,
 The effluent simultaneous surface measurements
 The reservoir  Other wire-line operations
 The effluent and the reservoir  Coiled tubing, Swabbing
 Reservoir treatment
TUBING ARCHITECTURE
 Types of completion MEASUREMENTS AND RECORDINGS
 Discussion of a typical completion  Definitions
 Pressure drops  Location
 Hydrostatic pressure loss  Procedures
 Effects of friction  What for?
 Pressure loss in the installations  Which record types?
 Representation of pressure loss
THE WELL AND ITS DRAWBACKS
ACTIVATION  Deposits
 Selection of an activation means  Hydrates
 Gas lift activation  Corrosion
 Reciprocating rod pumping
 Electrical submersible pumping THE WELL AND ITS CONTROL
 Progressing cavity pumping  Wells monitoring
 Hydraulic reciprocating pumping  Wells kick off
 Hydraulic jet pumping  The collapse
 The trouble shooting

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MANAGED PRESSURE DRILLING (MPD)

Duration: 5 days
Objectives
This 5-day course is designed to provide drilling supervisors and drilling engineers with an advanced
knowledge on the managed pressure drilling. The purpose of this training is to provide a
comprehensive and practical knowledge of non-conventional techniques used in advanced drilling
and completion processes to enhance drilling performance and oil recovery
Who should attend
- Mud Engineers
- Superintendents
- Supervisors
- All professionals involved in well planning and operations
Prerequisite
A basic knowledge on drilling and well control is required to follow this course.
Program
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF MANAGED MANAGED PRESSURE DRILLING USING

PRESSURE DRILLING PRESSURE AS PRIMARY CONTROL
 History, objectives and definitions  Introduction, open and closed back
 Occurrence and implications of narrow pressure systems
pore and fracture pressures windows on  Automated back pressure system
well design and well control technology
 Dynamic factors affecting bottom hole  Continuous circulating system technology
pressure
 Mathematics and examples
MANAGED PRESSURE DRILLING USING
MUD CAP DRILLING FLOW AS PRIMARY CONTROL
 History of mud cap drilling  Process description
 Pressurized and floating mud cap  Equipment and technology
 Mud cap operation  Applications
MANAGED PRESSURE DRILLING CONCLUSION

EQUIPMENT  Advantages of managed pressure drilling
 Rotating control devices  Potential and limitations
 Chokes  Typical applications
 Drill pipe non return valves and down-
hole annular valves
 ECD reduction tools
 Coriolis flow-meter, friction pump

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UNDER BALANCED DRILLING

Duration: 5 days
Objectives
engineering staff with knowledge on the under balanced drilling.
Who should attend
Prerequisite
None
Program
INTRODUCTION TO UBD SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

 Why the UBD?  Surface equipment
 Well Candidate for UBD, the criteria  Downhole equipment
 Misunderstandings on UBD  Coiled Tubing drilling
UBD FLUID TYPES DRILLING ENGINEERING

 Liquid drilling Fluids  Fluid mechanics
 Gaseous drilling Fluids  Torque & Drag
 Mist Drilling  Hole Stability
 Foam Drilling
 Aerated Fluid Drilling SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
 Safety
UBD TECHNIQUES  Regulation Requirements
 Gas Injection through Standpipe  Environmental issues
 Gas Injection through Parasitic String  Corrosion of Drillstring
 Gas Injection through Parasitic Liner  Erosion of Tubulars
 Downhole Fire
 Vibrations

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COIL TUBING TECHNOLOGIES

Duration: 5 days
Objectives
This 5-days course is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to coil tubing equipments and
operations.
Who should attend
Drilling, production and operations engineers, drilling and production supervisors, toolpushers,
managers and technical support personnel engaged in drilling, completions and workover.
Prerequisite
Drilling technologies knowledge's are necessary to better understand the program content.
Program
 CT Unit types
 CT Components
 CT Auxiliary Equipments
 CT Tools
 Nitrogen Equipments
 CT Application
 Gas Lift, Fill Removal, Jetting, Stimulation, etc.
 Milling, Drilling, Cementing, Fishing, Sand Control, etc.
 N2 Calculations

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CASING WHILE DRILLING

Duration: 2 days
Objectives
This 2-days course is designed to provide trainees with an overview of the casing while drilling
techniques.
Who should attend
Prerequisite
None
Program
 General view
 Advantages and Disadvantages
 Types of CwD, Scenarios for CwD applications
 Operational aspects of CwD
 Rig and downhole tool equipment design and applications
 Hydraulics
 Drilling fluids for CwD
 Well control while drilling with casing
 Surface-hole casing while drilling
 Drilling efficiency optimization
 New technology development and application
 Successful implementation of the technology around the world
 Drilling feasibility analysis
 HPHT, deepwater
 Review of benefits, challenges and limitations
 Cost comparisons and risk management

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WELL COMPLETION
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
This course module is designed to provide an overview of the completion design process, and a
fundamental explanation of the well and service equipment and operations. On completion of the
course, the attendees will be able to describe a completion process, to cope with the completion
operations and with the use of selected equipments.
Who should attend
managers and technical support personnel engaged in drilling, completions, and workovers.
Prerequisite
The course requires a good understanding of basic well construction and operations.
Program
INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPIC AND  Different type of packer

PROGRAM  Tubing-packer connection
COMPLETION OBJECTIVE AND SAFETY VALVE

FUNCTIONS
 General
COMPLETION DESIGN  Surface controlled safety valve
 Reservoir  Control lines
 Mechanical considerations
AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT
 Safety
 Landing nipples - Circulating valve
COMPLETION CONFIGURATION  Flow coupling
 Single completion method and scheme
COMPLETION FLUID
 Single selective characteristics
 Definition - Characteristics
 Intelligent completions
 Well gradient - Type of completion fluid
 Dual completion
 Gravel pack completion
CASING PERFORATION
 Objective
TUBING
 shaped charge perforating
 Classification
 Casing’ s perforating mechanism
 API’s nomenclature
 Charge performance
 Tubing thread and size
 Tubing API
WELLHEAD AND CHRISTMAS TREE
PACKERS GATE VALVE
 Packer functions
WELL UNLOADING (DISPLACEMENT FLUID
 Main elements of the packer AND DISPLACEMENT SYSTEM)

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WELL TESTING - DST

Duration: 5 days
Objectives
This course module is designed to provide an overview of the well test process during drilling or after
completion, and a fundamental explanation of the formation testing technologies, service providers,
tool/gauge types, measurement principles. On completion of the course, the attendees will be able to
describe a well test process, to cope with the well testing operations and with the use of selected
equipments.
Who should attend
Prerequisite
Drilling technologies knowledge's are necessary to better understand the program content.
Program
INTRODUCTION TO WELL TESTING  Electronic gauges checklist

TYPES OF WELL TESTS  Surface test equipment checklist
FORMATION DAMAGE & SKIN EFFECT  Sampling checklist
RESERVOIR FLUID SAMPLING ON-SITE CHECKLIST

 Definition , Importance of reservoir fluid  Well-site preparation
sampling  General preparation checklist
 Sampling procedures design  Electronic gauges checklist
 Sampling checklist
SURFACE SAMPLING
 Introduction, Well conditioning EXAMPLE OF WELL TEST PROGRAM AND
 Gas surface sampling methods PROCEDURE
 Oil surface sampling methods GLOSSARY
 Special surface sampling cases
 Wellhead sampling, Safety DST PRINCIPLE
 Historic of DST
SAFETY PLANNING  DST environment and operating
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE WELL TEST conditions, DST advantages
PROCESS
DST BASIC CONCEPT
WELL TEST DESIGN
 Downhole pressures
 Operation sequences
OPERATION DESIGN
 DST string and components
 General process
 Electronic gauge guidelines & design
EXAMPLE OF DST APPLICATION
 Data acquisition (PROGRAM AND OPERATION)
 Sampling program design
OFF-SITE CHECKLIST

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WIRELINE LOGGING & SLICKLINE OPERATIONS

Duration: 5 days
Objectives
engineering staff with knowledge on the wireline logging and the slickline operations.
Who should attend
managers and technical support personnel engaged in drilling, completions and workover.
Prerequisite
None
Program
WIRELINE LOGGING OTHER WL OPERATIONS

 General guidelines  Wireline set inflatable bridge plug
 Preparations  Wireline set packers
 Quality control  Logging tool fishing
 Witnessing wireline logging runs
 Handling explosives SLICK LINE OPERATIONS
 Handling radioactive sources  Introduction
 Slickline equipment
WRELINE LOGGING APPLICATIONS  Slickline applications
 Slickline issues
CCL-CBL-VDL-USIT
 Calipers
 Gamma-Ray (Gr)
 Resistivity
 Temperature & pressure
 Sonic
 Density
 Neutron
 Spontaneous potential

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WELL COMPLETION ENGINEERING

Duration: 10 days
Objectives
This course module is designed to provide an overview of completion techniques and operations. On
completion of the course, the attendees will be able to define the material needed to equip an oil/gas
well, to understand a completion program and to follow the rig operations.
Who should attend
Prerequisite
The course requires a good understanding of basic well construction and operations.
Program
COMPLETION DESIGN ASSUMPTIONS AND  Fluids properties & selection

CONSIDERATIONS  Brine selection versus type of operation
 Planning  Packer fluid definition and function
 Concept  Additives type and purposes
 Type and Classification  Stimulation
 Wellbore and reservoir interface  Potential safety hazard in acidizing
 Completion configuration  Acids used in well stimulation
 Equipments  Carbonate acidizing
 Acidizing techniques for carbonate
FROM PRE-FEASIBILITY TO INSTALLATION formation
 Pre-feasibility  Sandstone acidizing
 Feasibility, Detail and Dedicated study
 Special project – Gas storage PERFORATION
 Nodal analysis a few more details  Process
 Tubing design  Charge case functions and characteristics
 Perforating mechanism
WELL PREPARATION AND COMPLETION  Gun performance data
GENERAL PROCEDURE  Type of guns and perforation methods
 Well control equipment overview  Perforating conditions
 Barriers concept and configuration  Gun selection and perforating techniques
 Well preparation
 General procedures TUBULAR GOODS
 Manufacturing process
FORMATION DAMAGE - COMPLETION  Nomenclature
FLUIDS
 Type of connection and selection criteria
 Formation damage, mechanism and
 Tubing specifications and definition
classification
 Tubular damage
 Completion fluids
 Tubing handling, transportation and
 Reason to prevent damage
storage
 Brines - Fluid displacement

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 Ancillary equipment for storing and TUBING MOVEMENT AND PACKER

running tubular FORCES
 Tubular expandable technology  Mechanical properties and failure of the
material
PRODUCTION PACKERS AND  Design factor overview
ACCESSORIES  Factors governing tubing movement
 Tubing stress analysis outline
SUBSURFACE SAFETY VALVES
 Tubing to packer connection
 Function, Types and Categories
 Load cases for production and injection
 Installations wells
 Controlled safety valve and SSD
 Lubricator valve CORROSION & EQUIPMENT SELECTION
 Corrosion causes and effects
COMPLETION EQUIPMENT ACCESSORIES
 Metallurgy typology & definition
 Communication devices
 Non metallic sealing material
 Landing nipple classification
 Flow control equipment  Elastomer types
 Additional auxiliary completion tools  Seal material selection criteria
 Down hole pressure and temperature  Effects of down hole environment
transmitter
 Failure mechanism
 Plastic material
WELL HEAD EQUIPMENT AND CHRISTMAS

TREE

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RESERVOIR
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
This 5-day basic course is designed to provide reservoir engineers and other staff involved in
reservoir operations with knowledge on the characteristics of the reservoir and reservoir fluids,
reservoir classification and behavior, and also production tests.
Who should attend

Petroleum & reservoir engineers, geologists, production engineers
Prerequisite
None
Program
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A RECOVERY

HYDROCARBONS RESERVOIR  General remarks
 Formation of oceans  Drive mechanism
 Formation of mountain chains  Depletion
 Dissolved gas drive
CHARACTERISTICS OF RESERVOIR  Gravity Segregation drive
 General remarks  Gas Cap Drive
 Porosity
 Water drive
 Permeability
 Wettability  General conclusions
 Capillary pressure  Primary and enhanced recovery
 Distribution of fluid  Water Injection
 Gas injection
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RESERVOIR
FLUIDS RESERVOIR BEHAVIOUR
 Dry gas  Dynamic condition
 Composition  Flow type (Single phase and
 Specific Gravity multiphase flows)
 Compressibility factor  Drainage Area - Drainage
 Gas condensate (CO2) Radius
 Oil  Losses of pressure
 Composition  Volumes
 Specific gravity  Pressure
 Viscosity  Temperature
 Substances Present In the  Static conditions
Crude  Routine test and periodic test
 Gas Oil Ratio
 Water PRODUCTION TEST
 Salt Content and salinity  General remarks
 Type of test
 Water oil ratio
 Use of data
RESERVOIR CLASSIFICATION  Problems of a disorderly
 Rocks production
 Sedimentary rocks  Rate limitation
 Igneous rocks
 Aquifer

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INTRODUCTORY COURSE TO WELL CONTROL

(L2 IWCF)
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
Theoretical & practical course for surface installations at introductory level. The course is designed to
enhance the understanding of the fundamentals of well control that can be applied at most well control
operations, and to prepare candidates for IWCF testing.
Who should attend
Any personnel working on the rig who needs an introductory training in well control.
Prerequisite
None
Program
At the end of the training the delegates will be able to understand the followings:
SURFACE PRINCIPLES & PROCEDURES

 Overview
 Introduction to Well Control
 Barrier Concept
 Risk Management
 Causes of kicks
 Kill Warning Signs and Indicators
 Circulating Systems
 Fracture Pressure and Maximum Surface pressure
 Influx Characteristics and Behavior
 Shut In Procedures
 Well Control Methods
SURFACE EQUIPMENT
 Blowout Preventers
 Associated Well Control Equipment
 Choke Manifold and Chokes
 Auxiliary Equipment
 Barriers
 Testing
 BOP Control Systems

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WELL CONTROL
(L3 IWCF)
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
Theoretical & practical course for surface installations at the driller level. The course is designed to
Who should attend
Anyone involved in drilling and/or well control operations in a non-supervisory position: all positions
from floorman to driller inclusive.
Prerequisite
Starting from September 1st, 2014 every new candidate must pass the L2 IWCF, Introductory Course
to Well Control, to access to this training. Dispensation can be given to candidates who have
undergone industry accepted vocational training.
Program
SURFACE PRINCIPLES & PROCEDURES SURFACE EQUIPMENT

 Overview  Blowout Preventers
 Introduction to Well Control  Associated Well Control Equipment
 Barrier Concept  Choke Manifold and Chokes
 Risk Management  Auxiliary Equipment
 Causes of kicks  Barriers
 Kill Warning Signs and Indicators  Testing
 Circulating Systems  BOP Control Systems
 Fracture Pressure and Maximum Surface
pressure
 Well Control during Casing and
Cementing Operations.
 Well Control Management
 Contingency Planning

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WELL CONTROL
(L4 IWCF)
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
Theoretical & practical course for surface installations at supervisory level. The course is designed to
Who should attend
Anyone involved in drilling and/or well control operations: all positions above driller.
Prerequisite
Starting from September 1st, 2014 every new candidate must pass the L3 IWCF, Well Control, to
access to this training. Dispensation can be given to candidates who have successfully completed an
appropriate in-house graduate training program.
Program
SURFACE PRINCIPLES & PROCEDURES SURFACE EQUIPMENT

 Overview  Blowout Preventers
 Introduction to Well Control  Associated Well Control Equipment
 Barrier Concept  Choke Manifold and Chokes
 Risk Management  Auxiliary Equipment
 Causes of kicks  Barriers
 Kill Warning Signs and Indicators  Testing
 Circulating Systems  BOP Control Systems
 Fracture Pressure and Maximum Surface
pressure
 Well Control during Casing and
Cementing Operations.
 Well Control Management
 Contingency Planning

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INTRODUCTORY COURSE
TO WELL INTERVENTION
(L2 IWCF)
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
Theoretical & practical course providing candidates at introductory level with an understanding of
pressure control methods relating to the various well servicing operations, and to prepare candidates
to IWCF testing.
Who should attend
Any personnel working on the rig who needs an introductory training in well intervention.
Prerequisite
None
Program
 Overview of completions
 Well control methods
 Reasons for well interventions
 Overview of well intervention services (wire line/coiled tubing/ snubbing)
 Pressure basics
 Production well kill fundamentals
 Well kill simulation and verification
 Equipment and operating procedures
 Hydrates (formation & prevention)
 Flanges and gaskets
 Failures and effects (wireline/coiled tubing/snubbing)

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WELL INTERVENTION
(L3 IWCF)
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
Theoretical & practical course providing candidates at the driller level with an understanding of
to IWCF testing.
Who should attend
Engineers and technicians who are involved in the planning and realization of well intervention
operations as wireline, coiled tubing, snubbing.
Prerequisite
Starting from September 1st, 2014 every new candidate must pass the L2 IWCF, Introduction to
Well Intervention, to access to this training. The dispensation can be given to candidates who have
undergone industry accepted vocational training.
Program
 Pressure basics

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WELL INTERVENTION
(L4 IWCF)
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
Theoretical & practical course providing candidates at supervisory level with an understanding of
to IWCF testing.
Who should attend
Engineers and technicians who are involved in the planning and realization, and supervising of
well intervention operations as wireline, coiled tubing, snubbing.
Prerequisite
Starting from September 1st, 2014 every new candidate must pass the L3 IWCF, Well
Intervention, to access to this training. The dispensation can be given to candidates who have
successfully completed an appropriate in-house graduate training program.
Program
 Pressure basics

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INTRODUCTORY COURSE TO WELL CAP

(L2 IADC)
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
Theoretical & practical course for surface installations at introductory level. The course is designed to
enhance the understanding of the fundamentals of well control that can be applied at most well
control operations, and to prepare candidates for IADC testing.
Who should attend
Any personnel working on the rig who needs an introductory training in well control.
Prerequisite
None
Program
 Blowout Prevention Selection

 Diverter Systems – Purpose
 Classification of Blowout Preventers
 BOP Operational Characteristic Tests
 Choke Manifolds – Purpose
 Kill Lines
 Control Systems
 Remote Control Panels
 Closing-in Kicks (Soft & Hard)

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WELL CAP
(L3 IADC)
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
Theoretical & practical course for surface installations at driller level. The course is designed to
Who should attend
Anyone involved in drilling and/or well control operations in a non-supervisory position: all positions
from floorman to driller inclusive.
Prerequisite
Starting from September 1st, 2014 every new candidate must pass the L2 IADC, Introductory Course
to Well Cap, to access to this training. Dispensation can be given to candidates who have undergone
industry accepted vocational training.
Program

 Kill Lines
 Control Systems for Purpose Mounted

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WELL CAP
(L4 IADC)
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
Theoretical & practical course for surface installations at supervisor level. The course is designed to
Who should attend
Anyone involved in drilling and/or well control operations: all positions from driller inclusive.
Prerequisite
Starting from September 1st, 2014 every new candidate must pass the L3 IADC, Well Cap, to access
to this training. Dispensation can be given to candidates who have successfully completed an
Program

 Kill Lines
 Control Systems for Purpose Mounted

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INTRODUCTORY COURSE
TO WELL INTERVENTION
(L2 IADC)
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
Theoretical & practical course providing candidates on the introductory level with an understanding of
to IADC testing.
Who should attend
Any personnel working on the rig who needs an introductory training in well intervention.
Prerequisite
None
Program
 Pressure basics

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WELL INTERVENTION
(L3 IADC)
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
Theoretical & practical course providing candidates on the driller level with an understanding of
to IADC testing.
Who should attend
Engineers and technicians who are involved in the planning and realization of well intervention
operations as wireline, coiled tubing, snubbing.
Prerequisite
Starting from September 1st, 2014 every new candidate must pass the L2 IADC, Introduction to Well
Intervention, to access to this training. Dispensation can be given to candidates who have undergone
industry accepted vocational training.
Program
 Pressure basics

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WELL INTERVENTION
(L4 IADC)
Duration: 5 days
Objectives
Theoretical & practical course providing candidates on the supervisor level with an understanding of
to IADC testing.
Who should attend
Engineers and technicians who are involved in the planning and realization, and supervising of well
intervention operations as wireline, coiled tubing, snubbing.
Prerequisite
Starting from September 1st, 2014 every new candidate must pass the L3 IADC, Well Intervention, to
access to this training. Dispensation can be given to candidates who have successfully completed an
Program
 Pressure basics

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WELL CONSTRUCTION ....................................................................................................... 5

FLUIDS & CEMENT .............................................................................................................. 9

NEW TECHNOLOGIES ....................................................................................................... 11

COMPLETION & WORKOVER ........................................................................................... 12

CERTIFIED COURSES ....................................................................................................... 13

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Introduction to  Operating staff beginners Page 15

 Engineers and technicians

 Drilling staff beginners before their

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Rig Mud Equipment,  Drilling supervisors

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 Drilling engineers Basic x

 Drilling engineers Basic

 Drilling engineers Basic x 5 days

 Assistant driller Basic

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FLUIDS & CEMENT

Basic x 5 days Page 46

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 Oil and gas industry executives, Basic

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COMPLETION & WORKOVER

 Production engineers Basic x

 Production engineers Basic x

 Production engineers Basic

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Introductory Any personnel working on the rig

Anyone involved in drilling and/or

Anyone involved in drilling and/or

Introductory Any personnel working on the rig

Engineers and technicians who

Engineers and technicians who

Introductory Any personnel working on the rig

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Anyone involved in drilling and/or

Anyone involved in drilling and/or

Introductory Any personnel working on the rig

Engineers and technicians who

Engineers and technicians who

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INTRODUCTION TO PETROLEUM INDUSTRY

Who should attend

- Operating staff beginners

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To provide a comprehensive overview of drilling techniques and operations:

 To acquire the vocabulary specific to drilling

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ORGANIZATION OF DRILLING  Rotating function and equipment

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Upon completion of the course, participants:

Who should attend