0404 E Drilling and completion fluids
Training
Online
Description
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Type
Training
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Level
Intermediate
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Methodology
Online
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Duration
Flexible
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Start date
Different dates available
Drilling and well service personnel in contractor or operating companies who are involved in drilling or well interventions offshore. This course is also recommended for onshore personnel responsible for planning and assisting offshore operations.
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About this course
After completing this course the student should be able to describe the use of drilling and completion fluids as well as explain dangers and environmental problems associated with them. They will also be able to conduct analyses on drilling mud, complete calculations for cement jobs and describe the equipment used for cementing and handling drilling mud.
Completion of common course subjects – Level 1 – or equivalent qualifications are recommended.
This web based course is in accordance with the guidelines from The Norwegian Oil Industry Association and covers the official Norwegian syllabus for Technical College, Petroleum Technology Faculty. The course is equivalent to 74 hours ordinary tuition in the subject.
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Subjects
- Personnel
- Chemicals
- Polymers
- Environmental Protection
- Consumption
- Suspension
- Drilling fluid
- Filter cake
- Pressure control
- Salts
- Thinners
- Inhibitors
- Weighting agents
- Circulation chemicals
- Toxicological
- Personnel protection
Course programme
Course content:
Drilling fluid’s importance, properties, and functions:
Transport of drilled cuttings – keeping cuttings in suspension
Lubrication and cooling of the drill string-formation of a filter cake
Pressure control
Chemicals used in drilling fluids:
Salts, polymers, thinners and inhibitors
Weighting agents
High temperature chemicals, oil chemicals
Circulation chemicals (LMC) and various service chemicals
Criteria applicable to drilling fluids
Health and Safety Data Sheets (personnel protection)
Toxicological documentation (external environmental protection)
Reporting of discharges, consumption and accidents
0404 E Drilling and completion fluids