Basic Drilling Technology - BDT

Rock properties and fracture mechanics related to the fracturing process; Fracturing fluid mechanics; Proppant transport; Pre-frac injection test analysis; Fracture closure; Fracture monitoring and fracture measurement; Fluid leak-off; Re-fracturing considerations; Review of existing fracture modeling software; Evaluation of post-frac well performance

Overview of the drilling process:Overall drilling practices; Language of drilling; Reservoir rock and fluid properties; Rigs & rig equipment; Drilling string components & design; Bits; Rig operation; Drilling fluids & hydraulics; MWD; Well control; Hole problems and stuck pipe; Drilling risks; Cores and coring; Casing design & installation; Primary cementing; Directional, horizontal, multilateral and under-balanced drilling; Wellhead & trees; Overview of the completion process:Zonal isolation; Tubing, packers & completion equipment; Safety & flow control devices; Open hole completions; Basic completion types; Perforating; Open & cased hole logging; Formation damage & treatment; Completion fluids; Multiple completions; Overview of workover techniques:Stimulation application: surfactants, solvents, acidizing, fracturing and deep perforating; Formation and sand control: chemical consolidation, gravel packing, frac-pack, new and novel techniques; Scale and corrosion; Sidetracking; Paraffin and asphaltenes; Reworks; Recompletions; Deepening; Coiled tubing

Reservoir fluid properties; Coring practices and rock properties; Fundamentals of fluid flow; Reservoir fluid distribution; Reservoir classification; Reservoir drive mechanisms; Oil and gas well performance; Pressure buildup analysis; Oil displacement concepts; Estimation of oil-in-place and gas-in-place; Recovery techniques

Planning including requirements for the completion and testing, AFE preparation; HSE at the rig site; Cost control, evaluating alternative drilling methods and maximizing penetration rate; Hole cleaning, sloughing shale, lost circulation, stuck pipe and fishing operations; Drilling fluids; Lifting capacity of drilling fluids, pressure losses in the circulating system and ECD; Maximizing hydraulics in the planning phase and at the rig; Bit selection and application; Casing and drill string design, selection of casing seats, BOP equipment; Cement, cement additives and displacement mechanics; Deviation control, directional drilling and horizontal drilling; Pressure control, routine and special problems; Project post analysis

Gas properties: Real gas behavior equations of state, impurities, mixtures, phase behavior dew point, retrograde behavior, flash calculations; classifying gas reservoirs; Reservoir performance: Gas well testing - flow after flow, isochronal, stabilized inflow performance; turbulence and skin effects; perforation effects; tight well analysis; horizontal wells; hydraulically fractured wells; Reserve calculations: P/Z plots, energy plots, water influx, abnormal pressure effects; diagnostic testing based on production data; Flow in pipes and restrictions: Pressure loss - tubing, flowlines, chokes, safety valves; effects of liquids-liquid loading, liquid removal methods, multiphase flow correlations; erosional velocity; Compression: Types of compressors; compressor selection - reciprocating and centrifugal; effects of variables; capacity and horsepower; Total system analysis: Tubing and flowline size effects; perforating effects; relating deliverability to time; evaluating compressor installations; analyzing injection wells; Flow measuring: Orifice metering - design, accuracy, troubleshooting; other metering methods; Condensate reservoirs: Reservoir types - wet gas, retrograde; reserve estimates, laboratory simulation; gas cycling; Field operations problems: Interpreting P/Z plots; hydrate formation

Objectives of integration; Key rock properties for formation evaluation; Impact of depositional environment and rock properties; Petrophysical rock type; Texture, porosity and permeability; Clay impact; Summary of basic logging tools; Subsurface rock sampling; Use of subsurface pressure data and evaluation; Relative permeability; Capillary pressure application to pay determination; Basic methodology for an integrated interpretation; Rock typing; Catalog approach; Clastic and carbonate rock types; Important reservoir rock parameters; Cementation and saturation components - CEC - fluid sensitivity; Review of production profiles; Overview of pressure transient analysis; Calculation of VClay/Vshale calibration of core and logs; Calculation of porosity using porosity Logs in complex lithologies; What is effective porosity?; Calculation of SW using different methods; Determining pay and pay classes

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