Drilling Practices - DP

Overview of building an E&P GIS Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI); Create a geodatabase; Well data; Licence data; Seismic data; Raster data and Raster catalogs; Spatial data metadata; Implementing desktop access; Strategic decisions in E&P GIS Implementation; GIS in the Oil and Gas project lifecycle; Stakeholders and GIS focal points; Managing and E&P GIS; Spatial data QC; Managing an SDI; Interfaces with third party systems

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

Fundamentals of corrosion theory; Major causes of corrosion (O2, CO2, H2S, microbiologically influenced corrosion); Forms of corrosion damage; Materials selection; Protective coatings & linings; Cathodic protection; Corrosion inhibitors; Corrosion monitoring and inspection; Corrosion in gas processing facilities; Corrosion in water injection systems; Corrosion management strategy and life-cycle costs

Introduction to the fracturing process and mechanics; Practical fracture design; Fracturing fluid additives and proppant; Strengths and limitations of fracturing applications; Production increase; Factors involved in field implementation; Acid fracturing vs. proppant fracturing; Frac packs; Waterfracs; Fracturing in horizontal wells; QA/QC of fracturing treatments; Evaluation of fracturing treatment success

Petroleum geology and its systems; Operations geology: prospect to well planning, provision of geological services; Wellsite geology: geological sampling, sample analysis and well stratigraphy, cutting and core description; Structural geology: fractures, faults, borehole geology; Drilling Operations: bits, fluids, casing and cement, drilling problems and well control, directional drilling, geosteering; Logging operations: acquisition, tools, quick look interpretation, MWD/LWD, geosteering; Well testing & fluids: reservoir properties, rock and fluid interaction, permeability, averaging, data gathering and interpretation; Impact on FDP: case histories; Tendering and contracting; Reporting: geological data, petrophysical data, pressure data; Exercises: cores, cuttings, quick look, pressures, daily drilling report

Overview of building an E&P GIS Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI); Create a geodatabase; Well data; Licence data; Seismic data; Raster data and Raster catalogs; Spatial data metadata; Implementing desktop access; Strategic decisions in E&P GIS Implementation; GIS in the Oil and Gas project lifecycle; Stakeholders and GIS focal points; Managing and E&P GIS; Spatial data QC; Managing an SDI; Interfaces with third party systems

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

Fundamentals of corrosion theory; Major causes of corrosion (O2, CO2, H2S, microbiologically influenced corrosion); Forms of corrosion damage; Materials selection; Protective coatings & linings; Cathodic protection; Corrosion inhibitors; Corrosion monitoring and inspection; Corrosion in gas processing facilities; Corrosion in water injection systems; Corrosion management strategy and life-cycle costs

Introduction to the fracturing process and mechanics; Practical fracture design; Fracturing fluid additives and proppant; Strengths and limitations of fracturing applications; Production increase; Factors involved in field implementation; Acid fracturing vs. proppant fracturing; Frac packs; Waterfracs; Fracturing in horizontal wells; QA/QC of fracturing treatments; Evaluation of fracturing treatment success

Petroleum geology and its systems; Operations geology: prospect to well planning, provision of geological services; Wellsite geology: geological sampling, sample analysis and well stratigraphy, cutting and core description; Structural geology: fractures, faults, borehole geology; Drilling Operations: bits, fluids, casing and cement, drilling problems and well control, directional drilling, geosteering; Logging operations: acquisition, tools, quick look interpretation, MWD/LWD, geosteering; Well testing & fluids: reservoir properties, rock and fluid interaction, permeability, averaging, data gathering and interpretation; Impact on FDP: case histories; Tendering and contracting; Reporting: geological data, petrophysical data, pressure data; Exercises: cores, cuttings, quick look, pressures, daily drilling report

Overview of building an E&P GIS Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI); Create a geodatabase; Well data; Licence data; Seismic data; Raster data and Raster catalogs; Spatial data metadata; Implementing desktop access; Strategic decisions in E&P GIS Implementation; GIS in the Oil and Gas project lifecycle; Stakeholders and GIS focal points; Managing and E&P GIS; Spatial data QC; Managing an SDI; Interfaces with third party systems

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

Fundamentals of corrosion theory; Major causes of corrosion (O2, CO2, H2S, microbiologically influenced corrosion); Forms of corrosion damage; Materials selection; Protective coatings & linings; Cathodic protection; Corrosion inhibitors; Corrosion monitoring and inspection; Corrosion in gas processing facilities; Corrosion in water injection systems; Corrosion management strategy and life-cycle costs

Introduction to the fracturing process and mechanics; Practical fracture design; Fracturing fluid additives and proppant; Strengths and limitations of fracturing applications; Production increase; Factors involved in field implementation; Acid fracturing vs. proppant fracturing; Frac packs; Waterfracs; Fracturing in horizontal wells; QA/QC of fracturing treatments; Evaluation of fracturing treatment success

Petroleum geology and its systems; Operations geology: prospect to well planning, provision of geological services; Wellsite geology: geological sampling, sample analysis and well stratigraphy, cutting and core description; Structural geology: fractures, faults, borehole geology; Drilling Operations: bits, fluids, casing and cement, drilling problems and well control, directional drilling, geosteering; Logging operations: acquisition, tools, quick look interpretation, MWD/LWD, geosteering; Well testing & fluids: reservoir properties, rock and fluid interaction, permeability, averaging, data gathering and interpretation; Impact on FDP: case histories; Tendering and contracting; Reporting: geological data, petrophysical data, pressure data; Exercises: cores, cuttings, quick look, pressures, daily drilling report

Overview of building an E&P GIS Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI); Create a geodatabase; Well data; Licence data; Seismic data; Raster data and Raster catalogs; Spatial data metadata; Implementing desktop access; Strategic decisions in E&P GIS Implementation; GIS in the Oil and Gas project lifecycle; Stakeholders and GIS focal points; Managing and E&P GIS; Spatial data QC; Managing an SDI; Interfaces with third party systems

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

Fundamentals of corrosion theory; Major causes of corrosion (O2, CO2, H2S, microbiologically influenced corrosion); Forms of corrosion damage; Materials selection; Protective coatings & linings; Cathodic protection; Corrosion inhibitors; Corrosion monitoring and inspection; Corrosion in gas processing facilities; Corrosion in water injection systems; Corrosion management strategy and life-cycle costs

Introduction to the fracturing process and mechanics; Practical fracture design; Fracturing fluid additives and proppant; Strengths and limitations of fracturing applications; Production increase; Factors involved in field implementation; Acid fracturing vs. proppant fracturing; Frac packs; Waterfracs; Fracturing in horizontal wells; QA/QC of fracturing treatments; Evaluation of fracturing treatment success

Petroleum geology and its systems; Operations geology: prospect to well planning, provision of geological services; Wellsite geology: geological sampling, sample analysis and well stratigraphy, cutting and core description; Structural geology: fractures, faults, borehole geology; Drilling Operations: bits, fluids, casing and cement, drilling problems and well control, directional drilling, geosteering; Logging operations: acquisition, tools, quick look interpretation, MWD/LWD, geosteering; Well testing & fluids: reservoir properties, rock and fluid interaction, permeability, averaging, data gathering and interpretation; Impact on FDP: case histories; Tendering and contracting; Reporting: geological data, petrophysical data, pressure data; Exercises: cores, cuttings, quick look, pressures, daily drilling report

Overview of building an E&P GIS Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI); Create a geodatabase; Well data; Licence data; Seismic data; Raster data and Raster catalogs; Spatial data metadata; Implementing desktop access; Strategic decisions in E&P GIS Implementation; GIS in the Oil and Gas project lifecycle; Stakeholders and GIS focal points; Managing and E&P GIS; Spatial data QC; Managing an SDI; Interfaces with third party systems

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

Fundamentals of corrosion theory; Major causes of corrosion (O2, CO2, H2S, microbiologically influenced corrosion); Forms of corrosion damage; Materials selection; Protective coatings & linings; Cathodic protection; Corrosion inhibitors; Corrosion monitoring and inspection; Corrosion in gas processing facilities; Corrosion in water injection systems; Corrosion management strategy and life-cycle costs

Introduction to the fracturing process and mechanics; Practical fracture design; Fracturing fluid additives and proppant; Strengths and limitations of fracturing applications; Production increase; Factors involved in field implementation; Acid fracturing vs. proppant fracturing; Frac packs; Waterfracs; Fracturing in horizontal wells; QA/QC of fracturing treatments; Evaluation of fracturing treatment success

Petroleum geology and its systems; Operations geology: prospect to well planning, provision of geological services; Wellsite geology: geological sampling, sample analysis and well stratigraphy, cutting and core description; Structural geology: fractures, faults, borehole geology; Drilling Operations: bits, fluids, casing and cement, drilling problems and well control, directional drilling, geosteering; Logging operations: acquisition, tools, quick look interpretation, MWD/LWD, geosteering; Well testing & fluids: reservoir properties, rock and fluid interaction, permeability, averaging, data gathering and interpretation; Impact on FDP: case histories; Tendering and contracting; Reporting: geological data, petrophysical data, pressure data; Exercises: cores, cuttings, quick look, pressures, daily drilling report