Introduction to Offshore Drilling and Floating Production Facilities

This course is intended for drilling engineers who wish to learn more of how their technology is integrated into a successful full field development. Equally it is intended for production engineers to learn more of the drilling methods which provide the wells in a field Development.

The course is also suitable for both new engineers or management newly moved into field development areas and also provides the basics of drilling and production technologies to new graduates and non-technical professionals to the industry.

This 4 day (separately bookable) intensive training course will cover the details of drilling rigs and how they operate, especially for deepwater activities. Current drilling rigs are highly automated and efficient. These advances will be illustrated with animations and videos. The relationship between drilling and production will be explored with examples of current field developments

The course also outlines floating production hosts, their technical components and systems will be described together will examples of the floater as part of the field development concept. Current safety and environmental issues will also be addressed.

Numerous case studies are presented through out the course to provide the participants with a full view of the total field development activity. While the course is very intensive, with many areas to cover, the presentation include many animations and videos illustrating the technical issues