This 3-days course presents the basics understanding of the processes involved in drilling, completing and workover operations of oil and gas wells. Participants will learn the knowledge and capability to effectively communicate with other drilling and production personnel and Improve risk awareness for workover and completion operations.
Course Outline:
- Introduction to drilling practices
- Well Control
- Drilling Technology
- Well planning & Design
- Types of completions
- Functional Requirements of a Completion
- Language of drilling, completing, and well intervention
- Reasons for Workovers and well preparation
- Drilling fluid properties and function
- Hole problems & stuck pipe
- Purpose of casing and cementing
- Directional, horizontal, multilateral and under-balanced drilling
- Wellhead equipment & tree and BOP Removal / Installation
- Options for completions and workovers
- Barrier Management
- Risk Management’, Kick Causes and Warning Signs
- Wireline techniques
- Well stimulation – surfactants, solvents, acidizing, hydraulic fracturing
- Formation and sand control – mechanical retention, chemical consolidation, and gravel packing
- Scale and corrosion
- Directional, horizontal, multilateral & under-balanced drilling