Course description
Drilling Operations and Well Completions
In this skill module, you will learn about well function, onshore and offshore drilling, drilling programs, drilling rig components, and drilling systems (including drilling, rotating, fluid, and blowout prevention systems). You will also learn about casing and cementing, wellhead installation, types of well completions, formation damage, well perforation, sand control strategies, and well stimulation.
Upcoming start dates
1 start date available
Suitability - Who should attend?
Those who need to achieve a context and understanding of E&P technologies in conventional and unconventional fields, and/or the role of technical departments in oil and gas operations, and/or be able to understand and use the language of the oilfield.
Training Course Content
You will learn
- The advantages and disadvantages of early and modern types of drilling styles
- Rig type classification and selection for onshore and offshore drilling
- Types of platforms and techniques used for offshore rigs
- The purpose and function of non-vertical drilling, including directional and horizontal drilling
- The components of a drilling system
- The components of a drilling rig
- The drilling systems of a rig
- The purpose and function of the rotating system
- Drilling fluid properties and function
- Purpose and function of blowout preventers
- Purpose of casing and cementing
- Purpose and function of the wellhead
- Overview of different types of well completions
- Formation damage
- Methods of well perforation
- Sand production problems and control strategies in reservoirs
- Common well stimulation strategies
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