Directional, Horizontal and Multilateral Drilling (DRI08)
Description
This course builds a firm foundation in the principles and practices of directional drilling, calculations and planning for directional and horizontal wells. Specific problems associated with directional/horizontal drilling such as torque, drag, hole cleaning, logging and drill string component design are included.
The course offers a strong overview of rotary steerable tools and their application. Finally exercises are used to deepen the understanding and allow a better hands-on participation.
Course Level: Skill
Instructor: Catalin Teodoriu
The course offers a strong overview of rotary steerable tools and their application. Finally exercises are used to deepen the understanding and allow a better hands-on participation.
Course Level: Skill
Instructor: Catalin Teodoriu
Designed for you, if you are...
- A drilling, production or operations engineer, field supervisor, toolpusher, manager or technical support person
How we build your confidence
You will receive instruction on planning and evaluating deviated and horizontal wells and learn how to perform simple calculations associated with well survey. The basic applications and techniques for multi-lateral wells are also covered in the course.A strong focus will be on the tools and techniques used in directional drilling such as survey instruments, bottomhole assemblies, motors, steerable motors and steerable rotary systems.
As an independent course, it offers the most complete overview of geo-steering tools.
The benefits from attending
By the end of the course you will feel confident to:- Make survey calculations
- Interpret TVD, polar and rectangular coordinates and vertical section
- Interpret dogleg severity and the problems associated with dogleg severity
- Plan a two-dimensional directional well
- Plan horizontal wells based on the objectives of the well
- Determine the best multi-lateral completion for an application
- Determine declination and non-magnetic drilling collar selection
- Apply the best survey instrument for the job
- Directionally drill with rotary BHAs, jetting, whipstocks, motor, steerable motors and rotary steerable systems
- Understand the principles of various rotary steerable systems and their selection
- Interpret torque and drag and determine what factors will affect them
- Determine cementing requirements for directional wells
- Predict wellbore path based on historical data and determine the requirements to hit the target
Topics
- Applications for directional drilling
- Directional profiles
- Extended reach wells
- Survey calculations and accuracy
- Dogleg severity calculations and problems associated with doglegs
- Planning directional and horizontal wells
- Horizontal drilling methods and applications
- Logging high angle wells
- Hole-cleaning
- Multi-lateral wells and their classification
- Types of survey instruments
- Tools used to deflect a wellbore
- Rotary steerable systems
- Torque and drag calculations
- Cementing
Customer Feedback
"In fact, course materials and organization of topics as well as instructor were very good." - Geologist at Daleel"It covers all what I need to know about tools" - Geologist at Qatar Petroleum
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