Directional, Horizontal and Multilateral Drilling – Simulator Assisted

Description

Almost 99% of the wells drilled in the field today are directional wells. This 5-day training course covers the principles and practices of directional drilling, calculations and planning for directional and horizontal wells. Specific problems associated with directional and horizontal drilling such as torque, drag, hole cleaning, logging and bottom hole assembly design, are included. The use of downhole motors, rotating and non-rotating steerable systems as well as the conventional rotary applications will be explained. Students will learn to design and evaluate a horizontal well based on the objectives for that well. Furthermore the students will get the basics of multilateral wells.

Additionally the participants will become familiar with tools and techniques used in surveying a directional or horizontal well. The last part of the course includes an exercise where the students have to drill a pre-planned well on a computer simulator. Students will have to make up the correct BHA, drill and steer the well according to plan, take surveys and plot the results for evaluation.

Major topic areas covered within this course include the following:

Survey Calculations, Dogleg Severity, Planning a directional well, Methods of deflecting a wellbore, Horizontal and Multilateral drilling, Survey Instruments, Torque and drag and Horizontal drilling with air.

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TRAINING OBJECTIVES

By attending this 5-day training course, participants will be able to:

TARGET AUDIENCE

This training course is suitable and will greatly benefit the following specific groups:

COURSE LEVEL

TRAINING METHODS

The Application of the Drilling Simulator
This simulator allows the students to put the theory in practice, without the expensive “on-the-job-training”. The software simulates a conventional rotary rig, equipped with two National 12P160 mud pumps and a complete mud treatment system. All required drilling equipment such as drill bits, drill pipe, drill collars, survey systems, downhole motors are available. The student will have to analyse the planned well and decide what type of assembly to use for the section to be drilled. This can be a conventional rotary assembly, a motor and a bent sub, a steerable system and even medium radius tools. The student will have to make up a correct BHA, run it in the hole, take a survey (with MWD or with gyro or single shot), orient his assembly and start drilling.

As in real life and when using an MWD, the student can keep track of the tool face orientation and the hole direction together with the inclination. The student can stop drilling at any time to orient or to take a survey. At regular intervals the student will take a survey, the computer calculates the data and the student has to plot the result on the well plan, which the student will receive in an A0 format. The software will keep track of the drilling cost and the drilling time. At the end of the exercise the results of the different groups will be compared.

The training instructor relies on a highly interactive training method to enhance the learning process. This method ensures that all participants gain a complete understanding of all the topics covered. The training environment is highly stimulating, challenging, and effective because the participants will learn by case studies which will allow them to apply the material taught in their own organization.

Course Duration: 5 days in total (35 hours).

Training Schedule

0830 – Registration 0900 – Start of training 1030 – Morning Break 1045 – Training recommences 1230 – Lunch Break 1330 – Training recommences 1515 – Evening break 1530 – Training recommences 1700 – End of Training

The maximum number of participants allowed for this training course is 20.

This course is also available through our Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) format.

TRAINER

Your Expert Course Instructor is an independent well engineering consultant and trainer. He was involved in leading the Directional Drilling training courses for Shell E&P in the Netherlands for over 25 years. He has also been actively engaged as a consultant for NIRAS, EDS, Gaz de France , Neddrill, Maersk, Crosco, ADCO, Saudi Aramco and Santos. Prior to his current consulting and training role, he was the International Training Manager for Smith International (now part of Schlumberger) responsible for technical training in all aspects of drilling engineering for personnel in the Eastern Hemisphere.

He was also responsible in setting-up the International Training Centre in Heerhugowaard. From 1986 – 1992, he was the Operations and Field Service manager for Smith International. As Operations Manager, he was then responsible for all Directional Drilling and MWD operations in the Netherlands and Denmark. His team drilled the first long reach records in the Danish sector of the North Sea. As Field Services engineer he was responsible for both onshore and offshore operations involving remedial operations, directional drilling and surveying.

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POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL)

To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized “One to One” coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster.
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