Drilling Engineering and Practices
Level: Basic
Upcoming Sessions:
To Be Determined
Please Contact Us at tahmed@mtech.edu for more information
Instructor: Dr. Samuel Osisanya
Designed for:
This course is designed for entry level engineers, geologists, and other technical personnel.
Course Overview:
This course is designed to provide participants with a general overview of the application of drilling and
drilling practices. Participates are encouraged to bring their laptop computers to solve problems in class.
Course Content:
- Concepts Used in Drilling
- Petroleum Geology and Basic Rock Properties
- Requirements for Commercial Accumulation of Hydrocarbons
- Porosity, Permeability, and Fluid Saturation
- Temperature and Temperature Gradient
- Pressure and Pressure Gradients
- Basic Rig Equipment & Operating Systems
- Power System
- Hoisting System
- Circulating System
- Rotary System
- Well Control System
- Well Monitoring System
- Onshore
- Swamp
- Offshore Operations
- Drilling Fluids
- Functions, Properties, and Testing of Drilling Fluids
- Composition and Nature of Common Drilling Fluid
- Drilling Fluid Conditioning Equipment
- Drilling Fluid Calculations
- Drilling Fluid Program Design - Factors Governing Selection of Drilling Fluids
- Rotary Drilling Hydraulics
- Drilling Fluid Rheology
- Newtonian & Non-Newtonian Fluid Flow Calculations
- Pressure Drops Across Bit Nozzles
- Applications of Hydraulic Calculations
- Equivalent Circulating Density Concept
- Hydraulic Optimization
- Factors Affecting Penetration Rate
- Bits Types
- Bit Selection
- Rock Failure Mechanisms
- Effects of Mechanical Factors (Weight On Bit & Rotary Speed)
- Drilling Fluid Properties
- Hydraulic Factors on Penetration Rate
- Rotary Drilling Techniques
- Vertical Drilling
- Directional and Horizontal Drilling
- Coring
- Hole Problems
- Kicks and Blowout
- Stuck Pipe
- Fishing
- Loss of Circulation
- Sloughing Shales
- Drilling Cost & Drilling Programs
- Tangible and Intangible Costs
- AFE Cost Estimate