Directional Drilling Seminar - Principles and Applications
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Directional Drilling Seminar - Principles and Applications Course
Introduction:
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 understanding and allow better hands-on participation.
Course Objectives:
By the end of this training course, participants will feel confident in their understanding of:
- 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, whip stocks, 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 the wellbore path based on historical data and determine the requirements to hit the target
Who Should Attend?
A drilling, production or operations engineer, field supervisor, tool pusher, manager or technical support person.
Course Outlines:
- 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
