Overview
Gives junior drilling staff an understanding of drilling fluids, drilling fluid systems, fishing operations and well control operations, and how to handle them safely.
Learning objectives
- Describe the circulating system components
- Understand the basic purposes of drilling fluid
- Safely make mud density and viscosity checks on a rig
- Describe the use of solids control equipment
- Fill out a basic vertical kill sheet including pressure calculations
- Pass a written test with a minimum score of 70%
Topics covered
- The circulating system
- Drilling fluid types and maintenance
- Solids control equipment
- Pressure calculations
- Well control problems and well kill methods
- Introduction to fishing operations and equipment
- Surface and subsea well control equipment
- Practical exercises on a full-scale drilling simulator
- Oilfield terminology