Overview
Covers the various phases of a drilling operation. On completion, participants can describe each phase and explain how drilling equipment is used on a platform.
Topics covered
- Petroleum history
- Platform types
- Drilling programme for a floating platform
- Offshore drilling
- Preliminary drilling operations
- The well
- Rotary drilling
- Directional drilling
- Drilling fluids, circulation system and drilling fluid report
- Cementing
- Pressure control
- Drilling problems
- Fishing operations and equipment
- Well test
- UBD and MPD
- Dual gradient drilling