Overview
Covers drilling in the offshore environment: rig types and rig moves, drilling equipment and downhole tools, geology, wellbore stability and well design including casing, fluids and cementing, plus well control, subsea BOP equipment, directional drilling and completion design.
Course agenda
Day 1
- Types of rigs and rig moves
- Primary rig components: hoisting, pumping, rotating
- Downhole drilling tools
Day 2
- Geology overview
- Overburden, pore pressure and fracture gradient
- Well planning
- Drilling fluids
- Cementing
Day 3
- Well design
- Steel properties and casing design
- Well control
Day 4
- Drill string design
- Directional drilling and surveying
- Completions
- DST procedure from a floating MODU