Drilling Engineering - RILS

Day 1 - The Well Construction Process 

• Drilling purpose, where it fits into the Exploration and Production (E&P) process and its value.
• Exploration, appraisal, and development drilling
• Drilling as a project and key control tools    

On the first day, participants will learn about the well construction process.  This will cover topics such as where drilling fits into the E&P process, what information can be obtained from drilling, and the exploration, appraisal, and development of a well.  Well costing, AFE, and drilling operation procedures will be discussed as well.  

Day 2 - Surveying and Drilling Mechanics 

• Well Trajectory design
• Well Surveying
• Introduction to Drilling Mechanics 
  
• Introduction to drill string design

The day will begin with the basics about well trajectory design and key concepts about drilling surveying and drilling mechanics. The day will continue describing design variables and limitations about the drill string design. 

Day 3 – Drilling type of fluids.

• Functions of drilling fluids
• Composition of different type of fluids

The second day will focus on the basics of drilling fluids.  Participants will learn about the functions of the different drilling fluids as water based, oils based, synthetic based , air based, Air/water and Air/polymer.  

Day 4 – Drilling hydraulics, rheology and wellheads.

• Hydraulics
• Rheology

Drilling hydraulics is key in drilling engineering. in static and dynamic conditions and rheology will also be covered on this day, key for an optimal engineering.  Additional rheology and key hydraulics optimization concepts will be touched.

Day 5 – Casing design.

• Casing Manufacturing Process
• Casing Properties
• Casing Design

This day will focus firstly on casing design, both from an engineering and an operation perspective.  Design concepts will be covered for a wide range of straightforward, as well as hostile environments.  The course will examine the nomenclature of casing design, manufacturing processes, material properties and material selection.  The theory of burst, collapse, and axial loading will be discussed, along with design policies and procedures.  Important API specifications and other industry standards will be discussed in order for the participants to become familiar with these documents.  Casing setting depths and depth design concepts will also be covered, key for an optimal engineering.

Day 6  – Wellheads and Well Control.

• Wellheads
• Well Control

This day touch Wellheads, Well kicks, basic calculations required to kill a well, and the main functions of the BOP system will also be covered.  The day will end with participants learning about the difference between a blow out and a well control situation.

Day 7 – Cementing operations, cementing equipment, primary cementing, stage and liner cementing.

• Cement purpose and additives
• Primary and secondary Cementing
• Casing hardware

The importance of effective cement placement will be taught, as well as the hardware used to accomplish quality primary cement jobs.  Cementing additives, Mud removal methods, techniques, and systems will be covered so that the participants will be able to recommend appropriate methods for their wells.

Day 8 –  Rig types, hoisting system, rotary system, circulating system

• Rig Types
• Rig Hoisting Systems
• Rig Rotary Systems
• Rig circulating Systems

Rig systems description with key variables to design the hoisting, rotary and circulation system will be touched to enhance the student skills to choose the most optimal tools.

Day 9 –  Rig Well Control System, Rig power system and Rig automation system.

• The well control system, its components and calculations about its limitations
• The power system, its components and calculations about its limitations
• The Automation system, its components and key concepts

We'll be spending the final day highlighting the importance of each one of the characteristics of the well control rig components. Students will be more familiar with several new drilling concepts and will link it all,  in key concepts and rig elements used to drill while in every operation a safer well. The day will continue with the power system in which all the efforts are summarized. All the energy needed to drill an specific well design is calculated knowing about the components details. Further the automation system, we'll drive the student thru digital Intelligence concepts and robotics applied to the rig.

Day 10 –  Completions and Fishing

• Completions introduction
  
• Fishing introduction

The final day of the course we'll make an introduction about completions and fishing operations.