ABOUT THIS TRAINING COURSE
In our pursuit to discover oil & gas in deeper horizons, wells are often drilled
in a HPHT environment. To be considered a HPHT well, the downhole conditions
will have pressures in excess of 10,000 psi (69 MPa) and 300° F (150° C). To
drill these usually expensive wells successfully, the planning and execution
phase has to be of an exceptionally high standard. Therefore, both operator and
drilling/service contractor staff must be seamlessly aligned and work as a
coherent team to reach and then harness the well objectives. This is
particularly important when speciality services such as Managed Pressure
Drilling (MPD) are being applied with crews and/or supervisors who are not
intricately familiar with complicated well control incidents. As we seek to
prevent costly non-productive time, attention will also be paid to enabling
technologies like expandable solid tubulars, mud coolers and specialty mud.
The 3 full-day course will explain the key characteristics and challenges of
HPHT Planning and Well Control. This includes:
1. Differences between HPHT and standard (conventional) wells and what this
entails for well design.
2. The challenges unique to HPHT and the impact of Pore Pressure Prediction
(PPP).
3. Static and Dynamic Equivalent Mud Density and the factors that influence
the ultimate Bottom Hole Pressure (BHP).
4. Control practices such as 'fingerprinting' to identify what's happening
downhole.
5. HPHT shut-in procedures and practices.
6. Specific HPHT equipment and drilling tool requirements and advantages of
Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD).
7. Well control on/off bottom, bull-heading and dealing with kick-loss
situations.
8. Mud management, tolerance on mud properties and challenges in cementing.
9. Case history on emergency control.
10. Drills, team effort, checklists, human factor and 'getting everybody on
board'.
Training Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
* Recognize the main differences in planning/design between HPHT and standard
(conventional) wells as well as the challenges that will have to be faced.
* Explain drilling and tripping operational challenges and practices as well as
how to manage these effectively.
* Identify wellbore breathing (a.k.a. ballooning) and how to safely deal with
this within the narrow window for mud density selection.
* Apply practices of consistent fingerprinting and how to develop procedures
for this to benefit the rig team.
* Measure and understand bottom hole pressure and the effect of influencing
factors such as temperature, rotation and flow rate.
* Understand the critical mud properties to alleviate barite sag, general mud
density control techniques and specify the essentials in cementing.
* Manage losses and low fracture gradients with well bore strengthening
methods.
* Execute sound HPHT shut-in procedures.
* Understand how MPD can assist in the safe and efficient drilling and hole
cleaning of HPHT wells.
* Understand the use of MPD Influx Management Envelopes.
* Identify critical Early Kick Detection Systems (EKDS) and HPHT well control
equipment.
* Execute safe secondary well control practices in a H2S environment,
bull-heading, on and off bottom and handling of gas at surface, using MGS and
hydrate mitigation measures.
Target Audience
The course is intended for:
* Office-based staff engaged in HPHT well planning and day-to-day operations
* Field-based rig staff working as front-line supervisors - from Assistant
Drillers to Senior Toolpushers
* Field-based rig staff working for service companies supporting the execution
of HPHT wells (MPD, mud and mudlogging services etc.)
Trainer
Your expert course leader has over 45 years of experience in the Oil & Gas
industry. During that time, he has worked exclusively in the well engineering
domain. After being employed in 1974 by Shell, one of the major oil & gas
producing operators, he worked as an apprentice on drilling rigs in the
Netherlands. After a year, he was sent for his first international assignment to
the Sultanate of Oman where he climbed up the career ladder from Assistant
Driller, to Driller, to wellsite Petroleum Engineer and eventually on-site
Drilling Supervisor, actively engaged in the drilling of development and
exploration wells in almost every corner of this vast desert area. At that time,
drilling techniques were fairly basic and safety was just a buzz word, but such
a situation propels learning and the fruits of 'doing-the-basics' are still
reaped today when standing in front of a class.
After some seven years in the Middle East, a series of other international
assignments followed in places like the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Turkey,
Denmark, China, Malaysia, and Russia. Apart from on-site drilling supervisory
jobs on various types of drilling rigs (such as helicopter rigs) and working
environments (such as jungle and artic), he was also assigned to research, to
projects and to the company's learning centre. In research, he was responsible
for promoting directional drilling and surveying and advised on the first
horizontal wells being drilled, in projects, he was responsible for a high
pressure drilling campaign in Nigeria while in the learning centre, he looked
after the development of new engineers joining the company after graduating from
university. He was also involved in international well control certification and
served as chairman for a period of three years. In the last years of his active
career, he worked again in China as a staff development manager, a position he
nurtured because he was able to pass on his knowledge to a vast number of new
employees once again.
After retiring in 2015, he has delivered well engineering related courses in
Australia, Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, China, South Korea, Thailand, India,
Dubai, Qatar, Kuwait, The Netherlands, and the United States. The training he
provides includes well control to obtain certification in drilling and well
intervention, extended reach drilling, high pressure-high temperature drilling,
stuck pipe prevention and a number of other ad-hoc courses. He thoroughly enjoys
training and is keen to continue taking classes as an instructor for some time
to come.
POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL)
To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer
individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can
help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your
learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your
capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be
delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers.
They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help
you achieve your goals faster.
Request for further information post training support and fees applicable
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