Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies and exercises where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops. This course is designed for engineers and field personnel involved in the planning and implementation of drilling programs. This course covers all aspects of drilling fluids technology, emphasizing both theory and practical application. Drilling is a complex operation requiring the marriage of different technologies and disciplines. Today?s drilling personnel must have a working knowledge of drilling fluid in order to effectively drill a well. This course provides the fundamentals necessary to drill a well, whether it is a shallow well or a complex, high pressure well. During this interactive course, participants will learn the basic system classifications and function of additives; the various types of fluids including clear fluid systems, solids-enhanced fluids, contaminants, and handling and transporting fluids treatments and corrosive; the corrosion, including drilling-fluids corrosive agents and packer fluids; the drilling fluid contaminants and corrective treatments; the selection of water phase salinity and activity for bore hole stability as well as non-aqueous fluids to meet drilling requirements and environmental concerns; and the non-aqueous drilling fluid systems.

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TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies:

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable:

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy materials will be issued
Training Methodology	:	80% theory, 20% practical
Training Program	:	4 hours per day, from 09:30 to 13:30