Drilling Operations Training for Land and Offshor Drilling Rigs

Course length: 6 days

Course description

In this course, participants will learn the overall operations involved in drilling an oil well which includes introduction, people, drilling theory, rig equipment, rig components, roles and responsibilities, oral and hands-on drilling rig demonstration. Once completed, students should be able to work safely and effectively among co-workers with a clear understanding of what’s happening around a drilling site as far as all operations are concerned.

Who should Attend

• Office Personnel
• 3rd Party Contractors
• Entry-Level Employees
• Tradesmen
• Engineers
• Drilling Crew, Deck Crew
• Crane Operators
• Rig Move Captain
• Rig Move Offshore Installation Manager
• Office-Based Geologists
• Office-Based Logistics Coordinator and
• Logistics Supervisor
• Casing Running Personnel / Casing Crew (non-supervisory)
• Downhole Equipment Specialists / Operators
• Measurement While Drilling and Logging While Drilling (MWD / LWD) Personnel
• Surveying Engineer
• Operator Other Non – Supervisory and Non – Critical Drilling
• Intervention Personnel
• Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Personnel (Non – Supervisory)
• Well Control Trainers – In House or Commercial (For Awareness Course)
• Supply and Support Vessel Watch Officers and Captains
• Oilfield Equipment Repair Personnel
• Tubular and Rig Inspection Personnel Wireline / Slickline Crews (Non –Supervisory)

What you will learn

The course will equip the participants with the necessary understanding of the processes involved during drilling operations and to give a better understanding of the history and the sources of petroleum and to learn some of the techniques, systems and equipment used in drilling operations.

Course Outline

Drilling Operations Training – Day 1

• Introduction
• History of companies and people petroleum producers,
• Drilling and sub-contractors
• Chain of command responsibilities and contracts rig personnel and their responsibilities
• Drilling contracts
• Rotary Drilling Versus Cable Tool Drilling
• Introduction to rotary and cable tool drilling
• Advantages and disadvantages
• Types of Rigs-land rigs, mobile & offshore rigs
• Offshore platforms and support vessels

Drilling Operations Training – Day 2

• Oil & gas characteristics
• Introduction to hydrocarbons and reservoirs
• Basic concepts of geology
• Pressure and temperature
• Formations and structures
• Formation traps and tectonic plates
• Structural and stratigraphic formations
• Normal and abnormal pressures
• The drill site & choosing a rig site
• Preparing the location & moving equipment to the location
• Rigging up, substructures and the rig floor
• Raising the derrick or mast rigging up additional equipment
• Offshore rig-up

Drilling Operations Training – Day 3 Rig Components:

• Power systems mechanical and electrical
• Advantages and disadvantages
• Hoisting equipment slip & cut
• Inspection and maintenance
• Rig Components
• Rotary System
• Circulation system
• Mud cleaning equipment
• Types of drilling fluids and their purpose
• Building of base muds and mixing equipment
• Well control concepts and BOP Equipment

Drilling Operations Training – Day 4

• Normal drilling operations
• Drill stem assembly
• Kelly, top drive and downhole motors
• Making a connection
• Preparing for a trip
• Tripping in and out of the hole
• Tripping with either a Kelly, top drive, or pipe racker
• Annulus design (wellbore)
• Running casing
• Types of casings
• Drilling ahead
• Drilling to final depth (TD) & laying downpipes

Drilling Operations Training – Day 5