Mud School Drilling Fluids

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Mud School Drilling Fluids

Introduction

This five-day course will take participants through a comprehensive look at the functions of drilling fluids systems. It will address how to engineer a mud system, as well as cover water based, oil based, and synthetic mud systems.

The core content of this course will cover all the main pillars of drilling fluids activities linked to drilling and completion operations, with safety best practices being a primary focus throughout the course.

Objectives

    By the end of this course, participants will learn to:

    • Learn about the functions of drilling fluids and the composition of water based mud
    • Learn about oil and synthetic based mud products and systems
    • Learn about lost circulation and stuck pipe problems and solutions
    • Learn about hole cleaning, hydraulics calculations, real time measurements, and reservoir drilling fluid systems

Training Methodology

The course is delivered in a combination of lecture-style and computer-based training. In addition, a significant amount of time is set aside for small working group activity when addressing case study problems. Extensive use is made of case study material to underline the key aspects of the course and to give the delegates exposure to current best practice.

Who Should Attend?

This course is intended for all geologists, geophysicists, petroleum, reservoir, drilling engineers with a basic knowledge of well design principles.

Course Outline

Day1: Basics of Drilling Fluids

  • Functions of drilling fluids
  • Composition of water-based mud
  • Clay chemistry
  • Rheology

Day2: Water-Based & Oil-Based Mud Systems

  • Products and systems
  • High performance WBM
  • Oil and synthetic-based mud products and systems

Day3: System Circulation and Pipe Problems

  • Lost circulation
  • Stuck pipe problems
  • HPHT challenges
  • HPHT applications and systems

Day4: Drill Care

  • Hole cleaning
  • Virtual hydraulics and real-time measurements
  • Reservoir drill-in fluid system
  • Completions fluid
  • Well clean up and displacement procedures

Day5: Equipment and Future Technologies

  • Solid control equipment
  • Emerging technologies
  • Course review and wrap up

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