The course will present an overview of oil and gas well drilling operations from start to finish. The course includes discussions of drilling technology, drilling rig components, basic drilling fluids and hydraulics coverage, cementing operations, discussions on downhole pressures, drilling problems and solutions
Course Objectives
At the end of the course delegates will learn about basic drilling operations both onshore and offshore, the sequence of processes, basic components and functions of a drilling rig, drilling economics, formation and fracture pressures, drilling problems and well control procedures, cementing, directional drilling and basic logging operations.