By the end of this CDGA training course, participants will be able to:

• Drill a well cost effectively and maximize penetration rate &  Evaluate stuck pipe problems and avoid potential problems by optimizing hole cleaning and ROP

• Design, drill string and BOP/wellheads & Design and implement bit and hydraulics programs
• BHA design for proper deviation, directional and horizontal drilling control & Recognize and evaluate well control problems by effectively using Mud Logging principles and techniques

Drilling Engineers, Senior Drilling Engineers, Drilling Supervisors, Drilling Superintendents, Petroleum Engineers, Completion Engineers, Tool Pushers, Reservoir and Senior Reservoir Engineers, Geologists, Production and Completion Engineers, Foremen, Work over Engineers, Petroleum Engineers, Completion Engineers, Tool Pushers, Reservoir and Senior Industry Personnel, Lifting Personnel, Maintenance Engineers, Technologists, Mud Engineers, Well Site Supervisors, Drilling Contractors, Drilling Supervisors, Completion Engineers, Completion Supervisors, Drilling Managers, Drilling Technical Support Personnel, Trainee Drillers, Rig Engineers, Industry Personnel

Drilling Hole Problems and Practical Solutions

• Hole problems (stuck pipe, lost circulation)
• Impact of hole cleaning on hole problems
• Stuck pipe types
• Formation and problems related
• Good recommendations of drilling practices and preventive measurements
• Fishing tools and impact on stuck pipe
• Lost circulation and types
• Materials used to solve the problems
• Recommendations and procedures
• Losses in and not in the reservoir
• New plug setting technique for healing sever loss
• How to solve the problem?
  
  

 Preventing Wash Out and Twist Off

• How you can prevent washouts?
• How do you analyze the true pressure loss of a washout?
  
  

Bit Selection and Hydraulics Application, Including Nozzle Selection

• Bit Types
• Rolling Cutter Bits          
• Polycrystalline Diamond Bits
• Standard classification of Bits
• Preparing the bit to be run in hole
• Running in hole and drilling out cement and plugs
• Breaking the bits
• Fundamental parameters discussion
• Optimizing drilling performance
• Drill off test
• Drill string dynamic / vibration
• Factors related to bit run termination
• Bit hydraulic
  
  

BHA and Drill String Design, Selection of Casing Seats, BOP Equipment

• Drill strings
• Functions of Drill Pipe, Drill Collars and BHA selection
• Grades of Drill Pipe and strength properties
• Thread types and tool-joints
• Drill collar weight and neutral point
• Basic design calculations based on depth to be drilled.
• Functions of stabilizers and roller reamers
  
  

Drilling Fluids Planning and Control, Routine and Special Problems

• Lifting capacity of drilling fluids, pressure losses in the circulating system and ECD
• Functions of the drilling fluid , Impact of hydraulic on the drilling optimization
• Parameters affecting on the drilling penetrations
• Drilling fluid properties, Functions of drilling fluid
• Mud properties and problems related to mud properties
• Seepage losses control
  
  

Well Control & Hydro-Dynamic Pressure

• Well control
• Three Phases of well control
• Hydro-dynamic pressure 
• Equivalent circulating density
• Mud weight maintenance 
• Second line of defense     
• Induced Kick
• Kick detection team
• Causes of kicks while drilling
• Indication of induced kicks
• Diverter guidelines while drilling
• Best kill procedure for kick type
• Kick control team
• Removing gas trapped below the BOP
• Causes of kicks while tripping
• Diverter guidelines while tripping
• Evaluating the off bottom kick condition
• Strip and bleed guidelines
• Volumetric Guidelines
• Dynamic lubricates and bleed guidelines
• Third line of defense (Underground blowout)
• Kick detection in oil base mud
• Operations that can mask a kick
• Well control kill sheet
  
  

Planning Including Mud Logging Requirements

• Introduction
• Modern mud logging unit
• Petroleum engineering services
• Gas analysis
• Cutting evaluation
• Shale bulk density
• Shale factor
• Flow line temperature
• Drilling Models
• Petro physical measurements
• Drilling porosity
• Selection a mud logging service

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.