This course provides the knowledge and skills needed to design & supervise drilling mud & cementing programs.
Public :
Engineers, supervisors and lab professionals involved or interested in drilling fluids mud & cementing in water, geothermal or oil/gas drilling operations.
Level :Knowledge
Prerequisite :
Basic knowledge in drilling operations and well architecture.
Course Content
DRILLING MUD
FUNCTIONS OF DRILLING FLUIDS
PHYSICAL & CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Specific gravity.
Rheology.
Filtration.
Alkalinity.
Chloride.
Hardness.
TYPES OF FLUIDS
Water base mud.
Oil base mud.
SHALE INHIBITION
Types of shale.
Chemical and physical inhibition.
MECHANICAL & WASTE TREATMENT
Function.
Selection of equipment and layout.
Separation ranges.
Overall efficiency.
Waste treatment:
Solidification.
Reinjection.
Desorption.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Losses:
Detection.
Analysis and decision chart.
Treatment.
Hole cleaning:
Vertical well.
Deviated and horizontal wells.
DRILLING MUD PROJECT
Design of a whole well muds: Application to real case drilling & completion program.
CEMENT
DRILLING MUD PROJECT
Cementing program.
Job planning and preparation:
Casing running.
Selection of the fluids and flows.
Cementing calculations.
Primary, surface, multistage, liner cementing.
Cement plugs.
CEMENT & SLURRIES
Cement chemistry, cement with environmental impact reduction (CO2).
Special slurries and additives.
Formulation and laboratory tests.
Rheology.
Displacement in eccentric annulus.
Salt zone and temperature problems.
SPECIAL CASES
Gas zone cementing.
Deviated and horizontal wells cementing.
Remedial techniques.
CO2 environment (CO2 resistant cement.
CEMENTING PROJECT
Design of a whole well cementing job: Application to real case drilling & completion project.
EVALUATION OF THE CEMENTING JOB
Principles and interpretation of the cement logs:
Thermometry.
Sonic (CBL - VDL).
Ultrasonic (USIT).
Logs analysis on a real case
KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT
Learning Objectives
Attendees will be able to implement the following skills:
acquire a thorough knowledge of drilling fluids and rheology,
learn how to choose the right equipment for solid removal,
learn how to communicate efficiently as drilling fluid specialist.
master the vocabulary specific to cementing,
understand and use primary cementing techniques and procedures,
select cement and necessary additives,
calculate major parameters in a cementing operation,
assess the quality of a cementing job.
Ways & Means
Exercises, videos.
Application to a real case study.
Laboratory practices.
Learning assessment
Quiz.
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