Mud Logging for Data Engineers - IFP Training Certificate

MUDLOGD-EN-D

Who should attend?

  • The purpose of this on-the-job skills - IFP Training Certificate, is to make sure that the mudlogging staff has the proper knowledge/competencies in order to detect any operational issue at its early stage and undergo adequate action to solve it and avoid a possible dramatic situation on the rig.
  • Especially the objective is:
  • To assess the knowledge/competencies of the candidate and make sure that he/she understands the basic technical aspects of his/her position together with his/her role and responsibility on the rig.
  • To identify the knowledge/competencies to be improved for each candidate.
  • To recommend trainings.
Public :
  • Data Engineers.

Level :Expert

Prerequisite :
  • In order to be eligible for this on-the-job skills - IFP Training Certificate, the candidate must provide justification of a university or similar degree/diploma in geology.
  • He/she will also have to provide justification of a career path consistent with the objectives presented in this reference document as a data engineer or as a mudlogging specialist (gas specialist, pore pressure specialist …). Especially, the candidate must justify of at least six (6) experiences on a rig as a mud logger/data engineer/mudlogging specialist.

Course Content

  • TEST - Duration : 2 hours

      • The Test is an on-line exam composed of sixty-five (65) randomly selected questions of various types (multiple choice questions, true/false questions etc.) extracted from a wide database of questions covering the required knowledge and know-how on ten disciplines. Drilling – Equipment & Environment, Drilling – Monitoring & Calculations, Geology Fundamentals, Sampling, Gas Chain & Gas Evaluation, HSE, Roles & Responsibilities, Geosteering, Coring and MWD-LWD. However Geosteeering, Coring and MWD-LWD results will not be part of the evaluation.
      • Additionaly they are five (5) Eliminatory Questions the candidate will have to validate in order to be certified.
  • INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEW - Duration : 2 hours

      • Organized in three (3) parts:
      • Eliminatory Questions (if necessary depending on the Test’s result).
      • Situation Analysis.
      • Additional Skills covering Basic Mathematics, Basic Safety, Role & Responsibility, Communication and Teamwork.

Ways & Means

  • The assessment is currently made of two parts:
  • A Test.
  • An Individual Interview.
To French entities : IFP Training is referenced to DataDock ; you may contact your OPCO about potential funding. Please contact our disabled persons referent to check the accessibility of this training program : referent.handicap@ifptraining.com