INTENDED FOR
Operating, Contracting, Service Company and Regulatory
Authority personnel involved in or associated with drilling deep hot
wells with oil/water base drilling fluids.
DURATION
2 days
Entry form
AIM
To
provide a comprehensive study of how to deal with high pressure, high
temperature kicks in oil/water based drilling fluids.
COURSE CONTENT
- Composition and Properties of Drilling Fluids
- Kick composition and Properties
- Gas solubility in Drilling Fluids
- Gas behaviour in the Wellbore
- Kick detection and associated equipment
- Bubble point pressure of kicks
- Well control methods
- Kicks while off bottom
- Rig equipment
- Jack-ups and permanent completions in gas condensate reservoirs
- Temperature effects on well control equipment
- Surface equipment problems with gas to surface
- Regulations safety
- Planning high pressure high temperature well case studies
- Case histories
- Recommendations and codes of practice for the drilling and testing of high pressure offshore wells
- Worst case scenario
- Well control flowcharts