Well Engineering
Basic Petroleum Geology
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Basic petroleum geology
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Rock types
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Sedimentary rocks
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Leak off tests
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Casing seat selection
Casing Design
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Steel properties and API casing strength,
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Casing seat selection
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Casing design criteria
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Collapse design
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Burst design
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Tension design
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Miscellaneous casing loadings and safety factors
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Casing design methods for: Exploration, Development, Horizontal and HPHT wells
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Kick Tolerance, Kick profiles,
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Triaxial Stress Ellipse
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Sour gas consideration
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Complete well design starting on first day and completed at end of course.
Drillstring Design
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Drillstring and BHA
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Drill pipe, drillcollars, grades of drill pipe and strength properties
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Thread types
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Tool joints
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Calculations of approximate weight of drill pipe and tool joint
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Drill collar weight and neutral point
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Bending strength ratio
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Margin of over-pull
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Slip crushing
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Pressure-area method
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Jars
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Shock subs
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Reamers and stabilizers
Drillbits & Hydraulics
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Drillbits: types & selection.
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Tricone bits: design and selection procedures
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PDC bits: design and selection procedures
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IADC drillbit classification
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IADC Dull grading
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Fluid flow in wellbores
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Bingham Plastic and Power Law calculations
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Hydraulics calculations
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ECD calculation
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Hole cleaning
Directional Drilling, Horizontal & ML Wells
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Declination And Convergence
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UTM & Grid coordinates
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Surface and subsurface targets
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Bottomhole assemblies. Placement of stabilisers.
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Survey Reference Points
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Calculations And Wellpath Plotting
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Surveying Tools And Accuracy
Drilling Operations
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Well planning
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Drilling operations : WOB and RPM, drill off tests
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Drill bit selection optimisation
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Hydraulics optimisation
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Casing landing
