Offshore Drilling Operations

The course covers drilling in the offshore environment. Types of rigs and rig moving practices are discussed along with drilling equipment and down hole tools, A geology overview is given together with wellbore stability and well design including casing design, drilling fluids and cementing. Well control and sub-sea BOP equipment are covered together with directional drilling and completion design.

Who should attend?

Drilling Supervisors, Drilling Engineers, Rig Managers and Drillers requiring offshore knowledge

Course Agenda

Day1

• Types of rigs
• Rig moves
• Primary components of offshore rigs – hoisting, pumping, rotating
• Down hole drilling tools

Day2

• Geology overview
• Overburden, pore pressure and fracture gradient
• Well planning
• Drilling fluids
• Cementing

Day3

• Well design
• Review of steel properties
• Casing design
• Well control

Day4

• Drill string design
• Directional drilling
• Surveying

Day5

• Completions
• DST procedure from floating MODU