DEFINE | Management Consultancy & Training

DRILL BITS AND HYDRAULICS

Location

London, UK

Date

From Date: 30-Sep-2024
To Date: 04-Oct-2024

Duration

5 DAYS

Language

ENGLISH

Discipline

Introduction

Upon completion of the course, the participant will be able to :

Understand the Tri-cone bit design, structure, drilling action, and their hydraulic design.
Understand the Diamond bit design, structure, drilling action, and their hydraulic design.
Understand how to grade a dull bit
Understand bit selection criteria
Understand mud functions, types & chemistry
Understand various types of pressure in the wellbore & ECD application
Understand hydraulics parameters & their impact on drilling efficiency.
Understand different mud flow profiles & their effect on wellbore cleaning

Objective

Understand the Tri-cone bit design, structure, drilling action, and their hydraulic design.
Understand the Diamond bit design, structure, drilling action, and their hydraulic design.
Understand how to grade a dull bit
Understand bit selection criteria
Understand mud functions, types & chemistry
Understand various types of pressure in the wellbore & ECD application
Understand hydraulics parameters & their impact on drilling efficiency.
Understand different mud flow profiles & their effect on wellbore cleaning

Audience

The course is designed for Drilling Supervisor, Drilling engineer, Well engineer, Well planner & Service engineer:

Fresh graduate drilling personnel whose job need well understanding of bit technology & their hydraulics.
Newly joined drilling personnel to ensure reaching the required standards of knowledge of bit technology & their hydraulics.
Operational employees who need to deepen their drill knowledge & skills of concerning bit technology & their hydraulics.

Content

Drill Bit History ( Tricone & Diamond )
Tricone Bits :

Tricone Bit Structure Components
Roller cone bit Design
Cutting Structures ( Steel teeth bits & TCI bits )
Bearing
Hydraulic Design
Optional Features

Diamond Bits :

Diamond Cutting Mechanics
PDC Bit Structure Components
PDC Bit Design
Cutting Structures
Drilling Dynamics
Hydraulic Design
Preparation of Well-Cost Estimates

Dull Bit Grading
Drilling - Bit Date Record
Bit Selection
Intro to Drilling Fluids functions, types, and chemistry
Wellbore pressures, Pressure losses & ECD
Hydraulics parameters (Horsepower, Impact force & their drilling applications)
Mud Rheology, and Rheological models
Flow profiles
Hydraulics Optimization

Certificate

Define Management Consultancy & Training Cert ificate of course completion will be issued to all attendees

Methodology

A highly interactive combination of lectures and discussion sessions will be managed to maximize the amount and quality of information and knowledge transfer. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions, and motivate everybody find the right answers. You will also be encouraged to raise your own questions and to share in the development of the right answers using your own analysis and experiences. Tests of multiple-choice type will be made available on daily basis to examine the effectiveness of delivering the course.

All presentations are made in excellent colourful power point. Very useful Course Materials will be given.

30% Lectures
30% Workshops and work presentation
20% Group Work & Practical Exercises
20% Videos & General Discussions

Course Details