Course Details

Objective

• Understand the responsibilities of a well planner as a designer and project manager
• Review offset analysis and data gathering
• Understand the influence of completion design and production requirements on well design
• Identify trajectory design issues and their influence on torque and drag, wellbore stability, and future intervention
• Develop specific casing design skills including casing point selection; design load case development; burst, collapse and tension calculations; controlling load and safety factor determination and select appropriate size, weight and grade
• Perform cement slurry and displacement volume calculations
• Complete drill string and BHA designs and failure prevention assessment for each hole section, and review for directional well applications
• Understand different bit types and applications, and perform calculations to support bit run economics
• Optimize hydraulics for each hole interval based upon wellbore, fluids and drill string configurations

Content

Day 1: Fundamentals of Well Engineering

• Introduction to the drilling lifecycle and well objectives
• Key components of well design
• Overview of well types (vertical, directional, horizontal)
• Drilling environments and challenges (onshore, offshore, HPHT, deepwater)
• Regulatory and safety standards in well planning

Day 2: Geological and Formation Considerations

• Formation pressure and pore pressure prediction
• Fracture gradient and geomechanics
• Wellbore stability concepts
• Mud weight window and casing setting depth design
• Formation evaluation basics

Day 3: Casing and Cementing Design

• Casing functions and types
• Casing design principles and load cases
• Casing string selection and depth planning
• Cementing objectives and slurry design
• Zonal isolation and cement placement techniques

Day 4: Drill String, BHA, and Hydraulics

• Drill string components and design considerations
• Bottom Hole Assembly (BHA) types and selection
• Directional drilling tools and techniques
• Drilling hydraulics fundamentals
• Optimization of rate of penetration (ROP) and hole cleaning

Day 5: Well Control, Risk Management, and Emerging Technologies

• Well control principles and pressure regimes
• Kick detection and blowout prevention
• Risk assessment and mitigation strategies in well design
• Introduction to digital well planning and automation
• Overview of emerging technologies (MPD, ERD, intelligent wells)

NOTE:

Pre & Post Tests will be conducted

Case Studies, Group Exercises, Group Discussions, Last Day Review &Assessments will

be carried out.

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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 motivating everybody to 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 the multiple-choice type will be made available on a daily basis to examine the effectiveness of delivering the course.

All presentations are made in excellent colorful 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