PetroTeach offers the 5 days course in deepwater drilling operations. This course approaches well construction as a design process. The course is specifically designed to provide an understanding of the challenges associated with the design and
construction of deepwater wells.
| Code | Date | Location | price (€)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRL 304 | 8 – 11 Sep 2025 | Online | 1990 |
| DRL 304 | 20 – 23 Oct 2025 | Aberdeen | 3990 |
* Prices are subject to VAT and local terms. Ph.D. students, groups (≥ 3 persons) and early bird registrants (8 weeks in advance) are entitled to a DISCOUNT!
PetroTeach offers the 5 days course in deepwater drilling operations. This course approaches well construction as a design process. The course is specifically designed to provide an understanding of the challenges associated with the design and
construction of deepwater wells.
The course covers not only theory, technicalities and practicalities of designing, drilling and completing deepwater wells, but it also covers real examples and exercises. Understand the design criteria for air drilled wells. The course starts with the history of deepwater drilling, then look at the geological aspects of deepwater drilling operations and the challenges associated. With the fundamentals covered the course then moves to cover the aspects associated with deepwater well design. This is followed by the preparations for drilling deepwater wells where metocean, rig and station keeping challenges are addressed.
o Well design considerations
o Metocean and currents
o Rig selection
o Station keeping
o Open water operations
o Conductors and surface casing
o Subsea wellhead systems and casing
o Deepwater cementing
o Well design considerations
o Metocean and currents
o Rig selection
o Station keeping
o Open water operations
o Conductors and surface casing
o Subsea wellhead systems and casing
o Deepwater cementing
o BOP systems
o Drilling riser systems
o Drilling equipment for deepwater
o Deepwater well control
o Deepwater drilling challenges
o Fluids and mud systems
o Subsalt operations
o Input to numerical simulator
Exercise: Black oil model properties and fluid characterization
o Dual gradient drilling, MPD
o Deepwater completions
o Deepwater operations management
o Deepwater well intervention
Steve Nas holds master degree in drilling engineering from the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen and has accumulated over 40 years of drilling engineering experience. Steve started in 1977 as a mud logger with Geoservices before becoming a wellsite drilling engineer in 1980. Initially working rigs as a wellsite drilling engineer around the Middle East and throughout Africa before working for Shell in the UK North Sea. In the mid 1990’s became heavily involved in coiled tubing and underbalanced drilling and later into managed pressure drilling. He has been teaching well engineering since obtaining his master’s degree in the late 1990’s and has taught numerous courses at all levels including MSc students and developed a large number of training courses. Now working as an independent consultant he provides a number of well engineering related courses and offshore coaching on challenging wells
Participants should have a solid understanding of conventional drilling operations and at least 3 to 5 years of experience in drilling and rig operations. General understanding of hydrostatic pressures and
the associated calculation methods is an advantage. The course is intended for the disciplines listed below, as well as anyone with a specific interest in the topic:
• Drilling and Completion Engineers
• Drilling Contractor Supervisory Personnel
• Service Providers for Deepwater Wells
• Other Relevant Technical and Operational Staff
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The participants will learn and understand:
• The challenges associated with deepwater drilling and completion operations.
• Overview of the Standards, procedures and practices associated with Deepwater Drilling
• Overview of the geological and geophysical aspects of deepwater prospects.
• Understanding of the well design considerations for deepwater wells.
• Understanding of drilling rig and equipment for drilling deepwater wells.
• Understanding of the drilling challenges and practices for deepwater well construction.
• Overview of modern technologies and their applications for deepwater wells.
• Understanding of testing and completion requirements for deepwater Wells.
Registration is now OPEN!
* Prices are subject to VAT and local terms. Ph.D. students, groups (≥ 3 persons) and early bird registrants (8 weeks in advance) are entitled to a DISCOUNT!
For more details and registration please send email to: register@petro-teach.com
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