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Online Open Seat, Horizontal and High Angle Engineering and Operations Course – East Hemisphere

August 8, 2022 - August 11, 2022

$1795
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Course Overview

Painful experience has shown that even the most robust drilling programme can fail through incorrect implementation techniques. Due to the increased challenges and numerous procedural revisions associated with high angle wells, educating personnel on how to identify issues before they become problems is crucial in delivering a successful deviated well Invest in yourself, your team and ultimately your results by attending Merlin ERD’s Horizontal & High Angle Operations & Engineering Training Course.

What will I learn?

  • How to determine the maximum reach from your location
  • Key planning considerations to delivering trouble free wells
  • Root cause of problems encountered in high angle wells
  • Identifying minimum equipment specifications for ERD projects
  • What others are doing around the world to assure success
  • Latest tools and techniques used to reliably deliver ERD projects
  • How to minimise downtime due to 3rd party tools

Example Schedule

  • Mon: 8am – 12.30pm
  • Tue: 8am – 12.30pm
  • Wed: 8am – 12.30pm
  • Thu: 8am – 12.30pm
  • Fri: 8am – 12.30pm

*Daily sessions are typically 4.5 hours. Actual start times will vary based on the geographical location of delegates.

Who Should Attend?

  • All Drilling professionals involved with high angle wells
  • Drilling Managers, Superintendents & Engineers
  • Drilling Supervisors, Drillers, Tool Pushers, AD & Derrickmen
  • Directional Drillers, MWD, Mud Engineers & Mud Loggers

Course Schedule

  • Introduction & Objectives

    Introduction and overview of course objectives, schedule course resources.

  • Industry Achievements

    Latest Industry achievements in deviated, complex and ERD wells.

  • Differences to low angle wells

    Important differences between high angle and low angle wells.

  • Hole Cleaning

    Explanation of fundamentals, how material is removed and why we can assume the hole is never fully clean.

  • ERD Well Planning

    Key considerations when designing any challenging well.

  • Torque & Drag

    Explanation of T&D fundamentals, their impact in high angle wells and options for reducing T&D loads.

  • Rig Equipment

    How to determine minimum rig requirements for your well and necessary safety factors for success. Options to drill further without rig upgrades.

  • Tripping & Back-reaming

    How to clean up a deviated hole. Fit for purpose tripping procedures and avoiding pack-offs and stuck pipe while back-reaming.

  • Hydraulics & ECD Management

    ECD definition, influencing factors and options for reducing ECD.

  • Swab & Surge

    Why swab and surge effects are amplified in ERD wells. Techniques for managing cyclic loading.

  • Connections

    Outline of procedures for making safe connections in high angle wells. Techniques to avoid damage to the wellbore and prevent stuck pipe.

  • Hole Conditioning Monitoring

    How to interpret downhole conditions from surface measurements to provide objective repeatable indication of hole condition. Dynamic changes in cuttings, torque, drag and PWD. How to get early warning of approaching problems.

  • Wellbore Stability

    Causes of instability. Solutions for preventing and/or recovering from a wellbore stability problem.

  • Casing & Cementing

    Key risks installing casing in ERD and high angle wells. Latest techniques to get tubulars predictably to depth. Cementing issues for high angle wells.

  • Casing Wear

    Types of casing wear, identifying a problem, consequences and risk reduction options.

  • Well Trajectory Design

    Understand what’s important in trajectory design when planning how to meet the well’s subsurface objectives.

  • Bit & BHA

    Bit and BHA design considerations for high angle wells over and above ROP, data collections and directional control.

  • Differential Sticking

    Understanding the problem, the risk factors and how to manage the risk of differential pressure sticking on high angle wells.

  • Stuck Pipe Avoidance

    Fundamentals of stuck pipe, identification and avoidance.

  • Vibration

    What are the causes of downhole vibration and their effect on the hole and BHA. Tips to avoid failures.

  • Drilling Limiters

    Identification of common drilling limiters and a methodical approach to extending limiters while managing risk.

  • Directional Surveying

    Understand the technology behind common survey tools and how to apply them to minimise positional errors.
SESSION 1

  • Introduction & Objectives

    Introduction and overview of course objectives, schedule course resources.

  • Industry Achievements

    Latest Industry achievements in deviated, complex and ERD wells.

  • Differences to low angle wells

    Important differences between high angle and low angle wells.

  • Hole Cleaning

    Explanation of fundamentals, how material is removed and why we can assume the hole is never fully clean.
SESSION 2

  • ERD Well Planning

    Key considerations when designing any challenging well.

  • Torque & Drag

    Explanation of T&D fundamentals, their impact in high angle wells and options for reducing T&D loads.

  • Rig Equipment

    How to determine minimum rig requirements for your well and necessary safety factors for success. Options to drill further without rig upgrades.

  • Tripping & Back-reaming

    How to clean up a deviated hole. Fit for purpose tripping procedures and avoiding pack-offs and stuck pipe while back-reaming.

  • Hydraulics & ECD Management

    ECD definition, influencing factors and options for reducing ECD.
SESSION 3

  • Swab & Surge

    Why swab and surge effects are amplified in ERD wells. Techniques for managing cyclic loading.

  • Connections

    Outline of procedures for making safe connections in high angle wells. Techniques to avoid damage to the wellbore and prevent stuck pipe.

  • Hole Conditioning Monitoring

    How to interpret downhole conditions from surface measurements to provide objective repeatable indication of hole condition. Dynamic changes in cuttings, torque, drag and PWD. How to get early warning of approaching problems.

  • Wellbore Stability

    Causes of instability. Solutions for preventing and/or recovering from a wellbore stability problem.
SESSION 4

  • Casing & Cementing

    Key risks installing casing in ERD and high angle wells. Latest techniques to get tubulars predictably to depth. Cementing issues for high angle wells.

  • Casing Wear

    Types of casing wear, identifying a problem, consequences and risk reduction options.

  • Well Trajectory Design

    Understand what’s important in trajectory design when planning how to meet the well’s subsurface objectives.

  • Bit & BHA

    Bit and BHA design considerations for high angle wells over and above ROP, data collections and directional control.
SESSION 5

  • Differential Sticking

    Understanding the problem, the risk factors and how to manage the risk of differential pressure sticking on high angle wells.

  • Stuck Pipe Avoidance

    Fundamentals of stuck pipe, identification and avoidance.

  • Vibration

    What are the causes of downhole vibration and their effect on the hole and BHA. Tips to avoid failures.

  • Drilling Limiters

    Identification of common drilling limiters and a methodical approach to extending limiters while managing risk.

  • Directional Surveying

    Understand the technology behind common survey tools and how to apply them to minimise positional errors.
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Details

Start:
August 8, 2022
End:
August 11, 2022
Cost:
$1795
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Organizer

Miles Long
Phone:
+441738627922
Email:
Miles.Long@MerlinERD.com

Venue

Eastern Hemisphere
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