Course Schedule
Classroom Sessions:
Date Time Duration Location
 
Online Sessions:
Date Time Duration Location
28-Oct 2024 8:30 PM Indian Time
2 Hours Per Day
Zoom Online

Note: The Classes Will be held via Zoom Online Only On Mon, Wed & Friday.

Description


This highly sought-after “Advanced Well Engineering and Drilling Operations” training fits recent energy graduates as well as working professionals who possess appropriate industry experience. 


Advance your career in well engineering! Gain the in-demand knowledge and practical skills to tackle complex challenges and optimize drilling operations with our comprehensive Diploma program.



Demo Class

4 Chapter
Directional Well Planning Optimization for Costs & Deliverability
Directional Well Planning Optimization for Costs & Deliverability
ERD Drilling Planning & Smooth Drilling Execution The Best
ERD Drilling Planning & Smooth Drilling Execution The Best
Digital Drilling Optimization Achieving a Step Change in Well Costs
Digital Drilling Optimization Achieving a Step Change in Well Costs
Building and Optimizing Drilling and Well Engineering Designs Key Strategies and Best Practices
Building and Optimizing Drilling and Well Engineering Designs Key Strategies and Best Practices
Course Description

Introduction


This highly sought-after “Diploma in Advanced Well Engineering and Drilling Operations Optimization” training is ideal for recent energy graduates and experienced professionals in the industry. The course covers well design/planning and drilling execution, including complex well types that require advanced well engineering expertise. Starting from the basics, it guides learners to advanced technical depths in well engineering and drilling problem-solving.


A key feature of this course is its Experience-Based Learning approach. Over 10 weeks, candidates will have full access to Innova’s Well Engineering and Drilling Design Software. This hands-on experience ensures candidates become proficient in well design, planning, and drilling optimization. By the end, they will be able to complete full well designs independently.

Objectives


Empower energy professionals with the advanced skills and practical experience needed to excel in well engineering and drilling optimization. Through a combination of hands-on software training, expert instruction, and real-world scenarios, participants will gain the confidence to design, plan, and execute complex well projects independently.

Training Methodology


This course blends hands-on software training, expert-led instruction, and real-world scenarios to provide a practical and effective learning experience. Participants will gain the confidence to design, plan, and execute complex well projects independently.

Organisational Impact


• Boost Team performance, do more inhouse, saving money.

• Empower and motivate team members through steep learning and useful skills.

• Improve service quality and rapport with your clients.

• Cost-effective but highly effective training, which delivers superior results and team success.


Personal Impact

• Boost self-confidence through professional knowledge and learning deeply about how to deliver viable well design and drilling solutions.


• Empower you career progression via learning useful well engineering and drilling skills.

• Bring a step-change in your professional performance, deliver great solutions.

• Improve service quality and rapport with your managers and colleagues.

• Learn to design and drill wells with safety whilst making wells cost-effective.


Who Should Attend?


• Energy Professionals, looking to step-up their learning and career progression.

• Recent Oil/Gas Graduates.

• Earth Sciences Professionals, looking to diversify their skill set.

• Wellsite Team Leaders.

• Professionals looking to get into Oil and Gas industry.

• Oil and Gas Supervisors/Project Managers.

• Geothermal Drilling Professionals.

Course Outline


1. Introduction


Oil & Gas Wells Life Cycle

Drilling Operations (Intro/Best Practices)


2. Drilling Equipment and Tools


Drilling Rig Types, Key Components, Mechanical Systems

Rig Selection/Technical Limit Calcs. Rig Mathematics & Routine Rig Calcs.

Drilling Bits (Types, Selection, Optimization)

Specialist Drilling Tools, BHA Components, and Their Selection

BHA Design Concepts, Calculations/Engineering Modeling


3. Well Design and Engineering


Key Well Components, Building Blocks, and Architecture

Design Calculations/Selection Of Key Well Components

Casing and Tubing Design, Selection, and Standards

Casing Seat Selection, Load Analysis, and Wear Analysis

Well Design/Engineering Concepts/Fundamentals

Well Engineering Calculations, Validation Of Well Design

Well Integrity and Safety Assurance

Introduction To Well Integrity Management Systems (WIMS)

Drill-Well-On-Paper (DWOP) Design Preparation & Consideration


4. Drilling Fluids and Cementing


Introduction To Drilling and Completions Fluids

Types and Application Of Various Mud Systems, Completions Fluids

Fluids Pilot Tests/Fluids Calculations (Rheological Models & Concepts)

Introduction To Cementing (Fundamental Concepts)

Types, Selection, and Application Of Various Cement Types

Cementing Modeling and Calculations


5. Drilling Hydraulics


Drilling Hydraulics Fundamental Concepts

Well Engineering Calculations For Drilling Hydraulics and Its Optimization


6. Well Control


Well Control Concepts, Kick Tolerance Calculations, Well Control Calculations

Torque/Drag and Hydraulics Modeling/Simulations. Surge/Swab Calcs


7. Complex Well Designs


ERD /Long Horizontal Complex Well Designs Concepts and Design Modeling/Calculations

HTHP Well Design Considerations

Well Designs Optimization Workflow


8. Directional Drilling


Directional Well Planning Basic Concepts and Workflow

Critical Positional Data Requirements, QA/QC & Survey Corrections

Software-Based Building and Designing Of Directional Well Trajectories

Positional Uncertainty and Target Sizing Concepts and Software-Based Application

Software-Based Survey Programming, Trajectory Drillability Analysis

Wellbore Stability (WBS) Considerations

Software-Based ERD Well Directional Well Planning and Considerations

Anti-Collision Concepts & Their Utilization

Software-Based Anti-Collision Calcs and Monitoring While Drilling

Using Software Learn To Replan Current Wells While-Drilling

Software-Based Multi-Well Pad Designs & Trajectory Optimization

Software-Based Relief Well Planning

Sidetrack Well Planning and Best Practices


9. Drilling Project Management and Economics


Well Cost (AFE) Fundamentals and Benchmarking

Performing Well Cost Calculations

Drilling Contracts, Tendering, Logistics, and Material Management

Drilling Project Management (Best Practices & Optimization)

Drilling Campaign Planning, Costing and Well Scheduling

Common Drilling Problems, Challenges, and Operational Risks

Drilling Operations Micro KPIs for Invisible Lost Time Detection & Rig Cost Savings


10. Digital Drilling Optimization


Intro. Digital Drilling Optimization: Real-Time-Operating Centre (RTOC)

Digital Drilling Optimization: RTOC Workflows and Communication Protocol

Well Engineering Based Root Cause Analysis Of Severe Drilling Events

Using Software Packages, Optimize Well Design Using Digital Drilling / RTOC Feedbacks

Using Softwares, Perform Real-Time Well Engineering Model Calibrations

Stuck Pipe: Well Design Adjustments and Mitigation Using Digital Drilling Trend Analysis


11. Well Completion and Abandonment


End Of Well Reporting, Lesson Learned Transfer, Continuous Improvement Considerations, Well Handover Considerations

Well Plugging and Abandonment (P&A) Project Management

P&A Designs and Executions Best Practices. Cementing Calcs For Abandonment Plugs

Certificates


On successful completion of this training course, PEA Certificate & Certificate from Oxford Well Engineering will be awarded to the delegates with Innova accreditations & Oxford Well Engineering.

About The Trainer
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Naim Saddiq is a London based UK Chartered Engineer with MSc in Petroleum Engineering (USA).  Naim has accumulated over 22 years of diversified USA/UK drilling/wells experience, working hands-on with both offshore and onshore projects. Naim has deep expertise with Digital Drilling Optimisation and its applications in a variety of challenging situations. For over 3 years, Naim has been teaching specialist wells topics to MSc Petroleum Eng. students at EU’s prestigious University of Leoben, Austria as a visiting lecturer (click here).He delivered guest lectures to PE students at the University of Houston, and he is also a SPE guest lecturer. Naim has a great passion for sharing his knowledge, he always brings his hands on experience to his classrooms.  Naim works from his own London based company “Oxford Well Engineering” which has been successfully running for over 5 years

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