Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies and exercises where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops. This course is designed to provide participants with an upto-date overview of ERD drilling and stuck pipe prevention. It covers the downhole forces including solid induced / formation collapse; the rock mechanics, mobile formation, fractured and faulted formation, naturally induced overpressured shale collapse, reactive formation, poor hole cleaning and tectonically stressed formation problem prevention; the cavings versus drilling cuttings covering rock strength and brittleness, effects of increasing inclination and differing BHA?s, borehole tortuosity data and interpretation, bridging and packing-off drilling fluids; the common causes of stuck; the various methods used in freeing differentially stuck pipe; and the drilling fluids optimization and selection of fluid type. During this interactive course, participants will learn the mechanical and wellbore geometry sticking and how and why it happens; the effects of hole size, inclination, mud weight and plastic; the warning signs when circulating, tripping in, tripping out, running casing, making connections and reaming; the prevention of stuck pipe and fishing for parted pipe; the drill-string failures; the milling operations and milling applications; and the secondary freeing procedures including procedures for spotting pills and handling accelerators. link to course overview PDF

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of the total tuition hours

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology before or during the course for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued to participants through Haward’s Portal. This includes Wallet Card Certificates if applicable
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy Training Materials (PDF format) will be issued to participant through the Virtual Training Platform
Training Methodology	:	80% of the program will be theory and 20% will be practical sessions, exercises, case studies, simulators or videos
Training Program	:	The training will be for 4 hours per day starting at 09:30 and ending at 13:30
H-STK Smart Training Kit	:	Not Applicable
Hands-on Practical Workshops	:	Not Applicable
Site Visit	:	Not Applicable
Simulators	:	Only software simulators will be used in the virtual courses. Hardware simulators are not applicable and will not be used in Virtual Training