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Burst Pressure vs. Wear (remaining wall thickness)
BP Well Control Toolkit
Pressure in Gas Column Calculation
Fracture Gradient Calculation
Pressure Losses Hydraulics Calculation
Total Flow Area Calculation
Critical Rotary Speed Calculation - Drill Pipe and Drill Collar
Cuttings Slip Velocity Calculation
Equivalent Circulating Density (ECD) Calculation
BOP Accumulator Capacity Calculation
Mud Rheology Calculation
Minimum Flow Rate for Hole Cleaning Calculation
Kick Tolerance Calculation
Mud Compressibility Calculation
Surveying Wells with Anticipated Well Control Problems
Steerable Systems
Directional Surveying Standards
Gyro Surveys - QA/QC
Surveying Wells with No Anticipated Well Control Problems
Data Recording for Horizontal and ERD wells
Best Practices for Running Recoverable Survey Instruments
Declination and Grid Convergence Definition
Survey Programme Example
Conventional multi-shots magnetic survey tools: Pre-survey checklist & Running procedure
Electronic Magnetic Multi-Shots
Correction for Magnetic Azimuths
Teledrift - Inclination-only MWD
Surveying definitions
Surveying Responsibilities
Running procedures for solid state magnetic multi-shot directional survey tools
Solid state magnetic survey tools
Magnetic surveying techniques
Survey evaluation
Gyro Single Shots
Gyro Multi-Shots
Introduction to Magnetic Surveys
Magnetic Multi-Shots
Well Plots
Kick-off and Initial Build Section
Survey policy
Magnetic Single Shots
Measurement While Drilling (MWD) General Guidelines
Directional Drilling Responsibilities
Tie-In Data
BHA Components and Inspections
Conventional magnetic single-shot survey tools: Pre-survey checklist and Running procedures
Conventional magnetic survey tools
Slim hole, coiled tubing and under-balanced drilling surveying
Inertial Navigation Survey Systems
Survey tools and techniques
Directional drilling plan with hole opener and under-reamer
Measurement While Drilling (MWD) Tool
Directional Drilling Planning
Guidelines for Rotary Directional Drilling
Bit Selection and Hydraulics
North seeking gyro survey tools
Horizontal well surveying
Directional drilling plan with 12.25" pilot hole, 22" hole hole opener and 24" underreamer
Positional Uncertainty
Directional BHA considerations
Survey program and report
Wireline steering techniques
Non-Magnetic Drill Collars
North Seeking gyro - Common tools description
Directional Drilling Exercices
Measurement While Drilling (MWD) - QA/QC
Wireline Surveying Techniques
Borehole representation
Correction programmes for magnetic survey
Conventional gyro: pre-survey checklist and running procedure
Survey Programme
Wellpath planning and anti-collision monitoring - COMPASS
Conventional Gyroscopic Survey Tools
Definition of Surveying Terms
Introduction to Gyro Surveys
Measurement while drilling (MWD) - Introduction
Single-shot inclination-only survey tools (TOTCO)
Stretch graph for 3.5" and 5" Drilll Pipe
Fishing with Washover Strings
Baryte plugs to cure losses
Hole Cleaning
Formation Instability
Effective Pull On Stuck Pipe
When to Give Up Attempts to Free the Pipe
Junk Mill
Chemical Cutters for Stuck Tubing or Drillpipe
Fishing tools selection
Fishing Guidelines
Drilling Unconsolidated Formations
Overpulls/ Stuck Pipe In Surface Hole
How to avoid Hole Related Problems
Pipe Sticking
Lost Sidewall Sample Bullets
Stuck Pipe Prevention
Miscellaneous Fishing Tools
Problems encountered in drilling extended reach and horizontal wells
Lost Circulation
Changing a Bottom Hole Assembly
Freeing Differentially Stuck Pipe
Fishing with Junk Subs
Jarring precautions
Fishing Planning and Preparation
Use of Drag charts for hole cleaning - WellPlan
Pilot Mill
Fishing with Junk Retrievers
Responsibilities during Fishing Operations
Backing off Procedures
Fishing with Spears
Differential Sticking (Cause of Stuck Pipe)
Taper Mills
Stuck Casing - Remedial Action
Fishing in slim hole wells
Preventing Differential Sticking
Back-Off Procedures
Fishing Assemblies and tools
Spotting Fluids to Free Stuck Pipe
Jarring Stuck Pipe
Fishing with Overshots
Backing-off procedure with top drive
Fishing Tools: Drilling/ Fishing Jars,Accelerators, Bumper Subs
Stuck Pipe - Free Point Determination
Tripping Procedure in tight hole
Pulling Stuck Pipe
Mechanical Sticking (cause of stuck pipe)
Milling Guidelines
Hole Cleaning Tips
Rig Team HPHT Checklists
Multilateral drilling programme
Whipstock Milling Operation - Best Practices
8.5" Section Drilling Programme HPHT
Sequence of Operations - Typical Offshore Well
General Guidelines for Sidetracking
Minimum safety stock for HPHT operations
Standard Drilling Tools
Abandonment guidelines
Well Planning Information Sheet
Planning requirements for Managed Pressure Drilling (Mud Cap)
Mud cooler for HPHT wells
Mechanical power to the bit / corehead
Conversions factors
Underreaming
Responsibilities for Abandonment
Abandonment programme - oil producer
Cooper Oil Tools: MC2 compact wellhead
Responsibilities during drilling operations
Ingram Cactus: Exact 15 Universal Slim-hole wellhead system
Drilling Programme - Preparation and Content
Drilling Standards
Operations with Mud Cap Drilling (MPD, Managed Presure Drilling)
Sequence of Operations - Typical Onshore Well
HPHT procedures
Final / End of Well Report
Mechanisms of rock cutting
Abandonment and sidetrack drilling programme
Sidetracking out of Casing with Whipstock
Drill string vibrations
HPHT Drilling Procedures
Sidetracking Guidelines
Drilling programme 12.25" section HPHT
Drill Pipe String Design (example)
Acronyms and Abbeviations
Depth Referencing
Guidelines for Site Survey/ Hazard Requirements for Drilling Units
Surveying requirement for exploration well
Types of vessel, offshore support
Surveys required before rig move - Offshore
Posted Barge With Land or Modular Drilling Rig
Land rig on artificial island (shallow water)
Submersible drilling rig
Diving operations in exploration drilling
Standard Jack-Up
Jacket Supported “Offshore’’ Rig
Modularised and Pile Elevated Drilling Rig
Steel Caisson and Drilling rig
Cantilever Drilling Barge
Drilling Rig on Pre-Installed Piles and Modules for shallow water depth
Land rig on barge (with optional submerged caissons)
Stand-by vessel duties, equipment and standards
Heli-Rig
Swamp Barge (With Optional Submerged Caissons)
Semi-Submersible
Shallow Draft Jack-Up
Drilling program example (Semi-Sub)
Site Restoration
Onshore Rig Moves - Well Status
Rig Move Inspection Requirements (Onshore Operations)
Responsibiliites for Rig Move, Site Preparation and Site restoration
Rig Move Dailly Report (Onshore and Ofshore)
Truck Driver Rig Move Toolbox Meeting
Offshore Rig Move Plan
Site Preparation for Land Wells
Responsibilities during offshore rig moves
Offshore Rig Moves Planning and Preparation
Onshore Rig Move Plan - Table of Content
Rig Move Planning (Safety and Review)
Offshore Rig Moves
Historical problems with slim hole drilling
Vibration minimisation for continuous coring in Slim Hole Drilling
Coring in Slim Hole Wells
Surveying Slim Hole Wells
Continuous coring method - Slim Hole Wells
Drill string design (slim hole wells)
Muds, hydraulics and lost circulation for Slim Hole Drilling - downsized conventional drilling
Well control for slim hole wells
Muds, hydraulics and lost circulation for Slim Hole Drilling - Continuous coring
Casing, liners and cementing for Slim Hole Wells
Wellheads, Xmas trees and BOPs for Slim Hole Wells
Rigs for Slim Hole Drilling
Environmental impact of Slim Hole Drilling
Vibration minimisation for conventional Slim Hole Drilling
Downsized conventional drilling - Slim Hole Wells
Evaluation of slim hole wells
Production testing - Slim Hole Wells
Slim hole well wireline logging
List of companies - Slim Hole Wells services
Completion technology for Slim hole wells
Slim hole Wells - Overview
Slim hole Drilling Techniques
Incident Reporting Standards
Mangement of Change Standards
Testing Standards
Drilling Fluids Standards
Barriers Standards
Safety Management Standards
Completion Standards
Approval to commence operations - Standards
Coring Standards
Dailly Drilling Report Standards
Well Operations Management Standards
Tripping - Standards
Drillpipe and Bottom Hole Assembly - Standards
Cementing Standards
Drill String and BHA Management Standards
Coiled Tubing Standards
Geology, Logging, Mudlogging & RTC - Standards
Shallow Gas Standards
Operation Programmes Standards
Survey and Collision Avoidance Standards
HPHT Wells - Standards
Abandonment Standards
H2S Standards
Simultaneous Operations Standards
Rig Acceptance Standards
Wellheads and Xmas Trees Standards
Rig Move - Standards
Well Control Standards
Pressure Testing Standards