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Calculation of Maximum Allowable Annular Surface Pressure (MAASP)
Casing Make-Up Torque
Waste Management Strategy - cuttings discharge
Inflow Testing Procedure
HSE Plan (Example)
Well Control Drills and Exercises
Single-shot inclination-only survey tools (TOTCO)
Classification of BOP and well control equipment.
Drilling program example (Semi-Sub)
Oil Companies
12.25" guidelines for tripping, making connections and back reaming
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Completion Operation - Best Practices
Drilling programme 12.25" section HPHT
Cold Weather Operations Checklist
Coring Checklist
Weatherford Overdrive casing running and pick up/lay down machine - Checklist
16" Potential Problems - Best Practices
12.25" guidelines for tripping, making connections and back reaming
9 5/8" Wellhead and BOP Operations Checklist
Drilling program example (Semi-Sub)
Survey and Collision Avoidance Standards
Operation Programmes Standards
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Pressure in Gas Column Calculation
Burst Pressure vs. Wear (remaining wall thickness)
Critical Rotary Speed Calculation - Drill Pipe and Drill Collar
Mud Rheology Calculation
Fracture Gradient Calculation
Pressure Losses Hydraulics Calculation
Total Flow Area Calculation
BP Well Control Toolkit
Cuttings Slip Velocity Calculation
Equivalent Circulating Density (ECD) Calculation
Minimum Flow Rate for Hole Cleaning Calculation
Kick Tolerance Calculation
BOP Accumulator Capacity Calculation
Mud Compressibility Calculation
Conventional multi-shots magnetic survey tools: Pre-survey checklist & Running procedure
Surveying Responsibilities
Running procedures for solid state magnetic multi-shot directional survey tools
Positional Uncertainty
Best Practices for Running Recoverable Survey Instruments
Measurement While Drilling (MWD) Tool
Conventional magnetic single-shot survey tools: Pre-survey checklist and Running procedures
Slim hole, coiled tubing and under-balanced drilling surveying
Survey evaluation
Surveying Wells with No Anticipated Well Control Problems
Data Recording for Horizontal and ERD wells
Correction programmes for magnetic survey
Declination and Grid Convergence Definition
Survey Programme Example
Survey program and report
Correction for Magnetic Azimuths
Surveying definitions
North Seeking gyro - Common tools description
Gyro Multi-Shots
Magnetic Multi-Shots
Directional Surveying Standards
Wireline Surveying Techniques
Guidelines for Rotary Directional Drilling
Gyro Single Shots
Inertial Navigation Survey Systems
Measurement While Drilling (MWD) General Guidelines
Tie-In Data
Steerable Systems
Borehole representation
Wellpath planning and anti-collision monitoring - COMPASS
Directional Drilling Responsibilities
Well Plots
Directional Drilling Planning
Survey policy
Directional drilling plan with hole opener and under-reamer
Surveying Wells with Anticipated Well Control Problems
Magnetic surveying techniques
Bit Selection and Hydraulics
Solid state magnetic survey tools
Survey tools and techniques
Directional BHA considerations
Electronic Magnetic Multi-Shots
Kick-off and Initial Build Section
Teledrift - Inclination-only MWD
Directional Drilling Exercices
North seeking gyro survey tools
Wireline steering techniques
Introduction to Magnetic Surveys
Directional drilling plan with 12.25" pilot hole, 22" hole hole opener and 24" underreamer
Horizontal well surveying
Magnetic Single Shots
BHA Components and Inspections
Measurement While Drilling (MWD) - QA/QC
Conventional magnetic survey tools
Non-Magnetic Drill Collars
Measurement while drilling (MWD) - Introduction
Gyro Surveys - QA/QC
Conventional Gyroscopic Survey Tools
Conventional gyro: pre-survey checklist and running procedure
Survey Programme
Definition of Surveying Terms
Introduction to Gyro Surveys
Single-shot inclination-only survey tools (TOTCO)
Baryte plugs to cure losses
Chemical Cutters for Stuck Tubing or Drillpipe
Responsibilities during Fishing Operations
Spotting Fluids to Free Stuck Pipe
Fishing Planning and Preparation
Lost Sidewall Sample Bullets
Jarring precautions
Changing a Bottom Hole Assembly
Effective Pull On Stuck Pipe
Backing-off procedure with top drive
Overpulls/ Stuck Pipe In Surface Hole
Problems encountered in drilling extended reach and horizontal wells
Lost Circulation
Use of Drag charts for hole cleaning - WellPlan
How to avoid Hole Related Problems
Backing off Procedures
Pipe Sticking
Fishing tools selection
Jarring Stuck Pipe
Fishing with Spears
Back-Off Procedures
Hole Cleaning
Stuck Pipe Prevention
Fishing in slim hole wells
Differential Sticking (Cause of Stuck Pipe)
Drilling Unconsolidated Formations
Freeing Differentially Stuck Pipe
Miscellaneous Fishing Tools
Formation Instability
Fishing with Overshots
Fishing Guidelines
Fishing with Junk Subs
Fishing with Washover Strings
Pilot Mill
Stretch graph for 3.5" and 5" Drilll Pipe
Preventing Differential Sticking
Mechanical Sticking (cause of stuck pipe)
Junk Mill
Pulling Stuck Pipe
Taper Mills
Tripping Procedure in tight hole
Fishing Assemblies and tools
Fishing with Junk Retrievers
Fishing Tools: Drilling/ Fishing Jars,Accelerators, Bumper Subs
Milling Guidelines
Hole Cleaning Tips
Stuck Pipe - Free Point Determination
When to Give Up Attempts to Free the Pipe
Stuck Casing - Remedial Action
Responsibilities for Abandonment
Mechanical power to the bit / corehead
Abandonment guidelines
Acronyms and Abbeviations
Responsibilities during drilling operations
Abandonment programme - oil producer
Drilling Programme - Preparation and Content
Minimum safety stock for HPHT operations
Underreaming
Drilling Standards
Mechanisms of rock cutting
Planning requirements for Managed Pressure Drilling (Mud Cap)
Mud cooler for HPHT wells
Ingram Cactus: Exact 15 Universal Slim-hole wellhead system
Standard Drilling Tools
Drill string vibrations
Conversions factors
Multilateral drilling programme
Whipstock Milling Operation - Best Practices
Rig Team HPHT Checklists
Cooper Oil Tools: MC2 compact wellhead
Sequence of Operations - Typical Onshore Well
HPHT procedures
Sequence of Operations - Typical Offshore Well
Abandonment and sidetrack drilling programme
8.5" Section Drilling Programme HPHT
Operations with Mud Cap Drilling (MPD, Managed Presure Drilling)
Drill Pipe String Design (example)
Sidetracking Guidelines
Sidetracking out of Casing with Whipstock
Well Planning Information Sheet
HPHT Drilling Procedures
Final / End of Well Report
Drilling programme 12.25" section HPHT
Depth Referencing
General Guidelines for Sidetracking
Guidelines for Site Survey/ Hazard Requirements for Drilling Units
Surveying requirement for exploration well
Surveys required before rig move - Offshore
Diving operations in exploration drilling
Types of vessel, offshore support
Heli-Rig
Land rig on artificial island (shallow water)
Modularised and Pile Elevated Drilling Rig
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
Posted Barge With Land or Modular Drilling Rig
Submersible drilling rig
Standard Jack-Up
Jacket Supported “Offshore’’ Rig
Semi-Submersible
Cantilever Drilling Barge
Steel Caisson and Drilling rig
Swamp Barge (With Optional Submerged Caissons)
Shallow Draft Jack-Up
Drilling program example (Semi-Sub)
Truck Driver Rig Move Toolbox Meeting
Responsibiliites for Rig Move, Site Preparation and Site restoration
Rig Move Dailly Report (Onshore and Ofshore)
Rig Move Inspection Requirements (Onshore Operations)
Site Restoration
Offshore Rig Moves Planning and Preparation
Onshore Rig Moves - Well Status
Site Preparation for Land Wells
Responsibilities during offshore rig moves
Onshore Rig Move Plan - Table of Content
Offshore Rig Move Plan
Rig Move Planning (Safety and Review)
Offshore Rig Moves
Vibration minimisation for continuous coring in Slim Hole Drilling
Muds, hydraulics and lost circulation for Slim Hole Drilling - downsized conventional drilling
Surveying Slim Hole Wells
Muds, hydraulics and lost circulation for Slim Hole Drilling - Continuous coring
Vibration minimisation for conventional Slim Hole Drilling
Continuous coring method - Slim Hole Wells
Evaluation of slim hole wells
Coring in Slim Hole Wells
Environmental impact of Slim Hole Drilling
Historical problems with slim hole drilling
Rigs for Slim Hole Drilling
Downsized conventional drilling - Slim Hole Wells
Well control for slim hole wells
Wellheads, Xmas trees and BOPs for Slim Hole Wells
List of companies - Slim Hole Wells services
Drill string design (slim hole wells)
Production testing - Slim Hole Wells
Casing, liners and cementing for Slim Hole Wells
Completion technology for Slim hole wells
Slim hole Wells - Overview
Slim hole Drilling Techniques
Slim hole well wireline logging
Coring Standards
Completion Standards
Mangement of Change Standards
Testing Standards
Safety Management Standards
Drilling Fluids Standards
Abandonment Standards
Simultaneous Operations Standards
Approval to commence operations - Standards
Incident Reporting Standards
Barriers Standards
Well Control Standards
Tripping - Standards
Cementing Standards
Well Operations Management Standards
Drill String and BHA Management Standards
Dailly Drilling Report Standards
HPHT Wells - Standards
Coiled Tubing Standards
Rig Acceptance Standards
Geology, Logging, Mudlogging & RTC - Standards
Drillpipe and Bottom Hole Assembly - Standards
H2S Standards
Shallow Gas Standards
Pressure Testing Standards
Rig Move - Standards
Wellheads and Xmas Trees Standards
Survey and Collision Avoidance Standards
Operation Programmes Standards