Duration: 5 Days
Target Audience: Senior Drilling Engineers, Wellsite Engineers, Drilling Supervisors, Superintendents, Rig Managers
Delivery Mode: Classroom + Practical Sessions Using DrillSIM 5000 Simulator
Level: Advanced

Course Overview

This course offers in-depth training in advanced drilling engineering concepts, planning for complex wells, torque & drag management, hydraulics optimization, and well control. The program includes a full day of hands-on simulation on DrillSIM 5000, allowing participants to apply concepts in a realistic drilling environment and build skills in safe well operations.

Day-by-Day Outline

Day 1 – Advanced Well Design & Complex Wells

• - Well design for HPHT, deepwater, ERD, and complex trajectories
• - Casing wear and torque considerations in extended wells
• - Multi-well pad planning and anti-collision strategies
• - Exercise: Design a well plan for an extended-reach offshore well

Day 2 – Advanced Hydraulics & ECD Management

• - Detailed annular pressure loss and surge/swab modeling
• - Managing narrow mud weight windows in complex formations
• - Optimizing ECD and minimizing formation damage
• - Workshop: Calculate ECD profiles for a challenging horizontal section

Day 3 – Torque, Drag & BHA Optimization

• - Advanced torque & drag analysis for high-angle and ERD wells
• - Friction factor management and reducing wellbore tortuosity
• - BHA stability and dynamics in challenging environments
• - Exercise: Optimize BHA and torque/drag profile for a deviated well

 

 

Day 4 – Managed Pressure Drilling & Advanced Well Control

• - MPD techniques: constant bottom hole pressure, dual gradient
• - Kick detection, early warning indicators, and response
• - Planning MPD operations in narrow pore-fracture pressure windows
• - Workshop: Prepare an MPD plan for a deepwater well scenario

Day 5 – DrillSIM 5000 Simulator Hands-On Session

• - Introduction to DrillSIM 5000 simulator controls and environment
• - Simulated well planning, drilling execution, and troubleshooting
• - Simulating stuck pipe events, kicks, and well control responses
• - Team exercises to handle real-time downhole complications
• - Capstone Project: Drill a simulated well from spud to TD with live problem-solving

Expected Learning Outcomes

•  Design advanced well plans for complex wells
•  Perform detailed hydraulics and ECD calculations
•  Manage torque & drag effectively in extended-reach wells
•  Plan and execute MPD operations and advanced well control
•  Apply advanced engineering skills in a realistic simulator environment

Customizable Add-ons
Tailored content for local geology
Lab visit or simulation hands-on demo
Integration with economics or production courses

Special Customization for Regional NOCs

- Includes legal and fiscal case examples from MENA (Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Algeria)
- Arabic-English bilingual delivery available
- Tailored licensing round simulation exercises
- Optional site visits to local oilfields or regulatory agencies









Trainer Profile

- Senior reservoir and exploration engineers from IOCs and NOCs
- Former advisors to government ministries
- Experts in petroleum contracts and economic modeling

Certification

Participants will receive a Certificate of Completion and a performance report including assessment outcomes and instructor feedback.