COURSE OVERVIEW

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 a detailed and up-to-date overview of directional drilling and surveying. It covers the directional drilling fundamentals and terminology; the fundamentals, applications and limitations; the terminology, well objectives and target issues; the well planning positioning and coordinating systems; the proper surveying and advanced well planning; the survey calculation methods; the anti-collision and well planning; and the surveying tools, MWD, LWD, mudlogging and downhole equipment. 

During this interactive course, participants will learn the drilling tools and deflection methods; the drilling motors overview; the BHA design and rotary steerable systems; the well planning and path design; the directional well path design; the horizontal well planning and calculations; the horizontal drilling planning and drill string design; the torque, drag, shocks and vibrations; the hole cleaning and wellbore stability; and the multilateral wells, geosteering and directional drilling problems and solutions.