COURSE OVERVIEW
DE0985 : Introduction to Drilling

OVERVIEW
COURSE TITLE | : | DE0985 : Introduction to Drilling |
COURSE DATE | : | Jul 20 - Jul 22 2025 |
DURATION | : | 3 Days |
INSTRUCTOR | : | Mr. Konstantin Zorbalas |
VENUE | : | Dubai, UAE |
COURSE FEE | : | $ 5250 |
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Course Description
This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using our state-of-the-art simulators.
This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Introduction to Drilling. It covers the role of drilling in upstream operations including drilling rig components and classification; the drilling location selection, well trajectory planning and casing and cementing plan; the drill string components, drilling fluids (mud) and drilling process and operational sequence; the wellbore stability and pressure management including casing and cementing operations; the reasons for directional drilling, deflection tools, and wellbore positioning, dogleg severity and trajectory control; and the Recognize drill bit types and selection criteria, drilling problems and troubleshooting.
During this interactive course, participants will learn the blowout prevention and well control, well shut-in and pressure monitoring and rig safety and risk management; the drilling optimization and KPI monitoring covering rate of penetration (RoP) improvement, mechanical specific energy (MSE), drilling performance metrics and non-productive time (NPT) tracking; the measurement while drilling (MWD) and logging while drilling (LWD); the managed pressure drilling (MPD), surface backpressure and dual-gradient systems; the drilling automation and digital technologies; and the environmental and regulatory considerations.
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TRAINING METHODOLOGY
This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies:
LecturesPractical Workshops & Work Presentations
Hands-on Practical Exercises & Case Studies
Simulators (Hardware & Software) & Videos
In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology 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 |
Training Materials | : | Only soft copy materials will be issued |
Training Methodology | : | 80% theory, 20% practical |
Training Program | : | 4 hours per day, from 09:30 to 13:30 |
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