Drilling Fluids

 

Description :

This course takes a comprehensive look at the functions of drilling fluids, and then addresses how to engineer a mud system. Both water based and oil based mud systems are treated.

Outline :

·         Introduction

·         Functions of Drilling Fluids

·         Composition of Water Base Mud

·         Clay Chemistry

·         Rheology

·         Polymers Chemistry

·         Water Base Mud Products & Systems

·         Hole Cleaning

·         Extended-Reach Wells

·         Reservoir Drill-in Fluids

·         Lost Circulation

·         Stuck Pipe

·         Completion Fluids

·         Virtual Completion Fluids

·         Oil Base Mud - fundamentals

·         Synthetic Base Mud

·         Faze-Pro

·         Sigmadril

·         New High Performance Systems

·         Virtual Hydraulics

·         Solids Control Equipment

·         IFE Concept

Who should attend :

Drilling engineers with a basic knowledge of well design principles