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Drilling Operations Fundamentals
How a well is drilled, from rig systems to well control. Covers rig equipment and the drilling process, drilling fluids and hydraulics, casing and cementing, directional and horizontal drilling, well control and the kick, and the planning, cost and safety management of drilling operations.
Taught by Icompetent Solutions
- Modules
- 7
- Lessons
- 30
- Duration
- 6h 8m
- Level
- Intermediate
- Quizzes
- 7 graded
- Enrolled
- 70
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Course content
7 modules · 30 lessons · 6h 8m
Where drilling fits in the life of a field, who does what on the rig, how a day of drilling is reported, and the pressure arithmetic every later module uses.
- From Prospect to Producing Well: Where Drilling FitsPreview11 min
- Who Does What on a Drilling Rig11 min
- Reading a Daily Drilling Report11 min
- Pressure Basics for Drillers: Hydrostatic Pressure and Gradients12 min
- Well life cycle and drilling team quiz9 questions · pass 70%
Topics covered
Drilling
Well Control
Drilling Fluids
Casing and Cementing
Rig Operations
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Drilling and Wells · 7 courses
- 1Drilling Operations FundamentalsThis course
- 2Drilling Fluids FundamentalsFree
- 3Well Control FundamentalsFree
- 4Cementing OperationsFree
- 5Stuck Pipe Prevention and Fishing OperationsFree
- 6Well Completion and WorkoverFree
- 7Human Factors in Drilling and Well OperationsFree
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