Procedures and Best Practices

Learning Topics

  1. Optimizing Drilling Performance in Oil and Gas Wells

  2. Pre-Planning for Drilling Performance Optimization

  3. Offset Well Data Analysis for Drilling Performance Optimization

  4. Mechanical Specific Energy (MSE) in Drilling

  5. Hydraulic Mechanical Specific Energy (HMSE) in Drilling

  6. Mechanical Specific Power (MSP) in Drilling

  7. A Practical Approach to Stick-Slip Mitigation

  8. Leak-Off Test (LOT) – A Practical Field Guide for Drilling Operations

  9. Negative Pressure Test

  10. Procedure of Inflow Test

  11. Stress Caging – An effective Wellbore Strengthening Approach

  12. Best Practices and Guidelines for Drilling to Top of Salt

  13. Best Practices and Guidelines for Drilling Through Salt

  14. Best Practices and Guidelines for Drilling Below Salt

  15. Best Practices and Guidelines for Milling a ‘Cast Iron Bridge Plug’

  16. Best Practices for Managing Severe Drilling Fluid Losses in Highly Porous or Vugular Formations using Cement Plugs

  17. Jetting (Nudging) Top-Hole Sections - Advantages, Challenges, and Best Practices

  18. Backreaming — Safe Step-by-Step Guide for Rig Crews

  19. Cement Placement Techniques and Best Practices

Rig & Equipment

Plug & Abandonment

DrillDesk - Technical Queries

  1. Do we need good cement behind the casing or can cut the window across an uncemented or poorly cemented casing?

  2. Should We Pattern the New Bit While Running it in the Hole For The First Time?

Case Studies

  1. Drilling Optimization in Deep Horizontal Wells

  2. Optimizing Hard, Interbedded Formation Drilling

  3. Mitigating Stick-Slip in an Extended-Reach Lateral Through Parameter Optimization

Geothermal Drilling