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

  5. Negative Pressure Test

  6. Procedure of Inflow Test

  7. Stress Caging – An effective Wellbore Strengthening Approach

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

  9. Best Practices and Guidelines for Drilling Through Salt

  10. Best Practices and Guidelines for Drilling Below Salt

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

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

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

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

  15. 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

Geothermal Drilling