WES Trainings

Drilling Fluids Technology

Course Outline

Day - 1
  • Introduction and Terminology 
  • Basics of Drilling Fluids 
    • Functions of drilling fluids 
    • Composition of water based mud 
    • Clay chemistry 
    • Rheology
    • Water Based & Oil Based Mud Systems 
Day - 2
  • Products and systems 
    • High performance WBM
    • Oil and synthetic based mud products and systems 
  • Well Site Tests Performed on Drilling Fluids. 
  • System Circulation and Pipe Problems  
    • Lost circulation 
    • Stuck pipe problems 
    • HPHT challenges 
    • HPHT applications and systems 
Day - 3
  • Basic pressure drop computations, static and dynamic pressures 
  • Optimization of Bit Hydraulics. 
  • Introduction to kick occurrences, avoidance, importance of mud density 
Day - 4
  • Drill Care  
    • Hole cleaning 
    • Virtual hydraulics and real time measurements 
    • Reservoir drill-in fluid system 
    • Formation Damage 
    • Well clean up and displacement procedures  
Day - 5
  • Equipment and Future Technologies  
    • Solids control and disposal  
    • Emerging technologies 
  • Engineering calculations 
  • Health, Safety and the Environment 
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