HPHT Course for EDC Rig 56

1 Training Overview
The aim of this 3-day HPHT Operational Practices & Guidelines course is to prepare the drill crew
members and service hands for HPHT operations with a focus on well control and drilling operations.
The course emphasizes the difference between High Pressure High Temperature operations and
conventional operations and can reference the client’s well data to apply relevancy.

2 Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course delegates will be able to:

 Understand the difference in design and execution for the client’s well in the context of
HPHT theory and practice
 Describe the differences between conventional and HPHT operations, emphasizing the
narrow margins between pore pressure and fracture pressure
 Support the need for training and communication as a key factor of success in the safe
delivery of HPHT operations
 Understand the importance of crew discipline and training in order to be able to respond to
an HPHT well control situation
 Understand the need for a timely response to kick warnings and indicators in HPHT
operations and describe the procedure for shutting in an HPHT well
 Understand the theory and practical aspects of gas behavior in oil-based mud and the
differences in response strategies
 Understand the operational limitations of a mud gas separator and the impact on Well
Control in a HPHT environment
 Define fingerprinting and how its application can be used to minimize kick volume
 Describe the effects of wellbore ballooning and supercharging in HPHT environments and
their effect on influx behavior and detection
 Describe the process of killing a well using constant bottom hole pressure methodology;
compare the advantages and disadvantages of each method
3 Course Description
This course can endeavor to enhance the knowledge in an HPHT context, using well specific
information.

The course is intended to target the following personnel in a collaborative environment to promote
communication, team ethics and subsequent performance improvement:

 Supervisory personnel (Drilling senior toolpusher, night toolpusher and day toolpusher,)
 Drill crew (Driller, Assistant Driller and Derrickman)
 Office personnel (Superintendent, well engineer, geologist)

The success of this course relies heavily on promoting relevancy and operational effectiveness to
ensure that:

 Delegates remain engaged throughout the course,

 Team-based work practices are emphasized, and
 All theoretical learning material is complemented with operational relevance.

Simulator tuition is considered to be the most effective way of enabling delegates to retain
knowledge and learnings from any course, especially if specific well parameters can be utilized.

For this work scope, the local DS5000 drilling simulator will be used.
 4 Course Outline

4.1 Introduction to course and course objectives

4.2 Overview of well #XXX
4.2.1 Pore pressure and fracture pressure
4.2.2 Temperature and MAASP
4.3 Introduction to HPHT operations
4.3.1 Industry definition of HPHT
4.3.2 Application and Benefits
4.3.3 Key characteristics
4.3.4 Key challenges
4.4 Human Factors in HPHT operations
4.5 Managing the mud weight window
4.5.1 Mud weight window
4.5.2 Kick Tolerance
4.6 Well Control
4.6.1 Definitions of well control
4.6.2 Causes of kick
4.6.3 Kick warnings and indicators
4.6.3.1 Transition zone drilling and precautions
4.7 ECD – Pressure and Temperature effects
4.7.1 Surface and downhole mud weights
4.7.1.1 Effect of pressure and temperature on density
4.7.2 Equivalent circulating Density
4.7.2.1 Effect of Flow rate on ECD
4.7.2.2 Effect of RPM on ECD
4.7.2.3 Effect of Temperature on ECD
4.8 HPHT procedures
4.8.1 Pit discipline
4.8.2 Flow checks
4.8.3 Tripping
4.8.4 Swabbing and pumping out
4.8.5 Slugging
4.8.6 Minimum stocks
4.9 Well Control Equipment
4.9.1 High Pressure Kill Assembly
4.9.2 Kill Assembly
4.9.3 Transition zone drilling Stand
4.10 Constant Bottom-hole pressure kill methods
4.10.1 Shut-in procedures
4.10.2 Driller’s method
4.10.3 Wait and Weight
4.10.4 Volumetric method
4.10.5 Stripping
4.10.6 Bullheading
4.11 Gas properties
4.11.1 Boyle’s law and gas expansion
4.11.2 Gas migration
4.11.3 Gas behavior in solution
4.11.4 Hydrate formation
4.12 Wellbore ballooning
4.13 Fingerprinting
4.14 HPHT checklists
4.14.1 Well Control Readiness
4.14.2 Prior to drilling out casing shoe
4.14.3 Tripping in hole
4.14.4 Tripping out oh hole
4.14.5 Prior to circulating out a kick
4.14.6 Fingerprinting