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45 Days Long Virtual Internship on Oil & Gas Industrial Practices

Agenda: Overview of the Drilling Section

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Drilling Rigs are Fascinating Structures

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Drilling Establishes a LINK!

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The link between the surface and subsurface

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Outline of drilling operations

Drilling Operations

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Drilling Rig
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Personnel involved in drilling a well

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Rig Establishment & Reporting Lines

Rig Site Drilling Process

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Drilling Engineering Group

◊ The Drilling Engineering group provides engineering support for optimum drilling operations.
This involves:

1. rig selection and design of the mud program,

2. casing and cementing programs,

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6. the well control program

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Planning a Well Profile

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Schematic of a Oil/Gas Well

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Drilling Programme
◊ The Drilling and Completion Programmes are prepared by
the Operations Engineer and must be signed by the
following personnel before they are considered approved
for implementation:

1. Operations Engineer for the well

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3. Drilling Superintendent
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5. Reservoir and Installation Manager

◊ Drilling Programme must be available for signature at least

two weeks before the spud date, depending on the
availability of the datasheet from the Planning Department.

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Drilling Programme

A typical Drilling Programme will have the following information:

◊ Geology : It provides a detailed and brief report on the –

i. Overall geology of the structure.

ii. Geographical extent of the structure.

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iii. Faults present in the structure.
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iv. Expected pay-zones, i.e., primary and secondary hydrocarbon targets.
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v. Neighboring well status, which has the production status of the wells in-and-around
the new well, i.e., whether a particular well is producing or not. And if the well is
producing then with what flow-rate and Flowing Tube Head Pressure (FTHP).

vi. Design of the proposed well, i.e., whether it will be a vertical or a deviated well.

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Drilling Programme

◊ Surface position :

Contains the latitudinal, longitudinal extent and the X-,Y-coordinates of the well’s location.

◊ Sub-surface position :

Has the same information as the Surface position, but of the target.
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Industrial
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It tells about the Measured Depth (MD) and the True Vertical Depth (TVD) of the hydrocarbon target.

◊ Estimated Formation Tops :

It provides information regarding the stratigraphic and the lithological column of the formation.

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◊ Casing Policy : It provides guidelines regarding –

a. Casing setting depth and casing design,

b. The formation pressure,

c. The tectonic forces which will impact the casing,

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a. Mud Weight,

b. Mud viscosity,

c. Mud composition,

d. Well depth.
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◊ Sample Collections:

Rock cutting samples are collected which are obtained at surface, which are being analyzed in the laboratory
for detection and determination of possible hydrocarbons or any other minerals.

◊ Anti-collision Measures:

If previously there are wells present in the newly identified well, then precautionary measures are provided so
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A flush sample is a log record maintained by the Geologist which contains –

a. Lithology of the formation

b. Rate of Penetration

c. Associated Gas depth

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Drilling Programme

d. Mud parameter (Mud Weight, Mud viscosity, Mud composition).

e. Drilling parameters (Weight on Bit, Rotations per Minute, Stand Pipe Pressure, Strokes per
Minute).

f. Fluorescence.
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g. Formation tops (Expected and Actual)
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Role of Drilling in Field Development

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Role of Drilling in Field Development

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Specifics to be kept in mind

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Specifics to be kept in mind

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Specifics to be kept in mind

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