Drilling Technology

Introduction to Drilling:
There are for types of wells which are:

- Exploration well

Objectives:

1. To determine the presence of HC.

2. To provide geological data for evaluation.
3. To flow the test to determine the potential production and obtain fluid
sample.

- Appraisal well

Objectives:

1. To determine the amount oil volume.

2. To gather information.

- Development well

Objectives:

1. To start produce.

- Abandonment well

To close the well for several reasons

Types of rigs:

1. Off-shore rig.
2. On-shore rig.