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1-1 DOE Managers Seminar on

Oil and Gas Drilling Technology
Bob Knoll
Jerome Schubert
November 5-7, 2003
Morgantown, WV
 1.1-2 Instructors
• Bob Knoll
 1.1-3 Instructors
• Jerome Schubert
 1.1-4 Course Outline
• Introduction to course 1.1
• Types of drilling rigs 1.2
• Rig Systems 1.3
• Circulating 1.3.1
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• Rotating 1.3.3
• Hoisting 1.3.3
• Power 1.3.4
• Blowout Preventers 1.4
 1.1-6 Course Outline, con’t
• Drilling Problems,1.5
• Wellbore Hydraulics, 1.6
• Pressure Drop Calculations 1.7
 1.1-7 Course Outline, con’t

• Casing Design Procedures 1.8

• Burst, Collapse, Tension 1.9
 1.1-8 Course Outline, con’t

• Abnormal Pore Pressure

Prediction,1.10
• Fracture Gradients 1.11
• Wellbore Stability 1.12
  1.1-9 Course Outline, con’t
• Well Control 2.1
• Kick Tolerance 2.2
1.1-10 Course Outline, con’t
• Cements and Cementing,3.1
• Primary & Secondary Cementing 3.2
  1.1-11 Course Outline, con’t
• Directional Drilling, 4.1
• Wellbore Surveying Techniques 4.2
 1.1-12 Course Outline, con’t
• Horizontal Drilling Technology, 5.1
• Extended Reach Drilling 5.2
• Multilateral Drilling 6.1
• Coiled Tubing Drilling,6.2
1.1-13 Course Outline, con’t
• Buckling, Torque and Drag 7.1
• Underbalanced Drilling 8.1
1.1-14 Course Outline, con’t
• Above is a list of topics that will be
covered in the first 1.5 days.

• The second half of the course will

cover the state of the art.
 1.1-15 Course Outline, con’t
• Drilling & Completion
• Drill Bits and Motors 9.1
• Borehole Integrity 10.1
• Cementing 11.1
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• Coring 12.1
• Fluids 13.1
• Pressures 14.1
• Logging 15.1
1.1-17 Course Outline, con’t
• Rig Designs 16.1
• Rock Mechanics 17.1
• Tripping 18.1
1.1-18 Course Outline, con’t
• Management
– Data 19.1
– Environmental Concerns 19.2
– Personnel 19.3
1.1-19 Course Outline, con’t
• Monitoring
– Data 20.1
• Safety
– Well Control 21.1
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• Tubulars
– Casing 22.1
– Drillpipe 22.2
– Drill Stem Testing 22.3
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• DOWS 23.1,
• Flare Tanks 24.1,
• Disposal Treatment 25.1
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