COURSE MAP
PEG1200 – Drilling and Well Completions for Technicians
Instructor: Indar Narace
Week
WEEK TOPIC Description
No.
Cadastral system
Introduction and Lease agreements
Well Construction Well types
Casing functions
1 29th Jan – 2nd Feb Well construction examples
Well completion Basic types of well completion
Single zone completions
Multiple zone completions
Online delivery Horizontal well completion
Lab Assignment 1 – 6% Due 13th Feb.
Types of drilling rigs
Power System
2 5th – 9th Feb Rotary Drilling Hoisting System
Circulating System
Online delivery Rotary system
Driller’s console
Functions of drilling fluids
Drilling Fluids Effects of density
3 Types of drilling fluids – Water based, Oil based, Gas type
12th – 16th Feb
Online delivery Additives, types and Functions
Casing Casing properties
4 Casing grades, connections
19th – 23rd Feb
Online delivery Casing weights, axial strength
Casing setting depths
Burst/Collapse
Lab Assignment 2 - 6% Due 5th March
Components of drill string
27h Feb
Downhole Drilling Bottomhole Assembly – Drill pipe, Drill collars,
5 Tools Other downhole equipment – Stabilisers, Drilling jars
Drillpipe failure
Drill bits
28th Feb
Quiz Hook load
Face to Face Quiz- 10%
6 4th to 8th Mar NO CLASS
Testing Procedures, API Mud Report
1th to 15th Mar Mud testing and Fluid program selection
7 mud solids Mud solids
Online delivery Methods of Solids Removal
Solids Control Equipment
Mid Term Exam Mid term Exam – 15%
18th - 22nd Mar
8 Online
Applications of directional drilling
Survey instruments
9 25th – 29th Mar Directional drilling Measurement while drilling
Trajectory types
Online delivery Inclination and azimuth
Dogleg severity
Deflection tools
Horizontal wells
Lab Assignment 3 – 6% Due 9th April
Primary, secondary and tertiary well control
Causes of blowouts
2nd April
Well control Kick indicators
Face to Face Gas influx
10 Tripping
Well control methods
Well control equipment
Drilling Fluid LAB
3rd April
Exercise Sample preparation, mud density and rheologies
Face to face Lab Report – 7% Due 16th April
11 8th – 12th Apr NO CLASS
Primary functions of cement
Cementing Cementing operation
Cementing problems
12 Cement testing
15th – 19th Apr
Drilling problems Cement additives
Cement evaluation Lost circulation
Online delivery Borehole Instability
Stuck pipe
Types of completion fluids
Completion fluids Functions and selection criteria of completion fluids
MOEEI Drilling guidelines
13 Drilling Drilling programme
22nd – 26th Apr
programmes and AFE – Cost estimates
reports MOEEI drilling forms – DRL2, DRL3, DRL4 and DRL5Properties of
Online delivery completion fluids
1st –15th May FINAL EXAM
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Instructor Discipline Leader
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Programme Leader