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Drilling Essentials for Non-Drilling Professionals

An Interactive 5-Day Training Course

Drilling Essentials for Non-Drilling Professionals

Comprehensive Overview into Well Design Drilling Operations and Decision Making

NASBA
Classroom Schedule
Date Venue Fees
26 - 30 Jan 2026 Dubai $ 5,950
24 - 28 Aug 2026 Dubai $ 5,950
30 Nov - 04 Dec 2026 London $ 5,950
25 - 29 Jan 2027 Dubai $ 5,950
Online Schedule
Date Venue Fees
24 - 28 Aug 2026 Online $ 3,950

Course Summary

In the development of a hydrocarbon reservoir, many wells are drilled and required to be completed, to allow the hydrocarbon to be produced. This training course is designed to give new engineers and non-drilling professionals more knowledge of rig components, drilling operations and possible risks during these critical times of oil and gas development phase.

During this training course, you will have a better understanding on, how to deal with drillers and rig operators, attending follow-up and technical meetings related to drilling phase. You will also learn the existing challenges, logistical considerations and risks faced by drilling engineers and rig crew.

This training course on Drilling Essentials for Non-Drilling Professionals will highlight:

  • Provision of optimum development plan
  • Overview on rig components and wells’ constructions
  • Ensure safety
  • Maximize the integrity and reliability of well components, completion over the entire life of the completed well and its effect on the operational cost and production plan
  • Overview on well control importance and procedures
Course Outline
Day 1

Exploration, Production System Components and Well Construction 

  • Terms and nomenclature of geology used in oil industry
  • Petroleum: How it is formed and trapped, geology of the suitable rocks for favorable deposition of hydro-carbons
  • Oil & Gas Exploration
  • Type of hydrocarbon Reservoirs
  • Produced fluid properties
  • Production cycle
  • Basic considerations in well design
  • Classification of wells
  • Well placement and completion selection (vertical, horizontal, open hole and etc.)
  • Wellheads Components, Function and Types 
Day 2

Introduction to Drilling Technology

  • Drilling environments
  • Drilling sequences, planning, and organization
  • What do we do once the hole is drilled?
  • Pore pressure
  • Formation integrity
  • Hydrostatic pressure
  • Casing Functions & Types
  • Drilling fluid
  • Mud selection
  • Cementing operations and importance
  • Cementing equipment
  • Operational challenges 
Day 3

Rig Types and Components 

  • Land rigs
  • Submersible, Semi-submersible / Barge
  • Jack-up Rigs
  • Power System
  • Rotating System
  • Hoisting System
  • Circulating System
  • Blowout Prevention System
  • Drill Bit
  • Drilling string component and selection
  • Rate Of Penetration
  • Handling Equipment 
Day 4

Well Control and Drilling Problems 

  • Barriers envelope during drilling operations
  • Casing, drilling mud and BOP
  • Basic well control calculations
  • Kick Detection
  • Blowout Prevention System
  • Well kicks
  • Stuck pipe
  • Lost circulation
  • Well control cases and incidents
  • QSHE Management
  • Offshore Well Control
  • Well sidetrack 
Day 5

New Drilling Systems & Completion Operations 

  • Horizontal & Multilateral Wells
  • Underbalanced drilling
  • MWD
  • Deepwater: frontier area of technology
  • Logging operations
  • Completion component
  • Perforation operations and risks
  • Unconsolidated sandstone
  • ICD, ICV & AICD
  • Snubbing operations-Cost effective
  • Coiled Tubing Applications
  • Surface well testing considerations
  • Cost calculation and economic evaluation
Certificates
  • On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.
  • Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE): In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance.
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