Rike Service, Inc. 

 Practical Petroleum Training

 
 

 

 

 

  

Underbalanced Drilling

5 days

For: Engineers, managers, and field supervisors responsible for planning, implementing or analyzing the results of underbalanced drilling.

You learn the “tricks of the trade” in underbalanced drilling, whether you plan to use air, nitrogen, natural gas, mist, stable foam, stiff foam, gasified liquids, flow-drilling, mudcap drilling, snubbing, or other systems. You will anticipate the monetary as well as the operational benefits while selecting the best system for your prospective well. You learn circulation calculation, wellhead and casing design, completion design, bit selection, and drillstring design.

Major Topics Covered:

  • Why Drill Underbalanced?

  • Limitations to Underbalanced Drilling

  • Underbalanced Drilling Techniques

  • Penetration Rate

  • Bit Life

  • Differential Sticking

  • Lost Circulation

  • Formation Evaluation

  • Formation Damage

  • Selecting an Appropriate Technique

  • Potential Applications

  • Technical Feasibility

  • Economic Analysis

  • Well Engineering

  • Casing Design

  • Completion Design

  • Special Considerations

  • Safety in Underbalanced Drilling

  • Directional Drilling