Drilling Fluid and MUD System

At the end of the course, the participants are able to:

• Know the basic rules to design a mud program.
• Understand the importance of drilling fluids when drilling a well.
• Understand how to select an appropriate fluid.
• Know how to select the needed information.
• Organize the technical data within a program.
• Demonstrate knowledge in order to design a mud program.

Historical Perspective and Introduction

• Scope
• Purpose
• Introduction
• Historical Perspective
• Comments
• Waste Management

Drilling Fluids

• Drilling Fluid Systems
• Characterization of Solids in Drilling Fluids
• Properties of Drilling Fluids
• Hole Cleaning
• Drilling Fluid Products
• Health, Safety, and Environment and Waste Management

Solids Calculation Cut Points

• Well construction design to wellsite operations
• How to Determine Cut Point Curves
• Cut Point Data: Shale Shaker Example

Tank Arrangement

• Active System
• Auxiliary Tank System
• Slug Tank
• Reserve Tank(s)

Scalping Shakers and Gumbo Removal (Shale Shakers)

• How a Shale Shaker Screens Fluid
• Shaker Description
• Shale Shaker Limits
• Shaker Development Summary
• Shale Shaker Design
• Selection of Shale Shakers
• Cascade Systems
• Dryer Shakers
• Shaker User’s Guide
• Screen Cloths
• Factors Affecting Percentage-Separated Curves
• Non-Oilfield Drilling Uses of Shale Shakers

Settling Pits

• Settling Rates
• Comparison of Settling Rates of Barite and Low-Gravity Drilled Solids
• Comments
• Bypassing the Shale Shaker

Gas Busters, Separators, and Degassers

• Introduction: General Comments on Gas Cutting
• Shale Shakers and Gas Cutting
• Desanders, Desilters, and Gas Cutting
• Centrifuges and Gas Cutting
• Basic Equipment for Handling Gas-Cut Mud

Separators

• Atmospheric Separators
• West Texas Separator
• Pressurized Separators
• Commercial Separator/Flare Systems

Degassers

• Degasser Operations
• Degasser Types
• Pump Degassers or Atmospheric Degassers
• Magna-VacTM Degasser
• Points About Separators and Separation

This course is suited for Mud Engineers, drilling engineers, Drilling rig key personnel.

• Classroom lectures and exercises
• Final test (multiple answer tests)

CORE Certificate for each attendee.