Drilling Management and Optimization

By the end of this course the participant will be able to:

• Offset and historical well data, as well as real-time drilling data.
• Knowledge to apply well optimization techniques in well engineering, drilling fluid engineering and well construction engineering

Introduction to Drilling Optimization

• Managing drilling risks
• Impact of wellbore stability
• Drilling Risks: controllable factors and factors which constrain
• Simple probability and data distribution analysis
• Processes and techniques

Benchmarking with Key Performance Indicators

• Offset Well Selection: relevant data, data organization, and stick plot
• Risk analysis
• Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
• Benchmarking using KPI
• Technical Limit Identification: techniques to quantum change limits

Design to Execution

• Well construction design to wellsite operations
• Performance limitations
• Non-Productive time

Measurements and Technology Enablers

• Surface and downhole measurement
• Real time management of optimal well construction performance
• Typical drilling plan
• Optimization elements
• Software tools
• Task analysis and lessons learned
• ROP monitoring and improvement techniques

Drilling Optimization Workshop

• Dataset workshop
• Control and review process
• Alternate optimization well plans

This course is suited for Drilling Engineer, supervisors, superintendents, Petroleum Engineers and
technical staff

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

CORE Certificate for each attendee.