Drilling Engineering

  1. Drilling Operations and Procedures
    1. Pre-Spud Operations
      1. Site Preparation
        1. Location Construction
          1. Access Roads
            1. Utilities Installation
            2. Rig Mobilization
              1. Equipment Transportation
                1. Rig Assembly
                2. Safety and Environmental Setup
                  1. Safety Systems Testing
                    1. Environmental Controls
                  2. Spudding the Well
                    1. Initial Drilling Operations
                      1. Conductor Hole Drilling
                        1. Surface Hole Preparation
                        2. Shallow Drilling Challenges
                          1. Unconsolidated Formations
                            1. Lost Circulation
                              1. Shallow Gas
                            2. Drilling the Top Hole Section
                              1. Large Diameter Drilling
                                1. Bit Selection
                                  1. Hydraulics Optimization
                                  2. Formation Evaluation
                                    1. Cuttings Analysis
                                      1. Gas Detection
                                    2. Running and Cementing Casing
                                      1. Casing Running Procedures
                                        1. Casing Preparation
                                          1. Running Speed Control
                                            1. Fill-up Procedures
                                            2. Cementing Operations
                                              1. Job Design
                                                1. Mixing and Pumping
                                                  1. Displacement Procedures
                                                  2. Cement Evaluation
                                                    1. Wait on Cement Time
                                                      1. Cement Testing
                                                    2. BOP Installation and Testing
                                                      1. BOP Stack Assembly
                                                        1. Component Installation
                                                          1. Pressure Testing
                                                          2. Function Testing
                                                            1. Ram Operation
                                                              1. Annular Operation
                                                                1. Accumulator Testing
                                                              2. Drilling Intermediate Sections
                                                                1. Formation Challenges
                                                                  1. Pressure Transitions
                                                                    1. Wellbore Stability
                                                                    2. Drilling Optimization
                                                                      1. Parameter Optimization
                                                                        1. Performance Monitoring
                                                                      2. Tripping Operations
                                                                        1. Trip Planning
                                                                          1. Trip Scheduling
                                                                            1. Equipment Preparation
                                                                            2. Tripping Procedures
                                                                              1. Pulling Out of Hole
                                                                                1. Running In Hole
                                                                                  1. Fill-up and Circulation
                                                                                  2. Pipe Handling Safety
                                                                                    1. Lifting Procedures
                                                                                      1. Personnel Safety
                                                                                    2. Coring Operations
                                                                                      1. Core Barrel Types
                                                                                        1. Conventional Coring
                                                                                          1. Sidewall Coring
                                                                                            1. Oriented Coring
                                                                                            2. Core Retrieval and Handling
                                                                                              1. Core Recovery
                                                                                                1. Core Preservation
                                                                                                  1. Core Analysis
                                                                                                2. Fishing Operations
                                                                                                  1. Causes of Fish
                                                                                                    1. Stuck Pipe
                                                                                                      1. Parted Drill String
                                                                                                        1. Junk in Hole
                                                                                                        2. Fishing Tools and Techniques
                                                                                                          1. Overshots
                                                                                                            1. Spears
                                                                                                              1. Magnets
                                                                                                                1. Mills and Junk Baskets
                                                                                                                2. Fishing Strategy
                                                                                                                  1. Fish Assessment
                                                                                                                    1. Tool Selection
                                                                                                                      1. Operational Planning
                                                                                                                    2. Well Logging Operations
                                                                                                                      1. Wireline Logging
                                                                                                                        1. Log Preparation
                                                                                                                          1. Logging Procedures
                                                                                                                            1. Log Quality Control
                                                                                                                            2. MWD and LWD Logging
                                                                                                                              1. Real-Time Data
                                                                                                                                1. Memory Mode Data
                                                                                                                                  1. Data Transmission

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