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| Code | Date | Location | price (€)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRL 329 | 1–5Jun 2026 | Online | 3300 |
| DRL 329 | 4 – 8 May 2026 | London | 4400 |
Wells subjected to extreme pressure and temperature conditions are classified as High Pressure–High Temperature (HPHT) wells. These wells present unique technical and operational challenges across all phases of well construction and production. This course addresses the critical aspects of drilling operations under HPHT conditions, highlighting the specific risks and engineering considerations involved.
The program reviews the fundamentals of drilling, including rig types, operational procedures, and the roles of key personnel involved in drilling activities. It also provides an overview of essential elements such as target selection, well planning, evaluation, and completion, with strong emphasis on maintaining safety, well integrity, and operational efficiency in HPHT environments.
Typical drilling challenges associated with HPHT wells are examined, along with practical strategies to manage risks and ensure safe and successful operations.
o HP HT Definition, classification, challenges, essentials and differences
o Well construction, design, drilling rigs equipment and HP HT operating systems
o HP HT Group Exercise
o Well Planning Design and Construction
o Wellbore Pressure and Stability Management
o HP HT Transition and reservoir zone drilling
o General HP HT situational drilling problems
o Equipment assurance, failure prevention
o Other HP HT situational problems
oLearning from Macondo's failure
o Well control management and assurance
o HP HT Emergency and contingencies
o HP HT Technology adaptation
o Optimizing well design
o Wellbore strengthening
o Mono-bore wells
o Casing while drilling
o Managed pressure drilling
o Other technology adaptors
Final close out discussions
Peter Aird, C.Eng, CMarEng, FIMarEST, has over 40 years of experience as a drilling, well engineering, and operations specialist. He began his career with Shell International (1980–1987) as a drilling supervisor, later moving into staff-based engineering roles with Shell and BP between 1987 and 1993. From 1993 to 2005, he expanded his expertise through global consultancy assignments, working on deepwater, HPHT, exploration and appraisal frontier wells, and complex deepwater horizontal development drilling projects. His international experience spans Southeast Asia (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and China), the North Atlantic (West of Britain, Norway, Faroe Islands, and Greenland), the Black Sea, the South Atlantic, the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, and West Africa. From 2005 onward, he held senior staff, consultancy, and advisory leadership roles in specialist drilling engineering with operating companies including Kerr-McGee, Maersk, Marathon Oil, Cairn Energy (UK), ONGC (India), Centrica (Norway), and Providence Resources (Ireland). During this period, he further refined his expertise across subsea, horizontal, platform infill, HPHT, deepwater, and ultra-deepwater drilling projects.
The course targets any member of a project team: geo-scientists, engineers, technical, non-technical personnel at all levels. It also includes everyone involved in the design, construction, engineering, implementation and the drilling of HP HT wells. This course embraces drilling engineers with or without experience.
Intermediate
The objectives of this workshop are to enable participants to:
o Create an environment for a multi-disciplinary team to practically challenge HP HT standards, instruction, well integrity practices and develop new concepts to well safety and performance.
o Identify and eliminate the drilling hazards and risks within HP HT wells to as low as practicable.
o How to translate and sustain HP HT drilling case-study findings, success and failure learning into future drilling projects.
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