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The course begins with an introduction to the High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) environment, including the geological characteristics of HPHT formations and a detailed review of how well components behave under elevated pressures and temperatures. The second day focuses on well design standards and specific design considerations for HPHT wells. The third day addresses rig requirements for HPHT operations, including the surface equipment specifications and capabilities necessary for safe and efficient drilling. On the fourth day, the operational aspects of drilling an HPHT well are presented, highlighting key challenges and risk mitigation strategies. The final day covers well testing and completion operations in HPHT environments, ensuring participants gain a comprehensive understanding of the full lifecycle of HPHT well construction and evaluation.
| Code | Date | Location | price (€)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRL 306 | 7 – 11 Sep | online | 3300 |
| DRL 306 | 14 – 18 Dec | Dubai | 4400 |
Steve Nas holds a Master’s degree in Drilling Engineering from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen and has accumulated more than 40 years of experience in drilling engineering. He began his career in 1977 as a mud logger with Geoservices before becoming a wellsite drilling engineer in 1980. He initially worked on rigs across the Middle East and Africa, and later joined Shell in the UK North Sea. In the mid-1990s, Steve became heavily involved in coiled tubing and underbalanced drilling operations, and subsequently in managed pressure drilling. After obtaining his Master’s degree in the late 1990s, he began teaching well engineering and has since delivered numerous courses at various levels, including to MSc students. He has also developed a wide range of specialized training programs in drilling and well engineering.
Currently working as an independent consultant, Steve provides well engineering training courses and offshore coaching, particularly on technically challenging wells.
This course is intended for Drilling Engineers, Completion Engineers, service providers that are about to be exposed to HPHT drilling operations and are trying to better understand the complexities.
, production, process, design, drilling engineers / operators / technicians / managers.
o Intermediate
The participants will learn and understand:
o Narrow drilling margins and effects on Kick tolerance.
o The impact of both high pressures and temperatures on the observed behaviour of the well.
o The impact of temperatures and pressures on primary and secondary well barriers.
o Well design requirements for HPHT.
o Operational planning and operational challenges associated with HPHT Rig equipment requirements.
o Well delivery, fingerprinting, well bore breathing, high-reliability drilling practices
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Day 1: Introduction to HPHT Well
o History of HPHT drilling operations
o Behavior of gasses, liquids, metals and elastomers with elevated pressures and temperature
Day 2: Well Design
o Applicable well design, drilling standards and procedures
o Pore & fracture pressures
o Casing design and their connections
Well control aspects & casing design
o Primary/Remedial cementing
o Drilling fluids
o HPHT drillstring design
o HPHT data Collection
Contingency planning
Day 3: Directional Planning
oRig and equipment requirements
o BOP specifications and test requirements
o HPHT choke manifolds
o Mud gas separator sizing
o Temperature safety aspects
o Mud coolers and mud testing requirements
oHydraulics and ECD
oBarite mixing requirements
oSolids control and Barite sag
oPit discipline and finger printing the well
oFluid compressibility & density
o Gas solubility
Day 4: Cementing
o Well control for HPHT
o Well control operations
o Ballooning, wellbore breathing and super charging
o Temperature monitoring
o Drilling and tripping operations
o Data collection and MWD/LWD
Day 5: Running Casing, Drilling with Casing
o Well testing practices
o Material selection and metallurgy for tubing and wellheads
o Wellhead seals
o Well testing and well control aspects
o Drilling with casing
o HPHT completions, tubing movement
o Corrosion and flow control
Sand production
