Drilling Fluids


Candidates:

Drilling supervisors and engineers, Well Engineers, Mud Engineers, Forman and other technicians.

Summary:

This course aims to familiarize the participants with the primary types of drilling fluids, functions of drilling fluids, testing of both water-base and oil-base drilling fluids, and the associated problems involved with drilling fluids.

Contents:

  • Introduction to drilling fluids
  • Functions and testing of drilling fluids
  • Engineering data and calculations
  • Water-base drilling fluids
  • Flow characteristics, rheology, and chemical treatment
  • Filtration control
  • Low solids drilling fluids
  • Inhibitive drilling fluids
  • Oil-base drilling fluids
  • Solids control
  • Associated problems
  • Lost circulation-stuck pipe-Influx to wellbore