About the course

A large amount of geological data is acquired at a substantial cost during a drilling operation. Ensuring optimal quality of this information and effective reporting plays a key role during well design, drilling operations as well as at the later us of the data in field studies. A key requirement for success is a close cooperation between geological, drilling, and well engineering departments.

You will learn

• Understand basic principles of wellsite data acquisition and quality control
• Apply the techniques used by well geologists in formation evaluation through lectures integrated with practical exercises
• Perform hands-on exercises of cutting analysis and oil show examination
• Acquire the understanding of drilling problems caused by subsurface conditions, and of applications of wellsite data in exploration and development.

Course content

• Petroleum Geology Overview (Depositional Environment)
• Well Planning Process ( Site Survey & Shallow Gas Hazards, Drilling Program, Contracting & Services)
• Drilling Operations (Bits, Casing & Cementing, Fluids, Drilling Problems & Well Control, GeoSteering)
• Well-site Geology (Site Surveys, Site Preparation, Shallow Gas Hazards, Mudlogging Services, Data Acquisition, Monitoring (ROP,Gas, Mud),Sampling & Cuttings, Evaluation, Hydrocarbon Detection, Sidewall & Coring)
• Logging Operations (PetroPhysics) (Acquisition, Concepts, Tools, Quick Look Interpretation)
• Well Testing
• Operations Geology Overview (Duties and Responsibilities)
• Reporting
• Well-site Contracting (Drilling, Mudlogging, Wireline, Services, Coring, QC).