Hussain Rabia: Well Engineering & Construction

Chapter 1 : Pore Pressure

1 Introduction
2 Definitions
3 Pore Pressure
4 Causes Of Abnormal Pore Pressure
5 Abnormal Pore Pressure Evaluation
6 Measurement While Drilling (MWD) & Logging while drilling (LWD) Data
7 Repeat Formation Tester (RFT) Data
8 Drill Stem Test (DST)

Chapter 2 : Formation Integrity Tests

1 Formation Integrity Tests
2 Fracture Gradient Determination
3 Theory Of Wellbore Breakage
4 FIT Procedural Guidelines
5 Predicting Fracture Gradient
6 Casing Seat Selection
7 Learning Milestones

Chapter 3 : Kick Tolerance

1 Casing Seat Selection
2 Gas Behaviour in a Well
3 Kick Tolerance
4 Kick Tolerance Elements
5 When to Calculate Kick Tolerance
6 How To Calculate Kick Tolerance
7 Influence of FG on Kick Tolerance
8 Kick Tolerance While Drilling
9 Kick Tolerance Graph
10 Modifying The Calculated Kick Tolerance
11 Learning Milestones

Chapter 4 : Casing Functions & Types

1 Functions Of Casing
2 Types of Casing
3 Learning Milestones

Chapter 5 : Casing Design Principles

1 Data Collection
2 Factors Influencing Casing Design
3 Design Criteria
4 Collapse Criterion
5 Burst Criterion
6 Combination Strings
7 Tension Criterion
8 Service Loads During Drilling And Production Operations
9 Compression Loads
10 Biaxial Effects
11 Learning Milestones

Chapter 6 : Cementing

1 Functions of Cement
2 Cement Manufacture & Chemistry
3 Classes of Cement
4 Cementing Additives
5 Slurry Testing
6 Cement Excess
7 Casing And Cementing Hardware
8 Cementing Mechanics
9 Displacement Theory
10 Washes And Spacers
11 Cementing Calculations
12 Cementation Of Liners
13 Cement Plugs
14 Squeeze Cementing
15 Cement Evaluation Tools
16 Annular Gas Migration
17 Cementing Horizontal And High Angle Sections
18 Learning Milestones

Chapter 7 : Drilling Fluids

1 Drilling Fluid Selection: data Requirements
2 Drilling Fluid Functions
3 Drilling Fluid Additives
4 Drilling Fluid Types
5 Drilling Mud Properties
6 Drilling Fluid Problems
7 Solids Control Equipment
8 Learning Milestones

Chapter 8 : Practical Rig Hydraulics

1 Pressure losses
2 Hydraulics Fundamentals
3 Flow Regimes
4 Fluid Types
5 Rheological models
6 Bingham Plastic model
7 Power Law Model
8 Herschel-Bulkley (yield-power law [YPL]) Model
9 Practical Hydraulics Equations
10 Optimisation of Bit Hydraulics
11 Mud Carrying Capacity
12 Learning Milestones

Chapter 9 : Drill Bits

1 Bit Selection Guidelines
2 Roller Cone Bits
3 Milled Tooth Bits
4 Insert Bits
5 IADC Bit Classification For Roller Cone Bits
6 Polycrystalline Diamond Compact (PDC) Bits
7 Diamond and TSP Bits
8 Drill-Off Tests
9 IADC Dull Bit Grading
10 Drilling Cost Calculations
11 Learning Milestones

Chapter 10 : Drillstring Design

1 Introduction
2 Drill Pipe Selection
3 BHA Selection
4 Standard BHA Configurations
5 Non Standard BHA Equipment
6 Drilling Jars
7 Shock Subs
8 Drillstring Design Criteria
9 Dogleg Severity
10 Drillstring Vibration And Harmonics
11 Further Design Examples
12 Learning Milestones

Chapter 11 : Directional Drilling

1 Reasons for drilling deviated wells
2 Coordinate Systems
3 Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)
4 Reference Directions
5 Directional Well Planning
6 Types Of Well Profiles
7 Mud Motors
8 Deflection Tools
9 Orientation Of deflection Tools
10 Bottom Hole Assemblies (BHA)
11 Survey Tools
12 Trajectory Calculations
13 Dogleg Severity
14 Anti-Collision Planning
15 Learning Milestones

Chapter 12 : Hole Problems

1 Identification of Hole Problems
2 Differential Sticking
3 Freeing Differentially Stuck Pipe
4 Mechanical Sticking
5 Other Hole Problems
6 Free Point Determination And Back-Off Operations
7 Fishing Operations
8 Lost Circulation
9 Learning Milestones

Chapter 13 : Horizontal & Multilateral Wells

1 Introduction
2 Horizontal Wells
3 Well Profile Design Considerations
4 Torque and Drag
5 Horizontal Borehole Stability
6 Extended Reach wells
7 Multilateral Wells
8 Field Example
9 Multi-lateral Well Planning Considerations
10 Learning Milestones

Chapter 14 : Rig Components

1 Fundamentals
2 Hoisting System
3 Drilling Line Design Considerations
4 Rotating Equipment
5 Circulating System
6 Tubular Goods
7 Pressure Control Equipment
8 Derrick Capacity and Substructure
9 Total Power Requirements
10 Learning Milestones

Chapter 15 : Well Costing

1 Reasons For Costing
2 Factors Affecting Well Costs
3 Drilling Time Estimate
4 Detailed Time Estimate
5 Elements of Well Costing
6 Total Well Costs
7 Non Productive Time (NPT)
8 Risk Assessment In Drilling Cost Calculations
9 Technical Limit Drilling
10 Cost Reduction
11 Drilling Contracting Strategies