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Horizontal-Extended Reach Industry Training (HERDIT) has been designed for the experienced drilling professional as a state-of-the art drilling practices course, specifically targeted at high angle wells. These courses will present practices for both design and operations that have been proven in extended reach and complex wells for over 15 years. The course text, "Drilling Design and Implementation for Extended Reach and Complex Wells" is widely recognized as a must-have text for drilling engineers and field supervisors. |
The 3-day courses are custom-designed and targeted at the Company-man and Toolpusher, however, the course content covers topics that are applicable to everyone from the Shaker-hand to the Operations Superintendent. We have found that inviting the entire rig crew and, especially, the service company personnel to the course proves to be invaluable when it comes to implementing the practices in the field.
K&M's HERDIT courses are taught twice to hit both sides of the rig crew. Each participant will be given a "Participant's Manual" which consists of all of the teaching and workshop materials in the course as well as the course homework. Each participant will also receive a copy of K&M's course text entitled, "Drilling Design and Implementation for Extended Reach and Complex Wells", third edition. Course fees do not include venue, catering, freight, local duties or levies, travel & lodging for K&M staff or crew fees.
Operations Modules:
1. Hole Cleaning for Deviated Wells
a. Systems approach to hole cleaning
b. Hole cleaning mechanisms
c. Cuttings bed behavior
d. Importance of rotation
e. Mud Rheology
f. Operational practices
2. Tripping Practices
a. Hole clean-up for safe tripping
b. Tripping procedures
c. Backreaming
d. Stuck pipe prevention
3. ECD Management
a. Impact of ECDs
b. Understanding what drives ECD’s
c. Understanding how to interpret PWD
d. Solutions to reduce ECD
i. Planning stage
ii. Implementation stage
4. Surge and Swab
a. Drivers behind surge and swab
b. Why ERD wells require more swab margin
5. Connection Practices
a. Cleaning during connections
b. Mitigating avalanche
c. Avoiding “whiplash” and ECD fatigue
6. Hole Condition Monitoring
a. Understanding what the hole is saying (when it’s “whispering”)
b. Proactive maintenance of hole quality
c. Drilling parameter control and optimization
d. Using torque and drag “Roadmaps”
e. Techniques for getting most out of your PWD tool
f. Cuttings interpretation, weighing, and monitoring
7. Differential Sticking
a. Causes of differential stuck pipe
b. Methods for reducing diff stick tendencies
c. Monitoring and freeing methods for high angle wells
8. Vibration
a. Causes and consequences
b. Design and real-time avoidance methods
9. Basics of Wellbore Stability
a. Mechanisms that cause instability
i. Classic
ii. Unconventional
iii. Self-inflicted
b. Early signs and indicators
c. Design solutions to avoid instability
d. Practices to mitigate
e. Practices to minimize
10. Cementing
a. High angle cementing difficulties
b. Internal and external displacement issues
c. Centralization
d. Spacers and flushes
e. Slurry design issues
