Directional Drilling and Trajectory Design

This intensive workshop addresses all major aspects of directional drilling, including
trajectory design processes and procedures, the design, selection, and optimization of directional drilling tool systems to create and measure curvature, how to calculate the wellbore position based on survey files, introduction to software applications, torque and drag prediction and mitigation, and casing wear prediction.

What You Will Learn

• Gain specific practical knowledge regarding:
  • Drivers for directional drilling
  • Current industry capabilities and limitations
  • Techniques to create curvature
  • Trajectory surveying systems
  • Position uncertainty, ellipse of uncertainty, and anti-collision issues
  • Directional calculations
• Place trajectory design in context with other well planning and operational considerations.
• Clarify advantages and disadvantages of various trajectory styles. Apply sound practices to design a cost-effective directional program.
• Optimize directional drilling plan based on operational considerations:
  • Formation stability / drillability
  • Casing point selection / hole size
  • BHA design / Bit performance / Cost
  • Completion / Intervention requirements
  • Drilling fluid type and weight
• Detailed trajectory planning and design calculations in a dynamic team environment.
• Gain insight into alternative directional drilling technologies that may provide more cost-effective options.
• Torque and drag modeling capabilities, practical applications, and limitations. Torque and drag reduction techniques.
• Casing wear modeling and mitigation.
• Gain awareness of emerging directional drilling technologies and their potential benefits

Who Should Attend

Participants are typically operator, drilling contractor and service company engineers, drilling supervisors and superintendents. This is an intensive technical workshop. A calculator is required and a laptop is strongly recommended. Class size is typically limited to 18-20.

Instructors

Our instructors are degreed engineers with extensive directional and high-angle well design and on-site operational experience.

Duration

Typically 5 days