This course covers the knowledge required to be able to understand a cementing program. It is therefore ideal for drilling engineers or/and supervisors/superintendents.
During a cementing job decisions have to be taken sometimes quickly (e.g. stop displacement or not). It is therefore important for the operations staff to understand the consequences of their decisions. Many problems on cementing jobs are due to the operator changes in the cementing program.
Cementing Operations
Introduction
Course Outline
- Knowledge of the material and product used
- Understanding of laboratory tests and how to read properly a laboratory report
- Special Purpose Cements
- Rules of cement placement
- What are the cementing job’s most common failures
- API rules to control sustained casing pressure (gas migration)
- Evaluation of cement jobs using non logging techniques
- Cement Job Execution, Procedures, and Evaluation
- Understanding of the mechanical properties of the set cement
- Understanding of the tests done on the cement slurry and the set cement
- Cementing equipment
- Cementing Additives
- Basic Understanding of sonic and ultrasonic logging
- Proper cement plug design and placement
- Cement Job Designs and Calculations
Who should attend?
Drilling professionals needing to advance their knowledge of cementing.
- A drilling engineer, supervisor or superintendent
- A rig supervisor
- A company man / fluid superintendent
Duration
01 Day