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Drilling Fluids Technology

An Interactive 5-Day Training Course

Drilling Fluids Technology

NASBA
Classroom Schedule
Date Venue Fees
10 - 14 Aug 2026 Dubai $ 5,950
07 - 11 Dec 2026 Dubai $ 5,950
Online Schedule
Date Venue Fees
07 - 11 Dec 2026 Online $ 3,950

Course Summary

This GLOMACS Drilling Fluids Technology training course gives a clear picture for well control to everybody involved in drilling and workover operations. The drilling fluids help the operator to have a smooth drilling operation safely and this is the way to control all formation pressures and also to lift all cuttings from the well as per section and at the same time keeps the well static and full of geological formation intact till the casing is ran and set in place and secure the particular section of the well. Many of particularities conducting to a very expensive mud or brine is due to necessity to keep the well under control all the time throughout the drilling process but also to minimize the skin / formation damage to avoid production problems during the lifecycle of the well.

Primarily in this Drilling Fluids Technology training course, we are concerned with problems associated with selection of the appropriate drilling fluid to accomplish the demands of the well in a cost-effective way.

This training course will contain in-depth information on the cost impact of the mud and brines for drilling and workovers and the preparation for well testing or completion design in maximizing field production and increasing recoverable reserves by keeping well productivity under optimum conditions based on minimum formation damage.

The Drilling Fluids Technology training course will feature:

  • All types of drilling Fluids which actually are the blood of all drilling and workover operations.
  • Identify and closely predict the cost of mud per well according to the drilling design which can account over 20% of the total drilling cost per well.
  • Respect the stiff environment regulations
  • Increase the use of advanced wells, highly deviated or horizontal ones by using the proper water base mud and or oil base mud.
Course Outline
Day 1

Drilling Fluids Overview, Practices and Strategies

  • Basic Design of Drilling a well
  • Mud functions
  • Mud classification
  • Mud properties and basic guide for mixing
  • Additives
  • Mud and Brines applications
Day 2

Completion and Clean Fluids

  • Corrosion control
  • Monitoring properties of the drilling fluids
  • Barriers and well control
  • Displacement procedure
  • Drill in fluids
  • Well kill principles and procedures
Day 3

Mud Monitoring and Tests in Situ

  • Overview of field tests and adjustments
  • Types of mud and applications
  • Tests for oil base mud (OBM)
  • Tests for water base mud (WBM)
  • Synthetic mud (SBM)
  • Polymers and use in drilling fluids
  • Completion / Workover fluids (CWO) and packer fluids
Day 4

Drilling Problems and Mud Special Applications

  • Foam and air fluids
  • Under balance drilling
  • Lost circulation materials
  • Oil base mud and restrictions
  • Formation damage due to drilling
  • Rheology and hydraulics
  • Calculations and tables
Day 5

Special Applications

  • Solids control
  • Lifting the drilling cuttings and evaluation
  • Specialized tests
  • Pipe stuck and fishing operation
  • Synthetic base mud
  • HP water base mud
  • Well control
Certificates
  • On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.
  • Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE): In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance.
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