At the end of this Micro VILT, participants should be able to:

• Understand the differences in well design between HPHT and conventional wells
• Describe the effects of HPHT on casing and fluids design
• Successfully pick casing seats to manage the transition from conventional to highly over-pressured formations
• Understand the difference between working stress and probabilistic well design
• Explain the impact of high temperature on casing performance properties
• Quantify casing loads associated with HPHT wells
• Perform biaxial collapse and triaxial burst casing design for HPHT wells
• Identify rig equipment critical to HPHT well delivery and select rigs suitable for HPHT drilling operations
• Explain and describe the challenges of well control in HPHT environments from pressure prediction, detection
  and well control procedures
• Explain how ballooning / wellbore breathing can be identified and managed
• Describe what is meant by fingerprinting and develop rig procedures to use fingerprinting effectively
• Explain the importance of Cement Placement
• Explain why crew training and communication are critical aspects in successful HPHT well delivery

This Micro VILT is intended for personnel directly or indirectly involved in the design and delivery of HPHT wells:

• Well Design Engineers
• Completions Design Engineers
• Drilling Operations Supervision: Operator Rig Superintendents, Drilling Contractor Rig Managers and Senior Offshore personnel (OIMs, Toolpushers etc)
• Exploration and Production Geologists, Production Technologists and other asset stakeholders

The Micro VILT content presumes participants will have significant experience in the design and/or delivery of conventional wells. As such, it is unlikely to be suitable for personnel with less than 5 years of relevant industry experience.

Your expert course leader has more than 30 years of experience in the Drilling Industry. He worked offshore as a Roustabout and Roughneck while studying for his B.Eng in Mining Engineering. After graduation, he joined Shell in 1985 and worked as a Drilling Engineer and Drilling Supervisor on-site and in the office in a wide range of onshore, offshore and deepwater environments.

He served as the examiner for Shell’s “Round 2” Competence program and edited the Shell Well Engineering Learning Manual. He is the technical author of several corporate Well Control and Casing Design standards and training manuals.

Since 2000, he has worked as a Well Engineering Consultant. In addition to lecturing and general consultancy in Casing Design and Well Control, he specialises in Deepwater and HPHT Well Control coaching, rig team building and simulation. He pioneered the concept of “Drilling the Well on a Simulator”, working closely with drilling simulator vendors, operators and drilling contractors to produce a realistic and relevant training environment. This enabled integrated rig teams to be exposed to well specific well control and other operational challenges, develop and then practice response strategies.

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