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Petroleum Industry Overview
Basic Drilling, Completion and Workover Operations
An introduction to how wells are drilled, completed and later enhanced through workovers. Participants learn to picture what happens downhole, understand how drilling and completion choices influence reservoir performance, and communicate more effectively with drilling and production colleagues.
- Discipline
- Petroleum Industry Overview
- Level
- Foundation
- Duration
- 5 days
- Formats
- Classroom, Live online, In-house, Blended
Every course can be delivered in-house and tailored to your organisation.
Who should attend
Technical, field, service, support and supervisory staff seeking awareness of wellbore operations, including those cross-training from other disciplines.
What participants will be able to do
- Describe the main components and systems of a drilling rig
- Compare onshore and offshore rig types and their selection
- Explain the purpose of directional and horizontal drilling
- Outline well completion and workover methods
- Relate drilling and completion practices to reservoir performance
Topics covered
- Drilling rig systems
- Offshore platforms
- Directional drilling
- Well completions
- Workover operations
- Wellbore communication