About Course
The course is designed for drilling operational staff and drilling engineers. The course provides a comprehensive treatment of drill string design, downhole drilling dynamics, and the avoidance of operational problems.
Course Outline
- Introduction to Drill String Design
- Overview
- Purpose of Drill String
- Drill String Components
- Drill Pipe Descriptions
- Bottom Hole Assembly (BHA)
- Exercise
- Weight on Bit Design
- Mechanical Properties of Drill String
- Basic Concepts
- Deformation and Elongation
- Hook’s Law
- Moment of Inertia
- Yield Strength
- Collapse Pressure
- Burst Pressure
- Safety Factors
- Maximum Over Pull (MOP)
- Drill String Dynamics
- Torque and Drag
- Free body diagram
- Buoyancy
- Forces on Submerged Tubular
- Shock Loading and Stick Slip
- Calculations for Drill String Design
- Stiffness
- Weight on Bit (WOB)
- Neutral Point
- Buckling
- Axial Forces and Buckling in Submerged Tubular
- Exercise
- API RP7G
- Introduction
- Drill String Design
- Operating Limits
- Drilling Jars
- Purpose of Jars
- Types of Jars
- How Jars Work
- Use of Jars
- Exercises
- Drill Pipe Specifications
- Steel Grade
- Types of Connections (Tool Joints)
- Classification
- Exercises
- BHA Selection Process
- Drill Collars
- Heavy Weight Drill Pipes
- Drill Pipes
- Bending Stiffness
- Stress Relief
- Drill String Failures and Prevention
- Types of Failures
- Thermal Stresses
- Fatigue and Overload
- Inspection
- Care and Prevention
- Overview of DS-I
- Technical Data
- Tables
- Exercises
- Advances in BHA Components
- Adjustable Gauge Stabilizers
- Rotary Steerable Systems (RSS)
- Hybrid RSS
Class Schedule
Dr. Qamar Sharif
Oil and Gas Industry Executive
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Dr. Qamar J Sharif is Ex-Chairman of the Board of Directors for Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), Pakistan. He has more than 35 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He assumed multiple senior roles at Shell International Exploration and Production, Inc., Houston and Saudi Aramco, Dhahran.
Dr. Qamar’s expertise includes corporate governance, transformation, new joint ventures, drilling operations and engineering, applied research, development of innovative solutions and implementations.
OIL AND GAS TRAINING EXPERIENCE:
Dr Sharif conducted various training courses at Upstream Professional Development Center, Saudi Aramco and taught graduate courses at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals as a visiting faculty.
He served as Curriculum Advisor for Well Construction discipline at Petro Skills representing Saudi Aramco. He served as Vice Chair-technical programs for SPE-Saudi Arabia chapter.
Various geographies where he offered training courses include Australia, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Cambodia, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, London, New Orleans, Houston, and Mexico.
EDUCATION:
- B.Sc. Mining Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
- M. Sc. Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
- Ph.D. Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX USA
PUBLICATIONS:
- Fiber Glass Lined Tubular as completion string for corrosion protection
- Application of Drilling-with-Casing (DwC) Technology
- Meeting Economic Challenges of Deepwater Drilling with Expandable Tubular Technology
- Strategic Cost Leadership – reduction of completion time by more than a hundred percent
- Probability of getting stuck while drilling and the likelihood of getting free, if stuck
- Unconventional Methods for managing Shallow Water Flow by Conductor Installation
- Carbonated Water Imbibition Flooding for fractured reservoirs