1^st  Lecture

Introduction.Drilling engineering overview & objectives, challenges, examples.Types of drilling rigs, types of wells. The rotary drilling process (sections), well completion basics

2^nd  Lecture

Drilling functions. Power system, hoisting system, mud circulation system. Description of the drill string components, axial force design. Rotary drilling bits

3^rd  Lecture

4^th  Lecture

Well control. The kick mechanism, kick detection, primary and secondary well control, the Blow-Out-Preventer (BOP)

5^th  Lecture

Hydraulics. Hydrostatic calculations, kick evaluation, kick discharge, drill string stress analysis. Non static well conditions, conservation of energy, applications to bit nozzles. Rheology, application to particle slip velocity

6^th  Lecture

7^th  Lecture

Pore and fracture pressure. Normal and abnormal pressure regimes, relation to porosity,   estimation of pore pressure while drilling, estimation before drilling, estimation of fracture pressure

8^th  Lecture

Casing and cementing. Types of casing strings, classification, accessories, wellhead structure, casing design procedures. Cementing jobs, placement of cement, TOC, quality checks

9^th  Lecture

10^thLecture

Drilling mud.Drilling mud functions, diagnostic tests, pilot tests, drilling mud properties control

11^thLecture

Directional drilling.Directional drilling, geometry, planning the well trajectory, deflection tools, surveying

12^thLecture

13^thLecture

Drilling cost. Authorization for expenditure, types of costs and relative size, drilling cost formulae, approximate and detailed drilling cost