CASTING & CEMENTING

The course will introduce basic casing and cement job processes including design and related calculations. It will also include practical exercises and evaluation of knowledge gained.

This course covers the knowledge required to be able to understand a casing and cementing program. It is therefore ideal for drilling engineers or/and supervisors/superintendents.
During a cementing job decisions have to be taken sometimes quickly (e.g. stop displacement or not). It is therefore important for the operations staff to understand the consequences of their decisions. Many problems on cementing jobs are due to the operator changes in the cementing program.

However, a minimum of technical knowledge is required to understand (and eventually write) a cementing program (materials, additives and the physics of placement and displacement). This will also be covered during the course.

Course Highlights / Benefits

By the end of the course you will feel confident in your understanding of:

*      To provide attendees with a working knowledge of casing design and cementing procedures.

*      Learning the practical application of different types of cement and use of additives to produce specific cement properties.

*      Learning how to evaluate the success or failure of a cement job.

*      The knowledge to understand and challenge a cementing program

*      The consequences of very common actions taken during a cementing job

*      Proper ways to evaluate a cementing job using non-logging techniques