COURSE OVERVIEW

This course provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of drilling rig systems, their operational principles, and their interdependencies in ensuring efficient and safe drilling operations. It introduces participants to the main systems of drilling rig, including hoisting, rotating, circulating, and utility systems, and emphasizes their design, function, and maintenance practices.

Participants will gain practical knowledge on how to monitor rig performance, estimate equipment life, and perform safe maintenance and troubleshooting of key components such as mud pumps, hoisting equipment, and solids control systems. The training also focuses on calculating drilling fluid requirements, maintaining mud properties, and ensuring compliance with operational specifications to optimize well performance.

By combining theoretical concepts with real-world examples, this course equips participants with the necessary knowledge to understand, operate, and maintain drilling rig systems safely and effectively in accordance with industry standards and best practices.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

After completion of the course, the participants will be able to:

• Understand the main systems of a drilling rig and their interconnections.
• Estimate the mud pump fluid end life, monitor running hours, and replace mud pump components safely.
• Monitor and maintain the drilling rig circulating system (mud pumps, solids removal, degassers, etc.) for optimal performance.
• Calculate weighting materials and fluid additives to maintain drilling mud properties within program specifications.
• Interpret the purpose and operation of the hoisting system (draw works, brakes, hooks, traveling block, crown block).
• Explain the rotating system’s function and key components.
• Identify tubular running techniques, from conventional to mechanized systems.
• Perform safe and efficient tubular running operations during well activities.
• Understand the drilling rig utility systems, including electrical and instrument air systems.
• Apply basic troubleshooting and safety practices across all rig systems to prevent downtime and equipment failure.

TARGET AUDIENCE

• Drilling Engineers
• Petroleum Engineers
• Reservoir Engineers
• Well Completion Engineers
• Rig Supervisors
• Tool pushers
• Assistant Drillers and Rig Operators

TRAINING COURSE METHODOLOGY

A highly interactive combination of lectures and discussion sessions, as well as case studies, will be managed to maximize the amount and quality of information, knowledge, and experience transfer. The course will be intensive, practical, and highly interactive. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions and motivating everybody to find the right answers. The attendants will also be encouraged to raise more of their questions and to share in developing the right answers using their analysis and experience. There will also be some indoor experiential activities to enhance learning. Course material will be provided in PowerPoint, with necessary animations, learning videos, and general discussions.

The course participants shall be evaluated before, during, and at the end of the course.

COURSE CERTIFICATE:

National Consultant Centre for Training LLC (NCC) will issue an Attendance Certificate to all participants completing a minimum of 80% of the total attendance time requirement.