Drill Cuttings Description and Quality Control
| 14 – 18 July 2025 | Abu Dhabi | 08 – 12 Dec. 2025 | Dubai | 15 – 19 Dec. 2025 | Abu Dhabi |
This course provide, knowledge to optimize well placement to target oil-saturated zones and high-quality reservoir rock, as well as gain insights into the geological considerations involved in prospect generation, well planning, and mitigating drilling hazards and risks This Course provides focus on providing geologists with comprehensive knowledge and practical skills in drill cuttings description and quality control procedures at the wellsite.
Main objectives:
•Understand the principles of well placement optimization.
•Learn techniques to identify oil-saturated zones and assess rock quality.
•Apply advanced methodologies to optimize well trajectories for maximum reservoir exposure.
•Implement operation follow-up strategies to monitor well performance and adjust placement as needed.
•Explore the fundamental concepts of prospect generation in exploration geology.
•Learn the key elements of well planning and geological prognosis.
•Understand how geological uncertainties impact prospect evaluation and well planning.
•Identify and assess drilling hazards and risks associated with subsurface uncertainties.
•Apply geological prognosis to estimate reservoir properties and optimize drilling operations. After the course, Canddiates will be able to:
•Understand the importance of drill cuttings in geologic interpretation and formation evaluation.
•Learn the procedures for collecting, handling, and preparing drill cuttings samples at the wellsite.
•Develop proficiency in visual description and classification of drill cuttings to identify lithology, mineralogy, and hydrocarbon indications.
•Implement quality control measures to ensure the accuracy and reliability of cuttings data.
•Understand the principles of cuttings storage, preservation, and disposal Geologists, petroleum engineers, drilling engineers, and professionals involved in oil and gas exploration and production, particularly those responsible for well planning, drilling operations, and reservoir characterization Geologists, mud loggers, wellsite geologists, drilling engineers, and professionals involved in wellsite operations, particularly those responsible for geologic interpretation and formation evaluation using drill cuttings
