Day 1

Introduction to MPD

Why MPD? (pressure and stability management)

• Standard offshore well design revisited
• What is effective pressure management?
    – Pressure prediction techniques
• Importance of offset well data analysis
• Wellbore pressure and stability fundamentals.
• Complex pressure problems
• Riserless ‘OBD’ in offshore wells
• Group Exercise 1 – Riserless drilling

Debrief: Self-test

Understanding MPD in offshore wells

• Normal overbalanced drilling
• Basic requirement for simply MPD
• Group exercise – the need for MPD
• Transition and reservoir zone OBD
• Other OBD problems and issues
• How MPD can reduce OBD problems
• Group exercise – conventional drilling

Debrief: Self-test, MPD in offshore wells

MPD Basic definition: History and Objectives

• What MPD is clearly not?
• MPD basics defined
• Offshore MPD technical benefits
• MPD origin and history
• Purpose goals and objective of MPD

Debrief: Definition, history and objectives

Day 3

Managed Pressure Drilling Methods

Constant Bottom Hole Pressure drilling ‘CBHP’

• Constant bottom hole pressure methods
• What is the CBHP method
• Other CBHP methods considerations

Debrief: Handouts to be provided

Advanced offshore MPD – Dual Gradient drilling

• Single and dual gradient drilling ‘DGD’
• Deepwater casing and mud programs
• Dilution based DGD
    – Hollow spheres DGD
    – Subsea systems
    – Dilution based DGD outlined
• Single and DGD well control aspects
    – Single gradient well control indicators
    – DGD well control indicators
    – Drilling on the seabed
• Seafloor DGD considerations
• DGD worked examples
• DGD latest media files

Debrief: Self-test dual gradient drilling

DGD Case studies

• DGD MPD exercise to be conducted
• Case study reviews
• Discussion

Debrief: Handouts to be provided

Advanced offshore MPD – Mud cap drilling

• Mud cap drilling (MCD)
• Typical mud cap drilling step by step operational
outline
• General mud cap drilling considerations

Debrief: Handouts to be provided

Day 2

MPD design and equipment process simplified

MPD Selection, Standards Rules, Regulations

• MPD classification and order of perspective
• IADC well classification
• MPD hazard identification and phases

Debrief: IADC/MPD/HSE and regulatory guidelines

• API, Norsok, DNV, Lloyds, ABS, IOGP etc.
• Handouts to be provided

Offshore MPD simplified

• OBD pressure management problems
• Why MPD is often demanded?

Debrief: Self-test questions

MPD simplified examples and case studies

• Simple MPD
• Standard CBHP MPD explained

MPD Common Equipment

• MPD equipment systems
• QHSE reliability and assurance
• Rotating and circulating devices
• MPD choke types
• Surface and downhole drilling equipment
• Subsea equipment
• Other MPD tools and equipment

Debrief: Self-test MPD equipment

Situational problem and MPD

• Key situational problems
• MPD situational challenges
• MPD operational situations
• MPD best operating practices

Debrief: Review of Day 2. Case study handouts provided

Day 4

Advance MPD – Technology Review

Pressurised Mud Cap Drilling (PMCD)

• Pressurised mud cap drilling
• The four elements of PMCD
• PMCD general
• PMCD case study examples

Debrief: Pressurised mud cap drilling

Mud cap and pressurised mud cap case studies

• Case study of CBHP and PMCD
    – Overview, equipment
    – Systems, procedures used
    – PMCD objectives
    – Well control matrix

Debrief: Handouts to be provided

Offshore HPHT MPD

• Kirsten HPHT field case study introduction
• Field overview, layout, well’s status
• Kirsten MPD drivers

Debrief: HPHT depleted reservoirs and MPD application

MPD Offshore technologies

• Mud cap, pressurised mud cap
• Dual gradient drilling
• Annular management systems
• New tools, systems and equipment
• Competency and training requirements

Debrief: Offshore MPD technologies. Course feedback