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Drilling Practices - DP

Discipline: Well Construction/Drilling
Level: Foundation
Instructors who teach this course:
  • Mr. Kevin Cuyler
    Mr. Kevin Cuyler
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    MR. KEVIN CUYLER is the Director of Technical Division Operations at PetroSkills, where he is responsible for the In-House Proposal and Logistics team. He is also the Discipline Manager for the Multi-Discipline and Petroleum Business disciplines. Prior to this role, he was the Discipline Network Operations Manager where he was responsible for the ongoing health and operations of the nineteen discipline networks in the PetroSkills Alliance, ensuring competency map alignment, consulting on competency issues and assisting with member engagement and involvement. A member of SPE, Mr. Cuyler is the Course Director for the Drilling Fluids Technology course and an instructor for the Instructor Excellence Workshop at PetroSkills. Prior to joining PetroSkills, Mr. Cuyler had 17 years of experience with Halliburton Company including the HR Global Human Asset Manager for the Cementing Product Service Line, HR Business Partner, Global Technical Development Manager, Curriculum Development Manager, Division Technical Training Manager, Baroid Product Service Line Global Training Manager, Technical Instructor for Drilling and Completion Fluids, Multi-Service Field Representative and Mud Engineer. Mr. Cuyler has managed drilling fluids throughout Texas as well as deep-water operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Cuyler has a BS Degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.

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  • About the course
  • Designed For
  • You will learn
  • Course Content
The two-week course is designed for engineers and field personnel involved in the planning and implementation of drilling programs. The seminar covers all aspects of drilling technology, emphasizing both theory and practical application. Drilling is a complex operation requiring the marriage of different technologies and disciplines. Today's drilling personnel must have a working knowledge of all these disciplines in order to effectively drill a well. The course provides all the fundamentals necessary to drill a well whether it is a shallow well or a complex, high pressure well. Computer programs are used to design many aspects of the modern well and the course will provide the participants with the theory behind most programs along with practical implementation. Participants are required to bring a scientific calculator. For in-house courses, the instructors of this course will accept examples from your company for analysis in the class as one of the demonstration exercises. Please contact PetroSkills Training for a list of the information and support data required, as well as the necessary lead-time.


"The instructor made the course. Clearly an experienced, qualified engineer." - Petrotech Engineer, United States





Drilling supervisors, drilling engineers, toolpushers, managers and technical support personnel.
How To:
  • Review drilling data and plan the well
  • Incorporate completion plans into the drilling plan
  • Drill a well cost effectively and maximize penetration rate
  • Evaluate stuck pipe problems and avoid potential problems
  • Evaluate and maintain drilling fluids
  • Optimize hole cleaning
  • Design casing, drill string and BOP/wellheads
  • Evaluate and implement cementing programs
  • Design and implement bit and hydraulics programs
  • Incorporate directional drilling and deviation control
  • Recognize and evaluate well control problems
  • Planning including requirements for the completion and testing, AFE preparation
  • HSE at the rig site
  • Cost control, evaluating alternative drilling methods and maximizing penetration rate
  • Hole cleaning, sloughing shale, lost circulation, stuck pipe and fishing operations
  • Drilling fluids
  • Lifting capacity of drilling fluids, pressure losses in the circulating system and ECD
  • Maximizing hydraulics in the planning phase and at the rig
  • Bit selection and application
  • Casing and drill string design, selection of casing seats, BOP equipment
  • Cement, cement additives and displacement mechanics
  • Deviation control, directional drilling and horizontal drilling
  • Pressure control, routine and special problems
  • Project post analysis
Related courses
View the Progression Map
Basic Drilling Technology - BDT
Directional, Horizontal, and Multilateral Drilling - DHD
Drilling Fluids Technology - DFT
Well Design and Engineering - WDE
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Drilling Practices - DP
Discipline: Well Construction/Drilling
Level: Foundation
Duration: 10 days
Instructor(s): Kevin Cuyler
The two-week course is designed for engineers and field personnel involved in the planning and implementation of drilling programs. The seminar covers all aspects of drilling technology, emphasizing both theory and practical application. Drilling is a complex operation requiring the marriage of different technologies and disciplines. Today's drilling personnel must have a working knowledge of all these disciplines in order to effectively drill a well. The course provides all the fundamentals necessary to drill a well whether it is a shallow well or a complex, high pressure well. Computer programs are used to design many aspects of the modern well and the course will provide the participants with the theory behind most programs along with practical implementation. Participants are required to bring a scientific calculator. For in-house courses, the instructors of this course will accept examples from your company for analysis in the class as one of the demonstration exercises. Please contact PetroSkills Training for a list of the information and support data required, as well as the necessary lead-time.


"The instructor made the course. Clearly an experienced, qualified engineer." - Petrotech Engineer, United States
Designed For:
Drilling supervisors, drilling engineers, toolpushers, managers and technical support personnel.
You Will Learn:
How To:
  • Review drilling data and plan the well
  • Incorporate completion plans into the drilling plan
  • Drill a well cost effectively and maximize penetration rate
  • Evaluate stuck pipe problems and avoid potential problems
  • Evaluate and maintain drilling fluids
  • Optimize hole cleaning
  • Design casing, drill string and BOP/wellheads
  • Evaluate and implement cementing programs
  • Design and implement bit and hydraulics programs
  • Incorporate directional drilling and deviation control
  • Recognize and evaluate well control problems
Course Content:
  • Planning including requirements for the completion and testing, AFE preparation
  • HSE at the rig site
  • Cost control, evaluating alternative drilling methods and maximizing penetration rate
  • Hole cleaning, sloughing shale, lost circulation, stuck pipe and fishing operations
  • Drilling fluids
  • Lifting capacity of drilling fluids, pressure losses in the circulating system and ECD
  • Maximizing hydraulics in the planning phase and at the rig
  • Bit selection and application
  • Casing and drill string design, selection of casing seats, BOP equipment
  • Cement, cement additives and displacement mechanics
  • Deviation control, directional drilling and horizontal drilling
  • Pressure control, routine and special problems
  • Project post analysis
Instructors:

MR. KEVIN CUYLER is the Director of Technical Division Operations at PetroSkills, where he is responsible for the In-House Proposal and Logistics team. He is also the Discipline Manager for the Multi-Discipline and Petroleum Business disciplines. Prior to this role, he was the Discipline Network Operations Manager where he was responsible for the ongoing health and operations of the nineteen discipline networks in the PetroSkills Alliance, ensuring competency map alignment, consulting on competency issues and assisting with member engagement and involvement. A member of SPE, Mr. Cuyler is the Course Director for the Drilling Fluids Technology course and an instructor for the Instructor Excellence Workshop at PetroSkills. Prior to joining PetroSkills, Mr. Cuyler had 17 years of experience with Halliburton Company including the HR Global Human Asset Manager for the Cementing Product Service Line, HR Business Partner, Global Technical Development Manager, Curriculum Development Manager, Division Technical Training Manager, Baroid Product Service Line Global Training Manager, Technical Instructor for Drilling and Completion Fluids, Multi-Service Field Representative and Mud Engineer. Mr. Cuyler has managed drilling fluids throughout Texas as well as deep-water operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Cuyler has a BS Degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.


In-House Course Presentations
All courses are available for in-house presentation to individual organizations. In-house courses may be structured the same as the public versions or tailored to meet your requirements. Special courses on virtually any petroleum-related subject can be arranged specifically for in-house presentation. For further information, contact our In-House Training Coordinator at one of the numbers listed below.
Telephone 1- 832 426 1234
Facsimile 1- 832 426 1244
E-Mail inhouse@petroskills.com

Public Course Presentations
How to contact PetroSkills:
1-800-821-5933 toll-free in North America or
Telephone 1-918-828-2500
Facsimile 1-918-828-2580
E-Mail registrations@petroskills.com
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Address P.O. Box 35448, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74153-0448, U.S.A