Introduction To Oil And Gas Drilling

What you'll learn
Develop familiarity with common "oil field" terms and phrases.
Discuss the drilling process with potential employers and co-workers with confidence.
Gain understanding of drill string components and the proper applications of each component.
Gain familiarity with components of a drilling rig including hoisting, rotating and circulating systems.
Identify characteristics of a petroleum reservoir.
Walk into a job interview with confidence!
Requirements
There are no pre-requisites for this course. We will walk through the entire drilling process from beginning to end.
Description
Drilling for oil and gas is one of the most dynamic and exciting professions in the world. A career in the drilling industry allows world wide travel and can be rewarding professionally, personally and financially! There are tremendous opportunities for individuals that are able to develop an expertise and gain experience in the field. The challenge can be finding and taking advantage of those opportunities!
This course will provide students with the knowledge they need to become more competitive while seeking employment or starting their career.
In this course we will review the entire process of drilling oil and gas wells. The course was designed to progressively build and develop the students' knowledge. We start off by focusing on the different types of drilling rigs and which applications they are most suited for. Once a general knowledge of the rigs is acquired we will focus on the rig systems that allow wells to be drilled.
Following the rig systems we begin to focus on petroleum geology. We review the characteristics...

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