Borehole Surveying Awareness
Disciplines: Completions | Drilling | Health, Safety, Environment, and Sustainability | Reservoir
Course Description
This course will focus on the methods and tools of borehole surveying, their use and quality, and their impact on well placement, production, and collision risk.
Directional drilling challenges are increasing as we aim for more distant targets, thinner reservoirs and the need to optimize production at minimum cost. This course will help you understand the issues affecting wellbore placement and the risks to HSE and the costs of getting it wrong.
Topics:
- Mapping and geodesy
- MWD, IFR and the earth’s magnetic field
- Survey tools and their applications
- Survey uncertainty and error modeling
- Anti-collision, relief well, and high accuracy applications
Learning Level
Intermediate
Course Length
1 Day
Why Attend
Directional drilling challenges are increasing as we aim for more distant targets, thinner reservoirs, and the requirement to optimize production at minimum cost. This course will help you understand the issues affecting wellbore placement and the risks to HSE and the costs of getting it wrong.
Who Attends
This course is suitable for geologists, drilling engineers, directional drillers, or any personnel who gather, use, or distribute down-hole survey data.
CEUs
0.8 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) are awarded for this 1-day course.
Cancellation Policy
All cancellations must be received no later than 14 days prior to the course start date. Cancellations made after the 14-day window will not be refunded. Refunds will not be given due to no show situations.
Training sessions attached to SPE conferences and workshops follow the cancellation policies stated on the event information page. Please check that page for specific cancellation information.
SPE reserves the right to cancel or re-schedule courses at will. Notification of changes will be made as quickly as possible; please keep this in mind when arranging travel, as SPE is not responsible for any fees charged for cancelling or changing travel arrangements.
We reserve the right to substitute course instructors as necessary.
Instructor
Angus L. Jamieson is a well-known consultant and trainer in directional drilling and borehole surveying with over 30 years experience in these fields both on and offshore. He is a former chairman of the Industry Steering Committee on Wellbore Survey Accuracy (ISCWSA) and the SPE Wellbore Positioning Technical Section. He was the original author of the COMPASS directional software widely used for directional survey work. Jamieson is also the primary author of the e-book on the subject provided by the University of the Highlands and Islands in Inverness where Angus heads up the Offshore Engineering Department. He has frequently been voted top lecturer at the Shell International Training Centre in The Hague and teaches regularly for Conoco Phillips and Total.