Introduction to Managed Pressure Drilling Fundamentals
Disciplines: Completions | Drilling
Course Description
The purpose of this course is to introduce Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) for engineers and field personnel and discuss the variants and applications of MPD as defined by the IADC. Upon completion, the learner will be able to explain how, when and why MPD is carried out and what equipment is normally required to conduct a safe operation.
Topics:
- Introduction to Managed Pressure Drilling
- Conventional Drilling vs MPD
- MPD Equipment and Rig Up
- Variants of MPD
- MPD Operations Modes
- MPD Well Control
- Health, Safety, and Environment and Regulation (HSSE)
- MPD Simulation
Learning Level
Introductory
Course Length
1 Day
Why Attend
- Define conventional drilling, underbalanced drilling, and managed pressure drilling
- Identify equipment used in MPD operations
- Recognize MPD well control
Who Attends
Drillers, Engineers, Field Engineers
CEUs
0.8 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) are awarded for this 1-day course.
Additional Resources
This course has a supplemental book located in our SPE Bookstore entitled Managed Pressure Drilling (Digital Edition). Please check out this valuable resource!
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.
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We reserve the right to substitute course instructors as necessary.
Instructors
Deepak M. Gala is SME–Well Control Engineering at Shell Upstream Americas. Prior to joining Shell, he was US commercial manager at Weatherford and US well control engineer at Cudd Well Control.
Outside of his duties at Shell, Gala is involved in many industry associations and initiatives with over 15 technical publications. He regularly teaches SPE-sponsored courses and serves on various regional and international SPE committees. Gala was recently selected to be a part of the new SPE Sustainability Committee and SPE International Young Professional Coordinating Committee. He was the first Weatherford employee to receive SPE’s 2008 Outstanding Technical Editor Award for the Drilling and Completion Journal, the first to receive the 2010 International Young Member Outstanding Service Award, and the 2011 Young Engineer of the Year for the SPE Gulf Coast Section.
Gala earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Mumbai University, a master’s degree in natural gas engineering from Texas A&M University-Kingsville, and an MBA in finance from Tulane University.
Abdul Saboor started his career with Weatherford M.E as a Technical Assistant for MPD/UBD drilling operations. In his nine-year experience, Saboor has worked on numerous underbalanced drilling, managed pressure drilling, and air drilling projects in the MENA region. He is currently working as Engineering Manager with SDS department in Weatherford’s Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Abdul Saboor graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering in 2008 and also holds a master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Heriot Watt University, UK.
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