An offshore drilling platform is essentially a small floating city built around a single job: reaching oil or gas trapped under the seabed and getting it to shore safely. Everything about it — the rig, the positioning systems, the crew accommodation — exists to support that one process, which is exactly what this course sets out to unpack stage by stage.

This course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy walks through the stages and operations of offshore drilling and the methods used to drill gas and oil wells. An oil rig, or offshore platform — commonly called a drilling rig — is a large well-drilling structure equipped to extract and process oil and natural gas, and to temporarily store output before it moves to shore for refining and marketing; many designs also include accommodation for the crew working on board.

Knowledge and Benefits

• Understand the key issues involved in offshore drilling operations.
• Get familiar with the excavation machines used on the seabed, their components and their functions.
• Understand the terminology used across offshore operations.

This Course Is Provided For

• Naval, logistics, accounting and administrative staff, support staff, and environmental professionals working around offshore drilling — not necessarily the drilling itself.

Module 1: Geology and Well Preparation

• Basic petroleum geology as the starting point for any offshore drilling plan.
• Preparing offshore wells before drilling begins.

Module 2: Rig Components and Drilling Techniques

• The components of a drilling rig and how each part functions.
• Excavation machines used on the seabed, and well drilling using seabed excavation equipment.
• Holes, drilling fluids, casing, strengthening and evaluation, plus offshore excavation by fluid drilling.
• Completion drilling and testing, and directional drilling and disposal wells.

Module 3: Positioning, Production and Pipeline Systems

• Dynamic positioning and compensation for movement, and how supply boats move workers to and from the rig.
• Offshore production systems and offshore pipelines.

Delivery Formats

• Training inside the organisation.
• Individual training.
• Group training.
• Practical training.

Note

We can deliver this course at a time and place that suits you. It is also offered to a high standard for important individuals — contact the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy team for more information.