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General Information

2. Drilling Practices

3. Drilling Fluids

4. Completion Practices

5. Wireline Logging and Explosives

6 . W e l l T e s ti n g

7 . F is h in g

8. Health Safety and Environmental Issues

9. Appendix

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CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INFORMATION

A. INTRODUCTION
B. DRILLING MANUAL ORIGINAL ISSUE & REVISION GUIDELINES
C. ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1.0 ORGANIZATION CHART
2.0 RESPONSIBILITIES
D. EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS
1.0 ONSHORE
2.0 OFFSHORE
E. COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
F. RIG SPECIFICATIONS
G. RIG CONTRACTS

CHAPTER 2 DRILLING PRACTICES

A. WELL LOCATION
1.0 INTRODUCTION
2.0 CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
3.0 WELLSITE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
B. CASING
1.0 CASING DESIGN FACTORS
2.0 CASING POINT REQUIREMENTS
3.0 CASING INSPECTION
4.0 SAUDI ARAMCO CASING DATA
5.0 KHUFF CASING & TUBING DATA
C. RUNNING CASING AND LINERS
1.0 CASING RUNNING GUIDELINES
2.0 ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES FOR RUNNING LINERS
3.0 FLOAT EQUIPMENT
4.0 MULTI-STAGE CEMENTERS
5.0 CENTRALIZERS
6.0 LINER HANGERS
D. CEMENTING
1.0 CEMENT TYPES, SPECIFICATIONS & ADDITIVES
2.0 SLURRY DESIGN
3.0 LAB TESTING CEMENT
4.0 MIXING CEMENT
5.0 BALANCED PLUGS
6.0 DISPLACEMENT PROCEDURES
7.0 REMEDIAL CEMENTING
8.0 CEMENT EQUIPMENT
E. WELLHEADS
1.0 INTRODUCTION
2.0 STANDARD SAUDI ARAMCO WELLHEADS COMPONENTS
3.0 INSTALLATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES
4.0 BACK PRESSURE VALVE INSTALLATION PROCEDURES
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F. LOST CIRCULATION
1.0 INTRODUCTION
2.0 CONVENTIONAL MATERIAL
3.0 ACID-SOLUBLE GROUND MARBLE
4.0 GUNK PLUG
5.0 POLYMER PILL
6.0 BARITE PLUG
7.0 THIXOTROPIC CEMENT
8.0 CEMENT PLUG
9.0 FOAM CEMENT
G. ABANDONMENT GUIDELINES
1.0 CEMENT PLUGS
2.0 MARKERS
3.0 RADIOACTIVE TOOLS (LOST IN HOLE)
H. CORING
1.0 CORING EQUIPMENT AND APPLICATIONS
2.0 CORING PROCEDURES
3.0 WELLSITE GEOLOGIST REQUIREMENTS
I. DRILLING OPTIMIZATION
1.0 DRILL BITS
2.0 MOTOR AND TURBINES
3.0 DRILL-OFF TEST
4.0 HYDRAULICS
J. SURFACE & DOWNHOLE PLUGS
1.0 TYPES OF PLUGS
K. POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MOTORS
1.0 INTRODUCTION
2.0 POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MOTORS
L. TURBINES
1.0 CONVENTIONAL DOWNHOLE TURBINES
2.0 LOW SPEED-HIGH TORQUE TURBINES
M. PERFORMANCE DRILLING SYSTEMS OPTIMIZTION
1.0 TURBINE SELECTION AND OPTIMIZATION
2.0 PDM SELECTION AND OPTIMIZATION
3.0 PERFORMANCE DRILL BIT AVAILABILITY AND ANALYSIS
4.0 PERFORMANCE DRILLING SYSTEMS OPTIMIZATION

CHAPTER 3 DRILLING FLUIDS

A. INTRODUCTION OF DRILLING FLUIDS

1.0 FUNCTION OF DRILLING FLUIDS
2.0 PROPERTIES OF DRILLING FLUIDS
B. TYPES OF DRILLING FLUIDS
1.0 INTRODUCTION
2.0 WATER-BASED
3.0 OIL BASED
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C. PLANNING DRILLING FLUID PROGRAM

1.0 INTRODUCTION
2.0 DRILLING FLUID PROGRAM PLANNING
3.0 APPLYING A DRILLING FLUID PROGRAM
4.0 DRILLING FLUID MANAGEMENT
5.0 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
6.0 BASIC FIELD TESTING EQUIPMENT
D. SOLIDS CONTROL
1.0 INTRODUCTION
2.0 SOLIDS CONTROL EQUIPMENT
3.0 SELECTION OF EQUIPMENT CONFIGURATION, DESIGN,
4.0 AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT AND MUD CHARACTERISTICS
5.0 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

CHAPTER 4 COMPLETION PRACTICES

A. PACKER AND PBR COMPLETIONS

1.0 PACKER COMPLETION
2.0 PBR COMPLETION
B. PACKER AND PBR SELECTION
1.0 SELECTION CRITERIA
2.0 TYPICAL COMPLETION DIAGRAMS
C. RUNNING & SETTING PROCEDURES
1.0 GENERALIZED PACKER RUNNING PROCEDURE
2.0 GENERALIZED KHUFF PBR RUNNING PROCEDURE
D. TUBING DESIGN
1.0 SAUDI ARAMCO DESIGN FACTORS
2.0 DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
3.0 PICKUP & SLACKOFF GUIDELINES
4.0 SAUDI ARAMCO TUBING AND CASING TABLES
5.0 TUBING MOVEMENT/FORCE EXAMPLE

CHAPTER 5 WIRELINE LOGGING AND EXPLOSIVES

A. ELECTRIC LOGGING
1.0 INTRODUCTION
2.0 OPEN AND CASED HOLE LOGS
3.0 MISCELLANEOUS LOGGING SERVICES
B. LOGGING GUIDELINES
1.0 GENERAL
2.0 LOGGING RUNNING SPEEDS
3.0 LOGGER’S DEPTH VERSUS. DRILLER’S DEPTH
C. STUCK TOOL PROCEDURE
1.0 GENERAL
2.0 FREEING STUCK TOOL
3.0 STRIPPING OVER
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4.0 BREAKING AT WEAK POINT

5.0 FISHING FOR RADIOACTIVE TOOLS
D. EXPLOSIVES
1.0 PERFORATING
2.0 TUBULAR PUNCHERS
3.0 PIPE CUTTERS
4.0 PIPE BACK-OFF

CHAPTER 6 WELL TESTING

A. INTRODUCTION
B. RESPONSIBILITES
1.0 DRILLING FOREMAN
2.0 DRILLING ENGINEER
3.0 WELL TEST ENGINEER
C. OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
1.0 PLANNING THE WELL TEST
2.0 PRIOR TO WELL TESTING
3.0 DURING WELL TESTING
4.0 LIVENING THE WELL
5.0 KILLING THE WELL
D. TOOL CONFIGURATIONS
1.0 7” BAREFOOT TEST
2.0 9-5/8” BAREFOOT TEST
3.0 MICRO FRAC
4.0 OPEN HOLE TEST
5.0 CASED HOLE TEST

CHAPTER 7 FISHING

A. FISHING TOOLS
1.0 INTRODUCTION TO DOWNHOLE FISHING
2.0 TYPES OF FISHING TOOLS
B. MILLING
1.0 DOWNHOLE MILLING SUMMARY
2.0 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF HARDFACING
3.0 OPERATION OF MILLING SHOES AND ROTARY SHOES
4.0 MILLING TOOLS

CHAPTER 8 HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

A. TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
1.0 H2S
2.0 WELL CONTROL
3.0 CRANES AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT
4.0 OFFSHORE SURVIVAL
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B. RIG SAFETY INSPECTIONS & MEETINGS

1.0 PHYSICAL CONDITION INSPECTIONS
2.0 SPECIALIZED INSPECTIONS
3.0 SERVICE COMPANY INSPECTIONS
C. H2S CONTINGENCY PLAN
1.0 INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE OF PLAN
2.0 PREPLANNING , PRIOR TO SPUD
3.0 AFTER SPUD, PRIOR TO COMPLIANCE DEPTH
4.0 OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS (ALERT LEVELS), AFTER
COMPLIANCE DEPTH
5.0 SPECIAL OPERATIONS
6.0 ATTACHMENTS
7.0 APPENDIX
D. SAFETY EQUIPMENT
1.0 FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
2.0 BREATHING APPARATUS
3.0 GAS DETECTION EQUIPMENT
E. SAFE HANDLING PROCEDURES
1.0 CAUSTIC SODA
2.0 ACID
3.0 EXPLOSIVES
4.0 RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
F. EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANNING AND DRILLS
1.0 INTRODUCTION
2.0 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
3.0 TYPES OF DRILLS/EMERGENCY PLANS

CHAPTER 9 APPENDIX

A. GIs, LETTERS & REFERENCES

B. SAUDI ARAMCO FORMS
C. WELL CHARGE NUMBERS
D. SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR DRILLING & WORKOVER RIG OPERATIONS
E. RIG INSPECTION CHECKLIST FOR ONSHORE RIGS
F. RIG INSPECTION CHECKLIST FOR OFFSHORE RIGS