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 Atzo Nicolaï 2-3-1949
Nationality: Dutch
Married and two childern
• 1972 BSc. Mechanical Engineering
• 1973-1974 conscript military service
• 1974 Rotating equipment engineer
• 1975-1999 Shell production engineer
- well completion operations and design
- artificial lift design and optimisation
- operations supervisor on / offshore
- planning and programming
- gas sales contracts
- project liaison new facilities
- maintenance of Technical Integrity
• 2000 project engineer gravel mining
• 2001 Shell / Schlumberger lecturing
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 Drilling Engineering
Lecture Contents;
• Rigs and Drill Systems
• Well Planning Requirements,
• Well control aspects
• Casing Types and Design,
• Casing Cementing.
• Preparing well for completion

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Rigs and Drill Systems

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 Rig Types
Land Rigs Barges Tender
Assisted

Drillship Semi- Jack-up

submersible

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 Rig Types
• Water Depth vs. Rig Types

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 Land Rigs

Most common type of rig and used

to drill wells at onshore locations.
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 Land Rigs
1.Pipe Racks
2. Ramp
3. Derrick
4. Monkey board
5. Water table
6. Crown block
7. Drill line
8. Block & hook
9. Links & elevator
10. Kelly
11. Substructure
12. BOPs

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 Rig Hoisting and Circulating System

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 Drilling Fluid

Function of Drilling Fluids (mud)

• hydrostatic head to prevent inflow

• transport of cuttings to surface

• cooling the drill bit

• anti friction between drill string and bore hole

• consolidating the bore hole (mud cake)

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 Drill Strings components.
From bottom up:
• drill bit
• drill collars,
– to give Weight On Bit (WOB)
• stabilizers,
– to prevent wobbling
– assist in directional drilling
• drill pipe,
– transmit torque and facilitate circulation
• drive systems,
– kelly
– top drive
– down hole motor (directional drilling)
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 Kelly

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 Drive Systems
Rotary – Kelly & Rotary Table drills 1
joint at a time.
Table – Top Drive drills in stands (3 x
30’/2 x 45’)
– Down hole motor does not
require string rotation.

Down hole
motor
Top
Drive

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 Keywords
• Landrigs, barges, jack-ups, tenders,
semi-submersible, drillship
• Travelling block, drawworks,
• Shale shaker, mud treating, mudpump
• Hydr. stat. head, hole cleaning /
stabilisation
• Drillpipe, drill collars, stabilizers
• Drive systems

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