This course is usually carried out at the rig site, the instructor works alongside the drill crews to increase their awareness of connection handling and tubular maintenance offshore.
The training will be conducted as ‘on-the-job’ during the normal working hours and is aimed to give practical advice to both the deck and drill floor personnel involved in handling of drilling tubulars.
A secondary objective to discuss some of the design issues with senior members of the rig team (AD andupwards), such as make-up torques, dope friction factors, bending strength and stiffness ratios.

Course Content:

• Connection cleaning and storage (covering API and proprietary connections).
• Purpose of protectors
• Visual inspection of threads and sealing surfaces
• Assessment of hardbanding condition
• Connection handling and racking.
• Water jet cleaning of rig floor area while pipe is racked in derrick, including cleaning around the connection pad.
• Doping for use during drilling:
  • Dope types.
  • Dope application and purpose.
• Stabbing connections
• Making up / Breaking out connections

Aimed at: Drill & deck crews