Diploma in Drilling & Operations
Diploma in Drilling & Operations
Duration
HNC One Academic Year
HND Two Academic Year
Start Dates
June
October
Fees
Home: Year 1 fee, £11,100 International: Year 1 fee, £15,000
Attendance
3 days a week (average 15 hours each week).
Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm
Entry Requirements
Minimum 48 UCAS Tariff points
Student Satisfaction
95% of Our students would recommend IBCM / IBCM Student Survey 2022
Awarding Body
NCC
UCAS Course Code
N/A
Course Overview
The Diploma in Drilling & operations is a comprehensive programme which covers the essential areas necessary for high quality drilling and operational excellence.
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the principles and practices of advanced drilling technologies, enabling participants to understand advanced drilling techniques such as casing drilling or coiled tubing drilling are also covered as are tools and techniques used in casing or tubing drilling such as surface equipment, bottom hole assemblies (BHA), etc. Participants will be guided through planning and evaluating drill string design and learn how to perform calculations associated with well tubular design and stuck pipe situations. Non-conventional aspects of drilling will be also covered within this course. Candidates will be able to fully understand optimization concepts, helping them to learn how to take decisions that could save time and increase the safety of drilling operations.
IDEAL FOR
OVERVIEW
- Well Control Incidents
- Well Control Training and Assessment
INTRODUCTION TO WELL CONTROL
- Hydrostatic Pressure
- Formation Pressure
- Fracture Pressure
- Primary Well Control
- Secondary Well Control
- Subsea Factors and Complications for Surface Candidate’s
BARRIERS
Barrier Concept
RISK MANAGEMENT
Well Control and Emergency Drills
- CAUSES OF KICKS
- General
- Loss of Hydrostatic Pressure
- Gas Cutting
- Lost Circulation
- Swab and Surge Effects
- Tripping
KICK WARNING SIGNS AND KICK INDICATORS
- Kick Warning Signs and First Actions
- Kick Indicators
- Shallow gas
CIRCULATING SYSTEM
- Definition and Principles
- Slow Circulation Rates (SCRs)
- Fracture Pressure and MAASP
INFLUX CHARACTERISTICS AND BEHAVIOUR
Principles
SHUT-IN PROCEDURES
- General Principles
- Hang Off
- Interpretations
- Observations
WELL CONTROL METHODS
- Principles
- Kill Sheets
- Calculations
- Driller’s Method and Wait and Weight Method
WELL CONTROL DURING CASING AND CEMENTING
- Running and Pulling Casing and Liner
- Cementing Casing and Liner
- Shut-in Procedures When Running Casing
WELL CONTROL MANAGEMENT
Well Control Drills
WELL CONTROL EQUIPMENT
BLOWOUT PREVENTERS (BOPs)
- BOP Stack Configuration
- Ram Type Preventers
- Blind/Shear Ram Preventers
- Annular Preventers
- Diverters
ASSOCIATED WELL CONTROL EQUIPMENT
Inside BOPS (IBOPs) and Drill Pipe Safety Valves (DPSVs)
CHOKE MANIFOLDS AND CHOKES
AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT
- Mud Gas Separators (MGS)
- Vacuum Degasser
TESTING
- BOP and Equipment Testing
- Inflow Testing
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
- Current or prospective Engineers and Managers
- English language fluency to CEF B2 or equivalent.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Candidates who do not possess the formal entry qualifications suggested above, may be considered for entry, if they have relevant, appropriate work experience in petroleum engineering or its related industries. Work experience used as evidence for entry should be current, and candidates will be asked to provide evidence.
Where English level is not met, a supplementary English course may be required at IBCM and an alternative course may be offered
You will be taught at our Central Manchester location and will attend three terms each year. You will attend classes 3 days a week, averaging 15 hours a week. Your classes will be scheduled Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm and you will experience a variety of teaching methods. Most modules are delivered through lectures, seminars and workshops.
- Lectures provide a broad outline structure for each topic to be covered. Lectures offer a good way of covering a lot of information and, more importantly, of conveying ideas to many people at once.
- Seminars enable you to complete directed self-study and to answer questions and solve problems which are set by the lecturer. You will discuss your answers and solutions within the seminar group. Seminars will enable you to explore further the topics introduced in the lectures.
- Workshops follow on from lectures and seminars. They are designed to enable you to work within a small group to perform set tasks (e.g. working on an exercise or case study).
Assessment
To achieve each module you will have to demonstrate competence in each of the relevant learning outcomes identified above. Assessment may take the form of a completed written assignment or report, a project, or a presentation (or combination of any of the above). Some group work may take place, although you will always be assessed on an individual basis.
You will be given formative assessment early on in each module to enable you to identify where your strengths are and which areas you need to develop in order to be successful.
You will then be assessed at the end of each module against the required Learning outcomes. All assessments go through our own Internal Quality Assurance process to ensure that they meet the highest possible standards and give you every opportunity to achieve (see IBCM Assessment and Verification Policy)
Students will be awarded a grade of pass, merit or distinction for each module and an overall grade at the end of the qualification.
All of our assessment and internal quality procedures are regularly monitored and an Assessment Board will be held at the end of each term to verify all decisions made as well as to investigate any issues of concern.
Should you not meet the learning outcomes on your first submission, you will be given one opportunity for a resubmission. You may also be given the opportunity to resubmit in order to obtain a higher grade. If, at the resubmission, you still do not meet the required outcomes, one opportunity to retake the unit can be authorised. This unit can then receive a maximum pass grade.
If a unit is still not passed at this stage it is deemed to have failed. Your assessor will discuss the options with you, such as an alternative unit in the case of optional units, or whether you are able to study the core module again (repeat). See IBCM Assignment submission procedure. Full attendance at lessons for the repeated module is required along with appropriate payment.
There are compensation provisions within both the HNC and HND provision in that students can still be awarded the qualification if they have not achieved a pass in one of the 15 credit units completed, but have completed and passed the remaining units.
Home: Year 1 fee, £11,100
International: Year 1 fee, £15,000