The 3 days Deepwater Drilling Technology Training Course for CNOOC Shenzhen Company has curtained off successfully as scheduled on September 5 in Shekou, Shenzhen. This course is designed and customized by Petromentor according to the requirements and practical needs of CNOOC Shenzhen Company on deepwater drilling. While the course is taught by Dr. Jack, who has abundant experience and knowledge on this area, backing up with more than 55 years working in major international oil companies as drilling platform manager, drilling superintendant etc, operation in areas like GOM, Canada, Alaska, West Africa, Australia, Mid East etc, and he has also compiled the Drilling Manual for PEMEX and PDVSA. This contributes a lot to him by knowing what problems that participants could face with in practical operation with effective trouble shootings.

The participants attending this course are mainly engineers, drilling supervisors and other technical staff that currently hold import posts in deepwater projects. The main topics in this course is Deepwater Drilling Technology, Drilling Problems and Challenges, Relief Well, which has been illustrated in sequence with supporting case studies, so as to make participants understand both the mechanism and technical details. The participants have done sufficient pre-class review beforehand, so they can discuss relevant technical issues in detail with Dr. Jack, who help them find the ways out and reinforce the knowledge they learn in the class. The course has accomplished the course objectives well by introducing new tech as well as refresh the participants’ knowledge. What’s more, Dr. Jack has taught by his experience, providing participants with practical cases and solutions based on his previous operation on site, which help the participants update their knowledge on relevant issues both on theory and practice.