SC DrillTech · Technical training
Solids Control, Drilling Fluids Control and Drilling Waste Management — connected from formation and drilled-solids generation to surface separation, fluid recovery and waste handling.
A machine can be running without doing the job the system needs. Our training helps teams recognise that difference, ask for the right measurements and explain the consequences of an operating decision.
Discuss a training programPrograms can be scoped for rig crews, solids-control engineers, mud engineers, drilling engineers, drilling-waste teams, technical support personnel and workshop teams. Content, depth and practical work are selected around participants’ responsibilities, equipment and experience.
The focus is the interaction between drilled solids, surface equipment, fluid condition and waste. Specialist drilling-fluid formulation and well-design decisions remain with the appropriately qualified personnel responsible for those disciplines.
Follow the returns path, recognise each equipment duty, distinguish normal operation from warning signs, and record useful observations. Exercises connect daily checks to fluid losses, solids loading and waste handling.
Suitable for crew development, personnel new to solids control and teams needing a shared technical foundation.
Work through operating data, sampling plans, separation duties, equipment limitations and competing objectives. Participants practise diagnosing a performance gap, documenting uncertainty and developing prioritised recommendations.
Suitable for experienced engineers, supervisors and technical support teams. Prior knowledge and the required calculation depth are agreed before delivery.
Select the modules the team needs; a company program does not have to cover every topic.
Formation influence, drilled-solids generation, transport to surface, particle degradation, returns and flowline arrangements. Relate the surface solids load to the drilling context without treating surface observations as a complete downhole diagnosis.
Shale shaker operation, feed distribution, screen selection, cut-point terminology, basket motion and G-force. Desanders, desilters and mud cleaners: feed conditions, underflow behaviour, bypass and the consequences of the chosen duty.
Decanter centrifuge duty, bowl speed, G-force, differential speed, feed and pond depth. Interpret feed, liquid-discharge and solids-discharge PSD together with solids concentrations, stream quantities and a consistent mass balance. A PSD curve alone does not establish removal efficiency or distinguish barite from drilled solids.
Vacuum degassers and Mud Gas Separators have different duties. Agitators, torque, impeller selection, mud guns, mixing hoppers and transfer, centrifugal and positive-displacement pumps are considered as parts of the system. Include tank layout, suspension and barite-sag awareness where relevant.
Cuttings collection, screw conveyors, drying, dewatering, storage and offshore cuttings boxes. Program options include tank farms, bulk barite handling and introductory TDU/TCC process concepts. Compare recovery, waste quantities and retained-fluid measurements using clearly stated sampling methods and reporting bases.
Equipment inspection, installation surveys, commissioning records, root-cause investigation and engineering reports. Exercises connect dilution, screen consumption, fluid loss, waste handling, NPT and operating KPIs to a documented baseline, without promising savings from equipment changes alone.
Classroom, workshop, site and rig-based formats can be discussed, including equipment-specific practical sessions and customised company programs. Duration is agreed against the learning objectives, participant experience and access to equipment; it is not fixed before the scope is understood.
Practical activities are subject to site permissions, isolation requirements, equipment condition and the operator’s procedures. Training does not authorise independent work on live equipment or replace OEM instructions, site competency authorisation or well-control training.
Use the Equipment Library, the Troubleshooting Center and technical articles for preparation and follow-up. Where useful, an agreed exercise can use Rig IQ to examine inputs, assumptions and engineering results.
An agreed program can include an initial knowledge review, equipment checklists, worked cases, practical observations and a final technical assessment or examination. Results should identify what participants demonstrated and where further supervised practice is needed.
If included in the agreed scope, a SC DrillTech completion certificate records the training completed. It is not an externally accredited qualification or a substitute for an employer’s competency approval.
Two arrangements can be discussed: instructor-led delivery by SC DrillTech, or a separately scoped licence to use an agreed training program. For licensed materials, content coverage, permitted use, instructor requirements, assessment responsibilities, updates and branding must be agreed before delivery or reuse.
Program development connects to the field and technical experience of Othman Soliman, founder of SC DrillTech. Specialist contributions and instructor responsibilities are matched to the subject; the wider advisory team has distinct areas of expertise.
Tell us who will attend, which equipment or operating problems matter, the current experience level, location and preferred delivery format. We can then discuss the modules, practical access and assessment required.
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