Geosciences
Applied Geology: Drilling, Surveying and Excavation Works
Strengthens participants' knowledge of the geological description of formations encountered during drilling, surveying and excavation works, and builds the critical reading and analysis skills required for subsurface work.
Overview
About the programme
Strengthens participants' knowledge of the geological description of formations encountered during drilling, surveying and excavation works, and builds the critical reading and analysis skills required for subsurface work.
Duration
2 days
Training hours
14 hours
Delivery
Training hall · Virtual · At your premises
Language
Arabic or English
Objectives
What trainees will gain
- Understand the nature and properties of subsurface formations during underground works.
- Identify the available sources of geological data and understand their limitations.
- Infer the implications and constraints of drilling operations.
Content
What the programme covers
Characterising formations
- The nature of rocks and their constituent minerals, and their properties.
- Observing, describing and classifying rocks and minerals, and examining drill cuttings.
- Correlating rock samples with cuttings: practical methods for investigating formations.
- Geological phenomena affecting rocks: metamorphism, fracturing and deformation.
Geological representation and its operational use
- Reading and using geological maps and cross-sections according to the objective: resource management, planning and hazards.
- Locally available sources of subsurface information.
Drilling conditions and constraints
- The predictive drilling log, and selecting execution techniques according to the geological context.
- Examples and lessons learned.
Monitoring drilling activities
- Sampling and the precautions to take.
- The benefits of well logging and drilling logs.
- The drilling report: its contents and tools.
Who for
Target audience
Personnel involved in drilling activities: drillers and their assistants, supervisors, contractors and project managers.
Method
How it is delivered
Presentations, exercises on real samples and drill cuttings, and study of drilling logs.
A programme tailored to your organisation
The duration and topics of the programme are adjusted to the organisation's needs, and it is delivered at its site, in a training hall arranged by the Center, or virtually.