- Functions of Drilling Fluids
- Basic Chemistry – Clay Chemistry and Polymer Chemistry
- Types of Drilling Fluids and their applications.
- Water base drilling fluids,
- Drilling fluids analysis, calculations and testing.
- Non-aqueous invert emulsion drilling fluids
- High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) Drilling fluids technologies.
- Troubleshooting.
- Basics of rheology and hydraulics, hole stability, solids control, mud loss and its control, Kick control.
- Drilling fluid contamination and its treatment
- Environmental aspects of drilling fluids
