2023

Training Services

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DS-1® Drillstring Failure Prevention School
Available exclusively from Bureau Veritas, the DS-1 Drillstring Failure Prevention School will give
you a practical, integrated approach for managing the integrity of your drill string structure.
Volumes 1-4 of DS-1 Fifth Edition serve as the foundation for this three day school, and what you
learn will revolutionize your approach to failure prevention.

What you will learn…

Manufacturing Inspection
- Manufacturing levels – Standard & Critical - How to set an inspection program
- Metallurgical properties important to the - How the common inspection
designer methods work and their
- Relationships to other industry standards, advantages and limitations
private and public - How to estimate accumulated
fatigue damage
Design
- The link between inspection
- Using Design “Groups”
process control and quality
- Integrating design needs with other drilling
objectives Specialty Tools
- Setting design constraints and design - The challenges with qualifying
factors specialty tools
- Performing a drill string design addressing - Requirements for qualifying
overload specialty tools to Volume 4
- Determining string capacities and operating - Tool load ratings
limits - Procedures for inspecting,
- Predicting and managing buckling assembling, function testing, and
- Using comparative design for fatigue using specialty tools
prevention - Steps for implementing the
- Selecting and configuring different BHA standard
types
- Using recommended stress relief
dimensions and maximum slip cut severity
- Monitoring and mitigating corrosion
- Using CFI when specifying new

Course Materials
You receive Volumes 1-4 of the Standard DS-1® Fifth Edition:
- Volume 1 Drilling Tubular Product Specification
- Volume 2 Drill Stem Design & Operation
- Volume 3 Drill Stem Inspection
- Volume 4 Drilling Specialty Tools
Plus our detailed course workbook and a license to the Drillstring Toolbox™ software.

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DS-1® Distance Learning
The DS-1 Distance Learning course is a blended learning course; we combine content that’s online
and on-demand with Livestream Sessions that allow you to get direct answers from our
instructors.
To deliver a high-quality training course, we started
with the content covered in our 3-day, instructor-
led, DS-1 Drillstring Failure Prevention School.
That material was then sectioned into 13 individual
modules.

Each module will have roughly 30 minutes of

presentation material, but not simply a videotaped
lecture. We’ve partnered with industry-leading
instructional designers to provide helpful graphics
and visual interest as the material is presented and
the students practice with interactive problems
and step-by-step solutions.

The modules have been grouped into three larger

sections, too, and for each of those there will be a
dedicated, live-streamed Q&A session. Our
experts will start with some extended material and
practical advice about the subjects covered, then
open the virtual floor to any questions from the
students.

At the end of each module, there will be an

assessment to confirm that the student has
retained all the practical information that has been
given, and when the full course is done there will be
final assessment as well.

In addition to the course content itself, each

student that enrolls in the DS-1 Distance Learning
course receives:
- A license to Volumes 1-4 of the Electronic
Standard DS-1
- Access to three Livestream Sessions of your
choosing
- A handout that allows you to keep track of your
progress and take notes to remind you of any
questions you want to follow up on
- Access via email or phone to the experts at
Bureau Veritas for any special questions
- A license to the Drillstring Toolbox™ software

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DS-1® Volumes 3 & 4:
Inspector and Vendor Personnel Training
Standard DS-1® is an industry standard that ensures the quality of inspection and qualification
work when followed correctly. This 2-day DS-1 Volumes 3 & 4 course will familiarize inspectors
and vendor personnel with what’s in the books, how to find the information they need, and why
those procedural requirements are important.
Volume 3: Drill Stem Inspection What you will learn…
- Understand the content in a high-level way to find what
you need
- Dive into drill pipe and BHA inspection categories and
methods
- Learn how to read DS-1 and perform a high-quality inspection
- Practice hands-on inspections to make sure that both the
inspection procedures and the acceptance criteria can be
pulled from the standard’s pages
Volume 4: Specialty Tools
- Learn how Volume 4 is different than other standards
- Find and understand what is required
- Review mud motors as an example of specialty tool
qualification
Course Materials
- DS-1 Volume 3
- DS-1 Volume 4
- Course workbook
Assessment
Each student who passes the final examination will be awarded a DS-1® Training Record.

DS-1® Volumes 3 & 4: Web-Based Training

Now offered through our online training platform!
We’ve developed a web-based version of our DS-1 Volumes 3 & 4

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class. It covers the same material at your own pace through videos,
illustrations, and interactive engagement with the material.
Students receive the digital DS-1 Volumes 3 and 4, as well as course
handouts for note-taking. At the end of each of the five modules
there is an assessment to confirm that the student has retained all
the practical information that has been given. At the end of the
course there is a final assessment as well, which allows the student
to earn a DS-1® Training Record for the online course.

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Casing Failure Prevention
Even the best casing design can fail without proper specification, inspection, and handling. We
created Casing Failure Prevention to provide you the tools to address these key areas before you
set your casing. Learn to go beyond design to dramatically reduce the risk of high-cost casing
failures.

What you will learn…

Failure Recognition
- Tension- and pressure-related failures
- Other important failure types
- Three areas that must work to prevent failures:
Manufacturing, Design, and Installation
Manufacturing
- Material properties (and why they’re important for the
casing designer)
- Manufacturing processes that affect the end result
- API’s Spec 5CT—the industry-standard for OCTG
manufacturing
Material Selection (Design I)
- API- and proprietary pipe grades
- Concerns related to sour- and corrosive service
- High-collapse casing grades—capacity ratings and use
- How to mitigate the effects of casing wear
Inspection (Design II)
- How certain thread-gauging practices can cause leaks
- Strengths and weaknesses of flaw-detection methods
- How to gain confidence that your inspection is good
Connections (Design III)
- Understanding API connections’ features and
limitations
- Proprietary connection features and the problems
they’re intended to solve
- Popular modifications to the API connection design
Installation
- Preventing handling damage
- The causes and fixes for galling
- Which makeup method is best
Course Materials
Each participant will receive the Casing Failure Prevention course
workbook and a copy of the casing specification API 5CT.

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S M Tu W Th F S DS-1 Drillstring Failure Prevention School
01 02 03 04 05 06 February 6-8 Houston, USA $3,200

Jan Feb
08 09 10 11 12 13
April 24-26 Villahermosa, Mexico $3,450
15 16 17 18 19 20
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 July 17-19 Abu Dhabi, UAE $3,795
29 30 31 01 02 03 August 21-23 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia $3,795
05 06 07 08 09 10 October 23-25 Houston, USA $3,200
12 13 14 15 16 17
November 6-8 Perth, Australia $3,795
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 01 02 03
Mar
05 06 07 08 09 10 Casing Failure Prevention
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19 20 21 22 23 24
February 9-10 Houston, USA $1,600
26 27 28 29 30 31 01 April 27-28 Villahermosa, Mexico $1,750
02 03 04 05 06 07 July 20-21 Abu Dhabi, UAE $2,000
Apr May Jun

09 10 11 12 13 14
August 24-25 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia $2,000
16 17 18 19 20 21
October 26-27 Houston, USA $1,600

2023 Course Schedule

23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 01 02 03 04 05 November 9-10 Perth, Australia $2,100
07 08 09 10 11 12
14 15 16 17 18 19
21 22 23 24 25 26 DS-1 Volumes 3 & 4:
28 29 30 31 01 02 Inspector & Vendor Personnel Training
04 05 06 07 08 09 March 6-7 Houston, USA $1,900
11 12 13 14 15 16
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 March 29-30 Georgetown, Guyana $2,200
25 26 27 28 29 30 01 April 17-18 Midland, USA $2,000
02 03 04 05 06 07 May 8-9 Labuan, Malaysia $2,200
Jul

09 10 11 12 13 14 June 26-27 Perth, Australia $2,400

16 17 18 19 20 21
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 August 2-3 Neuquén, Argentina* $2,200
30 31 01 02 03 04 August 8-9 Villahermosa, Mexico* $2,200
Aug Sep

06 07 08 09 10 11 September 13-14 Georgetown, Guyana $2,200

13 14 15 16 17 18 October 16-17 Houston, USA $1,900
20 21 22 23 24 25
27 28 29 30 31 01 December 4-5 Labuan, Malaysia $2,200
03 04 05 06 07 08
10 11 12 13 14 15 Web-Based Courses
17 18 19 20 21 22
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Online – anywhere, anytime**
01 02 03 04 05 06 DS-1 Distance Learning $2,200
Oct

08 09 10 11 12 13 DS-1 Volumes 3&4 $1,100

15 16 17 18 19 20 DS-1 Volume 5: BITS $ 250
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31 01 02 03
Nov

05 06 07 08 09 10 Receive a 15% discount on Casing Failure Prevention if taken in

12 13 14 15 16 17 conjunction with the DS-1 Drillstring Failure Prevention School.
19 20 21 22 23 24 All prices are in U.S. Dollars.
26 27 28 29 30 01 02 Bureau Veritas North America, Inc. expressly reserves the right
03 04 05 06 07 08
Dec

to refuse admission to any person.

10 11 12 13 14 15
17 18 19 20 21 22 * Course instruction will be in Spanish.
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31 25 26 27 28 29 30 ** Only offered in English.

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Private and Custom Courses
PRIVATE SCHOOLS RIG CREW FAILURE PREVENTION
Bureau Veritas can provide training courses The objective of the Rig Crew Failure
tailored to your requirements presented at Prevention training is to promote
our training facility in Houston, at your improvements in rig practices for running,
office, or other facility. You may choose from handling, storing, and maintaining rig
several of our established training courses, equipment. The four-hour class is directed at
or we will create custom training courses. all levels from floor hand to rig
Existing training courses are listed here and superintendent.
can be expanded or augmented to meet
your specific requirements. Following is an By promoting constructive dialogue among
abbreviated list of the training units that we rig personnel at all levels in a classroom
currently offer. They can be mixed and environment, many questions and concerns
matched and/or augmented using our can be addressed and resolved that daily
engineering and technical services expertise operations and the pressures of time
to customize them to your requirements: constraints and meeting drilling goals may
place on the back burner. To alleviate this we
- Metallurgy & Manufacturing can provide training which provides
- Overload Design participants with a basic understanding of
- Fatigue Mechanism & Design failure mechanisms, their common causes,
- Drill Stem Inspection & Failure and the procedures which can be applied to
Recognition minimize their effect on the drilling process.
- Specialty Tool Failure Prevention This is developed by emphasizing the critical
- OCTG Inspection and Failure Recognition aspects of failure recognition and prevention
- Manufacturing Processes & Specifications which is covered by our formal training
- Material / Grade Selection (sour service, course based on the DS-1®.
corrosion, high-collapse, & casing wear)
- Connection Design Additionally, specific recommendations may
- Handling & Makeup be presented for optimal handling practices
- Casing Wear & Hardbanding for drill pipe with the objective of reducing
- Landing Strings & Slip Crushing connection damage and improving drill
- Special Tubular Problems string performance.
(vibration, reactive torque, stuck pipe)
- Rig Crew Failure Prevention

Please contact us at
ds1training@bureauveritas.com
to discuss your training needs.

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