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       First of all you have to answer them in confidence, you should sound them that you are
confident to take up the job as drilling supervisor.
2       You should sound them that you can handle drilling efficiently.
They might ask  you of the Workover related issues like Stuck Pipe.
BOP of 15000 psi, koomey , Side track, Cut and Fishing of casing and tubulaire, H2S, coltubing ,
completion for Gas and oil well, Whipstock ,completion and stimulation well. They will go more in
detail about stuck pipe because your job would be related to that.
 
3        They might ask you about the well control issues and techniques to control and solve 
incase of any problem. They are more concerned about this, kindly
keep this information updated such as
•         If a problem develops while killing a well “NOTE” the drill pipe and casing pressures, stop
pump, shut-in the well and then “Evaluate the Situation”.
•         How is the slow pump pressure obtained if not recorded prior to taking a kick.
Step. No. 1. – Bring well on choke using correct start up procedure Step no. 2. When both the
drillpie and casing pressure gauges have stabilized, read and record the correct initial circulating
pressure from the drill pipe guage.
Step no. 3  From the well controlkill sheet
•         How would the SIDPP and the slow pump pressure be obtained if a non ported float is in the
sting and slow pump pressure was not recorded prior to taking a kick?
•         Partial lost circulation while killing well.
Identifying and detecting
Remedial Action
•         Choke problems
Identifying and detecting
Washed out choke
Plugged choke
•         Choke problems – Remedial Action
•         Plugged Drill String – Workstring
Partial plug
Complete plug
•         Washed out drill string- workstring
Identitying and detecting
Remedial Action
 
4       They might ask you if you have experience working on offshore/onshore rigs, kindly tell them
depending on your experience and no problem in handling ONSHORE/OFFSHORE operations.
5         Saudi Aramco is more concerned on Safety. Safety is first and saudi aramco will not
compromise on this.
6. Down hole problems and issues.
7. they might ask you about short, medium and long radius drilling.
8. they might also ask you about horizontal drilling.
 
 
They might also consider the following topics too.
Specific Equipment Knowledge:
1.)    Tubular Handling Equipment (Subs, elevators and slips)
2.)     Make-up and break-out rig tongs (Change dies, lynch pins, heads, snublines, break-outline
and makeup chain)
3.)    Power tongs/iron roughneck, inspection, lubrication and operation
4.)    Mud conditioning equipment, (centrifugal pumps, mud cleaners, shale shakers, desanders,
desilters and isolation valves) PM, operation, replacement and troubleshooting.
5.)    Mud pumps, complete knowledge of operation & repair of fluid end, isolation valves,
standpipe manifold valves and pop-off repair.
6.)    Drawworks & top-drive lubrication, operation & ability to troubleshoot.
7.)    Casing & cementing tools, procedures & equipment.
8.)    Needs to know every component of rig & how to operate, lubricate & troubleshoot problems.
9.)    Cyber-chair experience is a plus.
Additional Requirement Areas:
•         Needs to know every component of rig & how to operate, Maintain & troubleshoot problems.
•         Familiar with ideal procedures of executing all Drilling, Completions and Workover
operations 
o   Tripping and handling drilling tubular
o   Making hole and reaming
o   Running, conductor, different casings and liners
o   All types of cementing operations (Primary and secondary)
o   Handling hole problems (stuck, Loss of circulation, well control, etc.)
o   Fishing
o   Logging
o   Well Testing
o   Coring
o   Directional and horizontal Drilling
o   Coiled tubing
o   Underbalanced Drilling
o   Running different types of completions
o   Well control equipments (N/U. N/D, testing) and operations
o   Workover and well intervention
•         Offshore experience is important – this is optional
•         Experience in drilling Gas wells- optional
•         Identify the role and task to all rig crew individuals related to handling rig equipment and
operation
 
Important they might ask you this too
- kill
operation: drillstring 1000ft off bottom. the well starts to flow. sidpp = 0   sicp=0 . how to shut-
in the well with hard procedure (line up) . analyse the situation (swabbing)
- how to cement liner (pump cement, drop the dart, start displacing. once the dart reaches wiper
plug we'll get 1st pressure after pumping 01 shoe track volume we should get the final pressure
bump) the main question is how 3.5 dart fits inside 4.5 liner answer: dart reaches wiper plug which
has the exact ID of 4.5 liner
What is the role of DSV during DTM , in term of Safety .
General talk about well control Equipment.
BOP Status just before start of drilling
What should we do if we have pack off after cutting the casing.
 
 
Gas
well control, blind drilling, how to change pipe rams to Csg rams with total losses in reservoir section, stuck
pipe sensrio.....
1 Safety and FAT in rig.
2. Stuck pipe
3. Well control use driller method
4. Blind drilling
5. H2S while drilling

They will Start with safety and then ask about stuck pipe, kill methods, driller method in detail, gauge
problem, losses and blind drilling.

Few more questions

1  One rig hand hit deadly by a rig tong. What will be your first reaction.
 
 
2- if Iam calléd after kick and the well is secured. Casing pressure 900 psi. SIDP 0 psi. What will you do
 
3- which guage will keep pressure constant while circulating the kick out.
 
4- if you are asked to change pipe rams by casing rams. How will you proceed
 
5- in case of total loses and you receive an order to do it
 
Will you do it?
 
6- Mud contaminated with H2s . What will you do?
 
During NU BOP's Stack, it fall on someone & he die, what will be your immediate action? Secure
the incident area, Inform immediately the office & the authority (Police...).
 
- Well Control:
•         If a problem develops while killing a well “NOTE” the drill pipe and casing pressures, stop
pump, shut-in the well and then “Evaluate the Situation”.
•         How is the slow pump pressure obtained if not recorded prior to taking a kick.
Step. No. 1. – Bring well on choke using correct start up procedure Step no. 2. When both the
drillpie and casing pressure gauges have stabilized, read and record the correct initial circulating
pressure from the drill pipe guage.
Step no. 3  From the well controlkill sheet
•         How would the SIDPP and the slow pump pressure be obtained if a non ported float is in the
sting and slow pump pressure was not recorded prior to taking a kick?
 

The détails of Drillers method during killing the well, first & second circutation, what are the
advantage & inconvegnant of this method.
 

Stuck Pipe:
The drill string is at 5ft off bottom, you got stuck, what will be your immediate action? Apply torque
& slack off with jarring down to get it free.
If you couldn't manage to free the pipe, what will be your actions....fishing....
 

Divers Question about drilling:

- Give an example of BHA for drilling surface hole, explain your choice, why the pendulum BHA is
the best for this kind of hole....
- Can we connect the drill pipe directly at the top of Drill Collars ? No explain why......
- Blind Drilling, how it works, How we can line up the system to change the Pipe Rams to CSG
Rams with BHA out of the hole + Total losses + Resevoir section? the 3 master valves on choke
manifold closed (Read the pressure from choke manifold gauge), Kill line + choke line open +
filling the well throw choke line with monitoring the pressure on choke manifold......
Incase of pressure on choke manifold, bullheading till killing the well....
-   Tripping and handling tubulars.

1. Introduce yourself or tell me about you and why you are interested in working for Aramco
2. What is your university level and what is your specialty and did you start working directly as a foreman
after finishing your study or what?
3. Did you start working directly as night supervisor or , you worked on third position
4. When did you start working as a day supervisor without any help, I mean alone 
5. Let's focus on some technical questions, give me all sections for drilling a well with density for each
section
6. What is the minimum flow rate required to clean hole for each section, give me one number for each
section 
6. What is the minimum viscosity value required to clean hole for each section
7. Give me a general definition of viscosity 
8. Give me stuck pipe mechanism, 
9. What is deferential sticking 
10. What is the first action you have to take in case of deferential sticking 
11. If you cannot free the pipe being stuck by deferential sticking, what is your last idea to free the pipe
12. Hard or soft shut in for sonatrach company
13. Why 
14. What is the hard shut in line up 
15. Shut in well while pooh and drilling, explain in details 
16. When do we have to perform flow check 
17. When do we have to take SCR
18. What is the procedure for filling well while POOH
19. Trip sheet, discuss 
20. Trip sheet while pooh DP, HWDP, DC 
21. If you have a kick while pooh DC, what is the shut in procedure, explain
23. What is your decision If you have total losses while drilling
24. What is mud cup
25. What do you know about completion components 
26. If we want to nipple down x mass tree how many barriers must be installed 
27. Bop stack, explain from top to bottom 
28. If we have a kick, we shut the well with hard shut in procedure, but pipe rams, annular, upper and lower
pipe rams not hold, what you have to do 
   28. what is the position of drilling jar in vertical and horizontal wells
29. Maximum degree for drilling jar
30. If you do not have drilling program, propose your BHA for drilling every section 
30. Tell me more about yourself