DS-1 Fourth Edition School
Available exclusively from Bureau Veritas, The DS-1 Fourth Edition School provides a practical, integrated approach for managing the integrity of your drill string structure. The four volumes of DS-1 Fourth Edition serve as the foundation for this three day school, and what you learn will revolutionize your approach to failure prevention.
Manufacturing
- Manufacturing levels – Standard & Critical
- Metallurgical properties important to the designer
- Relationships to other industry standards, private and public
Design
- Using Design “Groups”
- Integrating design needs with other drilling objectives
- Setting design constraints and design factors
- Performing a drill string design addressing overload
- Determining string capacities and operating limits
- Predicting and managing buckling
- Comparative design for fatigue prevention
- Selecting and configuring different BHA types
- Recommended stress relief dimensions and maximum slip cut severity
- Monitoring and mitigating corrosion
- Using CFI when specifying new connections on BHAs
Inspection
- How to set an inspection program
- How the common inspection methods work and their advantages and limitations
- How to estimate accumulated fatigue damage
- The link between inspection process control and quality
Specialty Tools
- The challenges with qualifying specialty tools
- Requirements for qualifying specialty tools to Volume 4
- Determining tool ratings
- Inspecting, assembling, function testing, and using specialty tools
- Steps for implementing the standard
