Our Mud Motor Class and Live Webinar will be led by Dr. Robello Samuel - Chief Technical Advisor for Halliburton and Drilling Engineering Adjunct Professor at the University of Houston. All participants in the domestic United States will receive a copy of Dr. Samuel’s Positive Displacement Motors color textbook. Space is limited, so sign up today!

If you are planning on attending online, email emalee@iadd-intl.org for the link. Also, please be sure every individual who is watching the class registers. Thank you!

1. General Introduction & History

2. Downhole Drilling Motors

• Percussion Hammers
• Downhole Turbines
• Positive Displacement Motors
• Electrodrill Motors
• Miscellaneous Downhole Motors

3. MOTOR COMPONENTS

• Dump Value
• Bent Sub
• Universal Joint
• Bearing Assembly
• Power Section

4. MOTOR DESIGN

• Tracing Curves
• Kinematical Description of Shaft and Housing
• Cross-Sectional Area Generated between Housing and Shaft
• Volume Generated Between Housing and Shaft
• Sealing and Sealing Lines
• Torque Analysis
• Speed of Motor with Different Kinematics

5. MOTOR OPERATION

• Operation Principle
• Losses
• Leakage and Leakage Losses
• Leakage of Seal Lines
• Configuration of Leakage Path
• Volumetric Efficiency
• Torque Losses
• Estimation of Deformation Clearance
• Overall Efficiency

6. WEAR ANALYSIS

7. MOTOR BHA

7.1 Optimization for Roller Cone Bits

7.2 Optimization for Polycrystalline Diamond Compact bits (PDC)

8. STEERING

9. PNEUMATIC MOTOR

• Background
• Analysis of the performance of Air Motor

10. Power Section Advances

The class price includes a copy of the Positive Displacement Motor: Theory and Applications color textbook, which is authored by Dr. Robello Samuel.