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Petroleum Engineering 661

Drilling EngineeringSyllabus and Administration Procedures

Spring 2013

Instructor: Jerome Schubert

Office: Room 501-K, Richardson Building

Office Hours: M and W; 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.

Office Phone: 979-862-1195, (E-Mail) [email protected]

Catalogue Description:

Introduction to drilling systems; wellbore hydraulics; casing design; identification

and solution of drilling problems; well cementing; drilling of directional and

horizontal wells; wellbore surveying; abnormal pore pressure; fracture gradients;

well control; offshore drilling; underbalanced drilling.

Text: Fundamentals of Drilling Engineering, edited by Robert Mitchell and

Stephen Miska, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Richardson, TX 2011.

Class Schedule:Lecture: TTr, 11:10 – 12:25 p.m., room 208 RICH

Basis for grade:

Homework ........................................................................................... 20%

Exam 1 ................................................................................................. 20%

Exam 2 ................................................................................................. 20%

Exam 3...................................................................................................20%

Project ..................................................................................................20%

100%

Grading Policy:

>89.5 =A

79.5 – 89.4999 =B

69.5 – 79.4555 =C

59.5 – 69.4999 =D

<59.5 =F

Schedule:Week 1: Introduction, the Rotary Drilling Process, the Rig, Drilling Equipment, Drilling

Fluids

Week 2: Drilling Problems, Wellbore Hydraulics, Pressure Drop Calculations

Week 3: Casing Design Procedures, Burst, Collapse, Tension

Week 4: Abnormal Pore Pressure Prediction, Fracture Gradients

Week 5: Abnormal Pressure, Well Control, Exam 1

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Week 7: Well Control, cont’d, Kick Tolerance

Week 8: Cements and Cementing, Primary & Secondary Cementing

Week 9: Squeeze Operations, Cement Plugs

Week 10: Directional Drilling, Wellbore Surveying Techniques, Exam 2

Week 11: Horizontal Drilling Technology, Coiled Tubing Drilling, Buckling, Torque and

Drag Week 12: Offshore Drilling

Week 13: Deep-Water Drilling, Dual-Gradient Drilling

Week 14: Underbalanced Drilling, Exam 3

Week 15: Underbalanced Drilling

Projects due: Last Day of Classes, 5 p.m. (Rich 501K)

References:

Applied Drilling Engineering, by Bourgoyne, Chenevert, Milheim,

Young, SPE Textbook Series, 1991

Advanced Well Control Manual, by David Watson, Terry

Brittenham and Preston Moore. SPE Textbook Series, 2002. Floating Drilling: Equipment and its Use, Practical Drilling

Technology, Vol.2, by Riley Sheffield, Gulf Publishing Company,

Houston, TX, 1980.

IADC Deepwater Well Control Guidelines, Published by the

International Association of Drilling Contractors, Houston, TX,

1998.

An Introduction to Marine Drilling, by Malcolm Maclachlan.

Dayton’s Oilfield Publications Limited, P. O. Box 11, Ledbury,

Herefordshire HR8 1BN, England, 1987.

Drilling Engineering, A complete Well Planning Approach, by

Neal Adams and Tommie Carrier. PennWell PublishingCompany, Tulsa, OK, 1985

Practical Well Planning and Drilling Manual, by Steve Devereux.

PennWell Publishing Company, Tulsa, OK, 1998.

Underbalanced Drilling Manual, Gas Research Institute, GRI,

Chicago, 1997.

Air and Gas Drilling Manual, by William C. Lyons, Bayum Guo,

and Frank A. Seidel, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2001.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Policy Statement

The following ADA Policy Statement (part of the Policy on Individual Disabling

Conditions) was submitted to the University Curriculum Committee by theDepartment of Student Life. The policy statement was forwarded to the Faculty

Senate for information.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute

that provides comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities.

Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be

guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of

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their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation,

please contact the Department of Student Life, Services for Students with

Disabilities, in Room 126 of the Koldus Building or call 845-1637.

Academic Integrity Statement

“An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do.”All syllabi shall contain a section that states the Aggie Honor Code and refers the

student to the Honor Council Rules and Procedures on the web

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