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307670 (v.1) PEng 328 Basic Well Engineering


Area:

Department of Petroleum Engineering

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

10.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 20 Hours 4 Weekly

Seminar:

1 x 20 Hours 4 Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Role of drilling in petroleum development, drilling rig selection, drill string selection and design, drilling fluids and bits, drilling mud hydraulics and lifting capacity, casing and primary cementation, basic concepts for well control, directional drilling techniques, wellbore stability, corrosion control, cementing, casing and tubular design and selection. For tuition pattern details and contact hours, please contact the Department of Petroleum Engineering.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

39900 Other Engineering and Related Technologies (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Short Period 7 Y    
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

 
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