Courses Handbook 2008 - [ Archived ]

301734 (v.3) Drilling Engineering 603


Area: Department of Petroleum Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 40.0
** 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
Tutorial: 1 x 20 Hours 4 Weekly
Syllabus: Role of drilling in petroleum development; drilling rig selection; pore pressure determination; drill string selection and design; drilling fluids and bits; drilling mud hydraulics and lifting capacity; aspects of well control; vertical, deviated, horizontal and multilateral wells; pressure losses; surge and swab pressure; rock mechanics in wellbore construction; wellbore stability; corrosion control; cementing and cement bond evaluation; casing and tubular design and selection; and riser design for deepwater.
** 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: 030100 Manufacturing Engineering and Technology (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2008 Bentley Campus Study Period 4 Y        
2008 Bentley Campus Study Period 6 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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