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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

307670 (v.2) Drilling Engineering 328

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Tuition Patterns

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Area: Department of Petroleum Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Introduction to drilling. Rotary Drilling Rig Systems. Drill string tubulars and equipment. Introduction to hydraulics and drilling fluids. Drill string design. Drilling hydraulics and flow in pipes and annuli. Drilling bits. Introduction to pore pressure estimation. Casings and basic concepts of casing design. Introduction to cementing equipments and process. Introduction to directional drilling
Field of Education: 039900 Other Engineering and Related Technologies (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

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