304461 (v.2) Drilling Engineering 703


Area:

Department of Petroleum Engineering

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

160.0
 
** 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.
 
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Field of Education:

30100 Manufacturing Engineering and Technology (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    
2004 Bentley Campus Short Period 9 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