308077 (v.1) Petroleum Well Engineering Dissertation 691

Area:

Department of Petroleum Engineering

Credits:

50.0

Contact Hours:

4.0

** 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. **

Seminar:

1 x 4 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

308076 (v.1) Group or Team Well Design Workover Project 690 or any previous version

Syllabus:

This project could involve some or all of the processes involved in the design project in addition to specific drilling, workover and completion problem situations, and the identification and solution of the problems. The use of the latest state of the art techniques in drilling bit selection and real-time monitoring, horizontal and multi-lateral well drilling, completion and workover, stimulation and sand control techniques, borehole stability problems, drilling into over pressured reservoirs and formations containing natural gas hydrates, among others. Any of these topics, preferably based on industry requirements, could be selected for this individual project. A dissertation will need to be submitted and a presentation made to the examiners at the conclusion of the project.

** 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:

010700 Earth Sciences (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

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
2005	Bentley Campus	Quarter 1	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