308068 (v.1) Drilling Engineering Fundamentals 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

Prerequisite(s):

308067 (v.1) Formation Evaluation 602 or any previous version

Syllabus:

History of drilling. Rigs and rig equipment, the rotary drilling process, drilling bits, the drill string, drilling fluids and casing design. Cementing equipment and operations. Basic control. Directional drilling.

** 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
2006	Bentley Campus	Study Period 3	Y
2006	Bentley Campus	Study Period 4	Y
2006	Bentley Campus	Study Period 5	Y
2006	Petroleum Uni Tech Tehran Iran	Study Period 3	Y
2006	Petroleum Uni Tech Tehran Iran	Study Period 4	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