304461 (v.2) Drilling Engineering 703

Area:	Department of Petroleum Engineering
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	40.0

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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:	030100 Manufacturing Engineering and Technology (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
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