Course Information

Course Code:
Course Number:
Code Course Name Language Type
PET 333E Drilling Engineering English Compulsory
Local Credits ECTS Theoretical Tutorial Laboratory
3 6 3 0 0
Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction
Prerequisites STA 204E MIN DD
and AKM 204E MIN DD
Class Restriction None
Course Description
Drilling equipment. Rig systems. Drilling fluids and cementing in brief. Cementing and cement slurry design. Drilling hydraulics: Non-static well conditions, Rheological models, Laminar and turbulent flows in pipes and annuli, Basics of well control operations. Rotary drilling bits. Rock failure mechanisms. Drilling cost analysis. Formation pressure and fracture gradients. API Casing performance properties. Introduction to casing design. Essentials of directional drilling.