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PETE 411 - Well Drilling

PETE 411 - Well Drilling. Lesson 1 Introduction. by Dr. M. Amani. TAMU-Petroleum Engineering FALL, 2003. Lesson 1 - Introduction. Texts Grading Syllabus (attached and on internet) Class Objectives (attached and on internet) Schedule Corrections to Textbook (on internet)

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PETE 411 - Well Drilling

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  1. PETE 411 - Well Drilling Lesson 1 Introduction by Dr. M. Amani TAMU-Petroleum Engineering FALL, 2003

  2. Lesson 1 - Introduction • Texts • Grading • Syllabus (attached and on internet) • Class Objectives (attached and on internet) • Schedule • Corrections to Textbook (on internet) http://pumpjack.tamu.edu/~juvkam-wold/ MOVIEThe Rotary Drilling Rig

  3. General Information • Prerequisites: PETE 320, 321, 322, 323 and 324 • 3 credit hours • Class Schedule: Section 501: MWF 9:10 - 10:00 Section 502: MWF 11:30-12:20 • Class Room: Rich Room 313

  4. General Information • Instructor: Dr. M. Amani • Office: Room 401 K • Office Hours: MWF 10:00 – 11:00 MW 12:30 - 2 p.m • or by appointment • Phone: 845-6164 • amani@spindletop.tamu.edu

  5. Textbook • Applied Drilling Engineering, by Adam T. Bourgoyne Jr., Martin E. Chenevert, Keith K. Millheim and F.S. Young Jr., Society of Petroleum Engineers, Richardson, TX, 1991. • Available from the bookstore or directly from SPE

  6. Basis for Grading • Homework 10% • Weekly Quizzes 10% • Quiz A 20% • Quiz B 20% • Design Project 10% • FINAL 30% 100%

  7. Homework Assignment: • Read: Applied Drilling Engineering, Ch.1, pp 1-12 HW #1, due Monday, Sept. 8 (internet) Class Lectures are on the Internet • PETE 411 – Lessons 1 & 2 http://pumpjack.tamu.edu/~amani/

  8. PETE 411 Catalog Description • The design and evaluation of well drilling systems; identification and solution of drilling problems; wellbore hydraulics; casing design; well cementing; drilling of directional and horizontal wells; wellbore surveying.

  9. Schedule - Fall, 2002 WEEK NO. TOPICS • 1.Introduction, the Rotary Drilling Process, The Rig, Drilling Equipment • 2. Drilling Cost & Drilling Rate, Hole Problems, Drilling Structures • 3. Drilling Bits, Drilling Hydraulics - Hydrostatics • 4. Rheological Models, Pressure Losses in Laminar Flow, Slot Flow

  10. Schedule - cont’d WEEK NO. TOPICS 5. Oct. 6 & 8: no classes; SPE Fall Mtng. Surge and Swab Pressures - cont’d 6. Pressure across Bit, Bit Nozzle Sizing, Surge and Swab Pressures 7. Lifting Capacity of Drilling Fluids, Casing Design Procedures, Burst, Collapse, Tension

  11. Schedule - cont’d WEEK NO. TOPICS 8. Casing Design, API Performance Properties, Examples, Drilling Technology - - Abnormal Pore Pressure Detection 9. Drilling Technology - Balanced and Overbalanced Drilling, Fracture Gradient Prediction, Gas Cut Mud, “dc-exponent”

  12. Schedule - cont’d WEEK NO. TOPICS 10. Well Control Methods, Kick Detection and Procedures for Killing Wells, Wireline Logging, MWD 11. Cements and Cementing, Primary & Secondary Cementing Squeeze Operations

  13. Schedule - cont’d WEEK NO. TOPICS 12. Cementing Equipment, Additives, Liner Cementing, Setting Cement Plugs 13. Directional Drilling, Well Trajectory Surveying, Horizontal Drilling

  14. Schedule - cont’d WEEK NO. TOPICS 14. Torque & Drag Calculations, Coiled Tubing, Slimhole Drilling 15. Problem Solving, Review, Finals

  15. Important Dates • QUIZ A - Monday, Oct. 13, 7-9 p.m. • QUIZ B - Monday, Nov. 10, 7-9 p.m QUIZ A & B: Rich 101 • Design Projects Due: - Monday, Dec. 8, 5 p.m. (Rich 401K) • FINALSRich 313 - Sec. 501: Mon., Dec. 15, 8-10 a.m. - Sec. 502: Wed., Dec. 17, 10:30-12:30

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