PETE 661 - Drilling Engineering

Lesson 1 Introduction
by Jerome Schubert
TAMU-Petroleum Engineering Fall, 2004

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Texts  Grading  Syllabus (on internet)  Schedule  Class Objectives (on internet)  Corrections to Textbook (on internet)
http://pumpjack.tamu.edu/~Schubert/

Multimedia Program #1. Drilling Rigs

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General Information
  

Prerequisites: 3 credit hours Class Schedule:

Approval of instructor

MWF 9:10 - 10:00 a.m.



Class Room:

Rich 302

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General Information
Instructors:
 

Jerome J. Schubert

Office: Office Hours: Phone:

Room 501 K TR 10:00 11:30 a.m. or by appointment 979-862-1195

  
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schubert@spindletop.tamu.edu jschubert@tamu.edu
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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

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References


Advanced Well Control Manual, by David Watson, Terry Brittenham and Preston Moore. SPE Textbook Series, 2002. Floating Drilling: Equipment and its Use, Practical Drilling Technology, Vol.2, by Riley Sheffield, Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, TX, 1980. IADC Deepwater Well Control Guidelines, Published by the International Association of Drilling Contractors, Houston, TX, 1998. An Introduction to Marine Drilling, by Malcolm Maclachlan. Daytons Oilfield Publications Limited, P. O. Box 11, Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 1BN, England, 1987.
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References - contd


Drilling Engineering, A complete Well Planning Approach, by Neal Adams and Tommie Carrier. PennWell Publishing Company, Tulsa, OK, 1985 Practical Well Planning and Drilling Manual, by Steve Devereux. PennWell Publishing Company, Tulsa, OK, 1998. Underbalanced Drilling Manual, Gas Research Institute, GRI, Chicago, 1997. Air and Gas Drilling Manual, by William C. Lyons, Bayum Guo, and Frank A. Seidel, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2001.

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Basis for Grading

    

Homework Quiz A Quiz B Design Project FINAL/Quiz C

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Homework Assignment:
 Read:

Applied Drilling Engineering, Ch.1, pp 1-20

Class Lectures are on the Internet



PETE 661: http://pumpjack.tamu.edu/~schubert/

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PETE 661 Catalog Description

Introduction to drilling systems; wellbore hydraulics; casing design; identification and solution of drilling problems; well cementing; drilling of directional and horizontal wells; wellbore surveying; abnormal pore pressure; fracture gradients; well control; offshore drilling; underbalanced drilling.

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Schedule Spring, 2002

WEEK NO. TOPICS

1. Introduction, the Rotary Drilling Process, The Rig, Drilling Equipment, Drilling Fluids 2. Drilling Problems, Wellbore Hydraulics, Pressure Drop Calculations 3. Casing Design Procedures, Burst, Collapse, Tension 4. Abnormal Pore Pressure Prediction, Fracture Gradients
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WEEK NO. TOPICS

5. Abnormal Pressure, Well Control 6. SPE ATC&E 7. Well Control, contd, Kick Tolerance 8. Cements and Cementing, Primary & Secondary Cementing 9. Squeeze Operations, Cement Plugs

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WEEK NO.
10. 11.

TOPICS

12.

Directional Drilling, Wellbore Surveying Techniques Horizontal Drilling Technology, Coiled Tubing Drilling, Buckling, Torque and Drag Offshore Drilling

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Schedule - contd
WEEK NO. TOPICS

13. Deep-Water Drilling, Dual-Gradient Drilling 14. Underbalanced Drilling 15. Underbalanced Drilling, FINALS
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Important Dates
 

QUIZ A - Thursday, Oct. 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m. QUIZ B - Thursday, Nov. 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Both in Rich 302

Design Projects Due: Monday, Dec. 6, 5 p.m. (Rich 501K) FINALS Monday, Dec 13, 8:00 10:00 a.m.
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