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

Lesson 1 - Introduction MOVIE The Rotary Drilling Rig 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/ MOVIE The Rotary Drilling Rig

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

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

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

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

Homework Assignment: Class Lectures are on the Internet 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/

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.

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

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

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”

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

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

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

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) FINALS Rich 313 - Sec. 501: Mon., Dec. 15, 8-10 a.m. - Sec. 502: Wed., Dec. 17, 10:30-12:30

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