Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration

Petroleum Engineering 405
Drilling Engineering
Credit 3: (3-0)
Required for Seniors
Catalog Description: The design and evaluation of well drilling systems; identification and solution of
drilling problems; wellbore hydraulics, well control, casing design; well cementing, wellbore surveying.
Prerequisites(s): PETE 321, 323, 324, 325, 403
Instructor: Catalin Teodoriu, Assistant Professor, Petroleum Engineering Department, RICH 501 J, (979)
845-6164, catalin.teodoriu@pe.tamu.edu
Textbooks Required: 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.
Topics Covered:
1. The drilling rig, terminology, drilling fluids
2. Drilling problems and solutions
3. Wellbore hydraulics and design of circulation system
4. Casing design procedures; collapse, burst, tension
5. Abnormal pressures prediction, well control
6. Fracture gradient prediction
7. Well design for safety and efficiency
8. Design of primary and secondary cementing jobs
9. Liner cementing, setting of cement plugs
10. Directional drilling, wellbore surveying techniques
11. Horizontal drilling, coiled tubing drilling
Class/Laboratory Schedule: 3 50-min lectures per week.
Method of Evaluation:
Weekly Tests 20%
Examinations 50%
Design Project 30%
Total 100%
Contributions to Professional Component:
Math and Science None
Petroleum Engineering Petroleum Engineering science and design
General Education None
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