Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration

Petroleum Engineering 406
Advanced Drilling Engineering
Credit 3: (3-0)
Satisfies Technical Elective Requirement
Catalog Description: Well control; Underbalanced drilling; Offshore drilling; Horizontal, Extended Reach,
Multi-Lateral Drilling; and Fishing Operations.
Prerequisites(s): PETE 405
Instructor: Jerome J. Schubert, Ph.D., P.E., Assistant Professor, Catalin Teodoriu, Ph.D. Assistant
Professor, Petroleum Engineering Department, RICH 501K, (979) 862-1195, mailto:jschubert@tamu.edu,
other Petroleum Engineering Department faculty as appropriate.
Textbooks Required: Applied Drilling Engineering, by A.T. Bourgoyne Jr., M.E. Chenevert, K.K. Millheim,
and F.S. Young. Society of Petroleum Engineers, Richardson, TX. 1991.
Topics Covered:
1. Introduction to class, review of important topics of previous classes
2. Advanced Well Control topics causes of kicks, kick detection, shut-in
procedures, Managed pressure drilling, dual gradient drilling
3. Well Control- Well control equipment, unusual well control operations,
shallow gas, subsea operations.
4. Underbalanced Drilling- Introduction to UBD, UBD techniques, benefits of
UBD equipment, Selecting an appropriate candidate, and UBD well
engineering.
5. Advanced drilling technologies – casing drilling, HPHT, Introduction to
Horizontal/Extended Reach/and Multilateral Drilling Fishing Operations
6. Non-conventional drilling methods and equipment including environmental
aspects of drilling activities
7. Special topics covered by industry experts
Class/Laboratory Schedule: 3 50-min lecture sessions per week
Method of Evaluation:
Exams (2) 40%
Final 20%
Project 40%
Total 100%
Contributions to Professional Component:
Math and Science None
Petroleum Engineering Provides students with an introduction to advanced drilling topics such as well
control, underbalanced drilling, modern drilling technologies, designer wells,
and fishing operations.
General Education None
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