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PENG 311 Drilling Engineering I

Dr. Ahmed Zakaria Nouh
Office 2655
Petroleum Dept.SSE Building. Room 1005
SW 11:30-1:30
ahmed.noah@aucegypt.edu

Catalog Description: PENG 311 Drilling Engineering I, (3cr.)

Prerequisite:
PENG 301 offered in fall and spring
Properties of Reserbois; Subsurface Pressure & Temperature; Conventional & Current Drilling techniques; Drilling
Fluids, Drilling Hazards & Safety; Hydraulics of rotary Circulation & Penetration Rates; Casing, Cementing; Well
Head Equipment.
Textbook:
1.
J..J. Azar and G. Robello Samuel, Drilling Engineering, PennWell, ISBN-13:
2.
978-1-59370 0720, ISBN-10: 1-59370-072-5 (2007).
3.
Hussain Rabia, "Oil Well Drilling Engineering", Graham and Trotman, ISBN:
4.
860107140 (1985)
5.
Frank John, Mark Cook & Mark Graham, "Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production",
6.
Elsevier, ISBN: 0444829210 (1998)
7.
Howard Bradley , "Petroleum Engineering Handbook", Society of Petroleum,
8.
ISBN: 1555630103 (1987)
9.
Royal Dutch/Shell Group , "The Petroleum Handbook", Elsevier, ISBN: 0444421181 (1983)
10.
M. Economides, "Petroleum Well Construction", John Wiley and Sons Ltd,
11.
ISBN: 978-0471969389 (1998)
12.
William C. Lyons and Gary J Plisga , "Standard Handbook of Petroleum and Natural Gas
13.
Engineering, Second Edition", Gulf Professional Publishing; 2 edition, ISBN: 978-0750677851 (2004) .

Course Objectives
1.
The aim of this module is for the students to understand the principles, practices of petroleum well drilling
and oil industry.
2.
Give an understanding of well planning, drilling techniques and equipment.
3.
Get students to understand well design: casing and cement design, mud program, Bits, drill string design.
4.
Give an overview of different hole problems, well control methods
5.
Give an understanding of mud types, function, Rheology and mud hydraulics.
6.
Familiarization with well surveying, MWD and LWD tools.
7.
Get student to understand directional drilling techniques.
8.
Give an overview of latest drilling techniques.
Course outcomes:
After completion of this module students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
1.
The principles of oil well engineering,
2.
Well planning and well design,
3.
Rig types, selection, components and rig calculations,
4.
Drilling oil well,
5.
Casing and cement design,

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Drilling bits and dull grading

Mud engineering concept and drilling fluid,
Hole problem and hole instability,
Pressure Engineering,
Well control methods and techniques,
Well survey, MWD and LWD,
Directional drilling.
latest drilling techniques

Course Contents
Topics
Minimum number
1.
The oil and gas well: a brief outline;
2
2.
Well planning;
2
3.
Rig types and rig selection;
3
4.
Basic rig components;
5.
Hoisting; rotary , power system
3
6.
Drill string design;
2
7.
Drilling bits; and dull grading;
2
8.
Fundamentals of fluid flow and
2
Mud engineering;
9.
Rig hydraulics;
2
10.
Composition and rheological properties
2
of drilling fluids (e.g. density, viscosity, filtration,
11.
Mud tests, mud contaminations, selection
2
of drilling fluids for well control, hole stability
12.
Casing design and seat selection; cementing;
3
13.
Hole problems (pipe sticking and lost circulation);
2
14.
Well control (blow out preventers and kick control);
3
15.
Survey, MWD and LWD;
2
16.
Directional hole drilling;
2
17.
Latest techniques at directional drilling .
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*Additional lecture times are used for tests and revision.

Duration of class
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Grading Policy:
Attendance
Midterm exam1
Midterm exam II
Final exam
Design project

Prepared by

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Dr. Ahmed Nouh

October 2011