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TM6004 Advanced Drilling Engineering

Subject Code: Credits: Semester: Specialty / Responsibility Unit: Status:

TM6004 3 I Drilling Engineering Compulsory
Subject Title Advanced Drilling Engineering
Drilling Operation Activity; Formation Pressure; Fracture Gradient and Abnormal Pressure; Drilling Fluids; Pressure
Short Syllabus Losses; Surge, Swab & Slip Analysis; Vertical Well Drillstring Design; Drillstring Inspection; Geomechanics; Casing
Design; Cementing, Well Kick; Pressure Control; Directional Drillstring; Directional Drilling Evaluation
Introduction to drilling operation activity, formation pressure, fracture gradient and abnormal pressure, drilling fluids,
pressure losses, surge, swab & slip analysis, vertical well drillstring design and its inspection, introduction to geomechanics,
Full Syllabus
casing design configuration, cement and cementing theory and its application in the field, wellkick and pressure control in
drilling operation, directional drilling operation and its evaluation, multilateral drilling.
Supporting Activity
Outcome Student have a comprehensive knowledge about drilling operation and know how to overcome the problems encountered.
TM3101 Drilling Engineering I Corequisite
Related Subject
TM3202 Drilling Engineering II Corequisite
1. Bourgoyne, "Applied Drilling Engineering", Society of Petroleum Engineers, 1986.
2. Neal J. Adams, "Drilling Engineering", PennWell Publishing Company, 1985.
Reference
3. Heriot-Watt University, "Drilling Engineering".
4. Hussain Rabia, “Well Engineering & Construction”.
A ≥ 80 Final Term Exam : 25%
75 ≤ AB < 80 Middle Term Exam : 25%
70 ≤ B < 75 Presentation : 25%
Score Guideline 65 ≤ BC < 70 Quiz : 25%
60 ≤ C < 65
50 ≤ D < 60
E < 50
Course Time: Monday (14.00 – 16.30)
Additional Note
Place: R. Seminar 3rd floor

Week# Topic Sub Topic Special Instructional Relevant Reference Date

Purpose (SIP)
1 Drilling Operation  System of Units  Understanding Drilling
Activity  Place Preparance and Operation
Drilling Location  Understanding system
 Drilling Equipment of units, Place
 Rotary Drilling Bits Preparance and drilling
 Rig Sizing & location
Selection  Understanding drilling
 Drilling Cost equipment and types of
Bit
 Understanding how to
choose Rig and
calculate the power
needed
 Able to calculate
drilling cost estimation
2 Presentation  Group Task  Presentation and
Discussion
3 Formation  Formation Pressure  Understanding
Pressure, Fracture and Fracture Gradient formation pressure
Gradient and  Origin of Abnormal detection method and
Abnormal Pressure Pressure fracture gradient,
whether before, while,
and after drilling
operation
 Understanding the
origin of abnormal
pressure
4 Drilling Fluids,  Drilling fluid  Understanding drilling
Pressure Losses physical properties fluid prperties
and Surge, Swab &  Swelling problem  Understanding
Slip Analysis  Pressure losses swelling effect and its
 Cutting transport solution
 Bourgoyne, Applied Drilling Monday
Engineering, Chapter 1 24 August 2015
 Rabia, Well Engineering and
Construction, Chapter 14 dan 15
 Neal Adams, Drilling Engineering,
Chapter 1, 16 dan 19
 Heriot-Watt University, Drilling
Engineering, Chapter 1 dan 2
Monday
31 August 2015
 Bourgoyne, Applied Drilling Monday
Engineering, Chapter 3 & 4 7 September
 Rabia, Well Engineering and 2015
Construction, Chapter 1, 2 dan 14
 Neal Adams, Drilling Engineering,
Chapter 3 dan 4
 Heriot-Watt University, Drilling
Engineering, Chapter 5
 Bourgoyne, Applied Drilling Monday
Engineering, Chapter 1 dan 4 14 September
 Rabia, Well Engineering and 2015
Construction, Chapter 7, 8 dan 12
 Neal Adams, Drilling Engineering,
Week# Topic Sub Topic Special Instructional Relevant Reference Date
Purpose (SIP)
 Surge, Swab & Slip  Understanding how to Chapter 8 dan 18
analysis calculate pressure loss  Heriot-Watt University, Drilling
in pipe and annulus Engineering, Chapter 9 dan 10
 Able to calculate
cutting velocity
 Able to analize pull
and press effect on pipe
5 Presentation  Group Task  Presentation and Monday
Discussion 21 September
2015
6 Vertical Well  Drillpipe  Understanding  Rabia, Well Engineering and Monday
Drillstring Design Composition drillstring design Construction, Chapter 10 28 September
and Drillstring Selection on Vertical calculation for Vertical  Neal Adams, Drilling Engineering, 2015
Inspection hole well Chapter 15
 Drillstring Inspection  Understanding how to
 Heriot-Watt University, Drilling
Methods check pipe clarification
Engineering, Chapter 3
7 Geomechanics  Stress, Strain, Rock  Understanding rock  Bourgoyne, Applied Drilling Monday
Failure, Mohr- behaviour Engineering, Chapter 5 dan 6 5 October 2015
Coulomb Concept  Understanding  Rabia, Well Engineering and
 Application of geomechanics Construction, Chapter 1, 2 dan 9
Geomechanics in application in drilling
 Neal Adams, Drilling Engineering,
Drilling Operation application
Chapter 3, 4 dan 7
 Heriot-Watt University, Drilling
Engineering, Chapter 4 dan 5
8 Presentation  Group Task  Presentation and Monday
Discussion 12 October 2015
9 Middle Term Exam Monday
19 October 2015
10 Casing Design  Hole geometry  Understanding hole  Bourgoyne, Applied Drilling Monday
Selection, Casing geometry plan, able to Engineering, Chapter 7 26 October 2015
Setting Depth decide casing position,  Rabia, Well Engineering and
Selection, Casing Understanding casing Construction, Chapter 5
Parameters type and its parameter
 Neal Adams, Drilling Engineering,
 Maximum Load  Understanding burst,
Method collapse and tension Chapter 11 dan 12
 Minimum Set pressure calculation  Heriot-Watt University, Drilling
Method using Maximum Load Engineering, Chapter 7
and Minimum Set
Method
11 Cementing  Cement Theory  Understanding cement  Bourgoyne, Applied Drilling Monday
 Cementing Method physical properties Engineering, Chapter 3 2 November
 Understanding Primary  Rabia, Well Engineering and 2015
& Secondary Construction, Chapter 6
Cementing, Evaluating
 Neal Adams, Drilling Engineering,
cementing job
Chapter 9
 Heriot-Watt University, Drilling
Engineering, Chapter 8
12 Presentation  Group Task  Presentation and Monday
Discussion 9 November
2015

13 Well Kick &  Formation Pressure  Understanding  Rabia, Well Engineering and Monday
Pressure Control Detection Method formation pressure Construction, Chapter 3, 7 dan 12 16 November
 Well Kick Theory detection method, such  Heriot-Watt University, Drilling 2015
and Pressure Control as D-exponent Engineering, Chapter 2 dan 6
 Well Kick cause
14 Directional  Directional Drilling,  Understanding  Bourgoyne, Applied Drilling Monday
Drilling and 3D Hole Trajectory Directional Drilling, Engineering, Chapter 8 23 November
Directional calculation, 3D Hole Trajectory  Rabia, Well Engineering and 2015
Drilling Evaluation Trajectory Design calculation, Trajectory Construction, Chapter 11
Method Design Method
 Neal Adams, Drilling Engineering,
 Inclination and  Able to Evaluate the
azimuth Trajectory from MWD Chapter 10
measurement measurement  Heriot-Watt University, Drilling
principle, Trajectory  Understanding Engineering, Chapter 11, 12 dan
Result Evaluation Multilateral Drilling 13
Method
Week# Topic Sub Topic Special Instructional Relevant Reference Date
Purpose (SIP)
 Multilateral Drilling
15 Presentation  Group Task  Presentation and Monday
Discussion 30 November
2015
16 Final Term Exam Monday,
7 December 15