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PETE 3255  - Basic Drilling Engineering

Credits: 3
Max Credit 3

Principles and practices of oil and gas well rotary drilling, including rock mechanics, drilling hydraulics, drilling fluids, and hold deviation. Application of modern computer-based analysis and design methods. Drilling equipment analysis, casing design, measurements of physical and chemical properties of drilling fluids explored in lab sessions.

Prerequisite: C in ES 2330   Fluid Dynamics and D in PETE 2070   Geology and Geophysics for Petroleum Engineers.


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