Drilling Engineering

Catalog description

This course presents the design and analysis of economically and environmentally safe operations for drilling subterranean wells. It helps students gain a thorough knowledge of the mechanics, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and industry practices of drilling systems. The course topics include drilling rigs, drill string, drilling fluids, wellbore hydraulics, drill bits, drilling cost, pore pressure and fracture gradient, directional and horizontal drilling, well control, wellbore stability, and well cementing. The developed practical skills will be applicable to careers in oil and gas, mineral exploration, geothermal, groundwater drilling, underground construction, tunnel engineering, and scientific research.