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Well Drilling Equipment and Operations - PTRL6009
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Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 0
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

This course is taught from a practical view with the aim that students will learn how to streamline and optimize rig operations and gain the technical skills to provide cost-effective solutions to common rig problems associated with day-to-day operations. Students enrolled in this course will be given an in-depth view of the physical processes involved in drilling oil and gas wells, both on-shore and off-shore. Moreover, students will learn the functions and roles of key rig equipment and apparatus.
Course covers: Powering and transmission system. Hoisting system. Rotary systems - including top-drive. Rotary drilling bit classification and selection. Circulating systems - including pump selection and design. Derrick design and selection. Offshore drilling technology - including anchoring systems, surface motion. compensation systems, marine risers, riser tensioning systems. Blow-out preventers - including selection and stack design, accumulator systems, mud monitoring systems.

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