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 Drilling Fluids & Cementing Techniques - PTRL3024
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Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 6
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: PTRL3016
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

Unit A: Introduction to the basic functions and properties of drilling fluids and cement slurries. Composition and related properties of drilling fluids and cement slurries. Types of equipment and methods used in cementing operations. Drilling fluid and cement slurry hydraulics. Determination of torque and drag. Calculation of cutting transport efficiency. Placement technique of cements. Gas migration through cement columns.

Unit B: Drilling and Production Laboratory: The laboratory includes measurement and control of the basic properties of drilling fluids (density, viscosity, filtration, lubricity and electrochemical properties) and cement slurries (density, viscosity, filtration, thickening time and mechanical properties). The objectives of this laboratory are to demonstrate the processes involved in drilling and cementing operations, introduce laboratory techniques which are used to select and optimise drilling fluids and cement slurry and to develop interest in experimentation.

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