COURSE CATALOGUE

King Saud University

College of Engineering
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Department
First Semester 1430-1431 (2009- 2010)

PGE 472: 3(2,1,0)

Drilling Engineering - II
Instructor

Dr. Khaled Elshreef,

Office: 2B-52
Phone: ++966 1 4676866
Fax: ++966 1 4674422
Email: kelshreef@ksu.edu.sa
Home Page: http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/khaledelshreef

Textbooks

1- Oil well Drilling Engineering: Principle and Practices, Rabia

H., Graham & Trotman Inc., 1985, USA.
2- Drilling Engineering A Complete well Planning Design, Neal
J.
Adams and Tomie Charrier, PennWell Publishing Comp.,
Tulsa, 1985.
3- Production Operations Course 1-Well Completions, Buzarde
L.E., et al., SPE-AIME text, 1972.

Co-requisite
Prerequisite
Description

Objectives

Topics Covered

Classes/Tutorials

PGE 471
Pore pressure, Fracture gradient, Casing seat selection, Factors
affecting penetration rate, Casing string design, Cementing design,
Well completion, Hole problems, Introduction to directional
drilling.
This course is designed to provide students with some design
aspects on drilling operations and to acquaint them with use of
different completion techniques, to instruct on design requirements
for different drilling programs.
Introduction (1 class),
Pore Pressure. (2 classes).
Fracture gradient and casing seat selection. (2 classes).
Factors affecting penetration rate. (2 classes).
Surge and swab pressures. (1class)
Casing string design. (4 classes).
Cementing design. (4 classes).
Completion
types
and
applications:
single/multiple
completion; methods of zonal isolation; perforation
fundamentals, guns, use of screen, liners, and gravel packs. (5
classes).
Drill stem testing. (2 classes)
Hole Problems. (2 classes).
Introduction to directional Drilling. (3 classes).
Tests: (3 classes plus final exam)
Classes are held two times per week in 50 minutes lectures plus
one tutorial class of 50 minutes per week.

Evaluation:
Improvement Actions

Relation between
Course Outcomes and
ABET Criterion
Criterion
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
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Applications

10% for Attendance, participation, quizzes and Home works. 40%

for two midterm exams and 50% for the final examination.
Some basic background and perquisite materials are often
reviewed during this course. Course contents are regularly
reviewed and up-to-date materials are quoted
This course contributes to the general ABET Criterion as Follows:

Design

Applicability
23%
--35%
--35%
----------7%
Oil and gas well design: Casing, Cementing and
Completion.

Project, Team
Paper, . Etc.
Pay-Zone drilling simulation software.
Computer