Module Database Search
| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title | |||
| Well Engineering | |||
| Reference | ENM250 | Version | 2 |
| Created | March 2017 | SCQF Level | SCQF 11 |
| Approved | February 2007 | SCQF Points | 30 |
| Amended | September 2017 | ECTS Points | 15 |
| Aims of Module | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| This module focuses on the application of engineering practices to optimise well construction and well design. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
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| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Create a modern well basis of design to include: well integrity, casing sizes, completion and production requirements and reference a well specification document and data pack and explain the importance to well design. |
| 2 | Describe drilling rig types and explain the function of primary rig components and primary drilling and completion hardware. |
| 3 | Design and justify cement, fluid programme and drilling hydraulics for specific well operations. |
| 4 | Design a directional well, select appropriate kick-off points, build rates, required hole angles and bottom hole assemblies. |
| 5 | Design underbalanced drilling, justify design philosophy and discuss the impact of well design on future completion operations. |
| Indicative Module Content |
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| Modern well design: Design process, Experience transfer, offset wells analysis and data gathering, drilling programme. The Rig: Introduction to drilling rigs, design considerations, equipment specification & selection, selecting rig equipment. Drill string and drilling tools selection criteria. Cement operations: Types of cement/additives, cement selection criteria, volume calculations, cement process and cementing facilities. Drilling fluids and completion fluids: Functions, types, main properties and testing equipment, selection criteria, mud and formation chemistry, inhibition, system formulation and handling, mud weight selection criteria, volume calculations, mud management, environmental considerations, cutting disposal. Bit technology: types, bit hydraulics, selection criteria. Directional Drilling: tools and techniques, positioning and co-ordinate systems, survey calculation methods, basic well planning, anti-collision and advanced well planning. Drilling tools. Bottom hole assembly (BHA) design and operations. Underbalanced drilling. Surveying: magnetic tools: theory and considerations, non magnetic tools: theory and considerations, measurements while drilling, survey programming, well design constraints. Drilling hydraulics and its optimisation: rheological characterisations, design for minimum annular velocity, nozzle selections, hole cleaning, borehole stability. Well evaluation considerations: geology, open hole logging, sidewall sampling, formation testing. |
| Module Delivery |
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| This is a lecture based module supplemented by tutorials, practical work and case studies supplemented by industrial visits/industry speakers. Shell's Wells Distance Learning Package (WDLP) will be used as core material. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | N/A | 80 |
| Non-Contact Hours | N/A | 100 |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | N/A | 120 |
| TOTAL | N/A | 300 |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body | 120 |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
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| If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only. | |||||
| Component 1 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 25% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Description: | The coursework will be Shell Yellow Pages - the assessment element of the Wells Distance Learning Package. | ||||
| Component 2 | |||||
| Type: | Examination | Weighting: | 75% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Description: | The examination will be open book. | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | |
|---|---|
| Explanatory Text | |
| Students are required to have been awarded the Shell Round II Certificate or equivalent Shell Diploma. | |
| Module Grade | Minimum Requirements to achieve Module Grade: |
| Pass | Pass Shell's Wells Distance Learning Package Round II. |
| Fail | Fail Shell's Wells Distance Learning Package Round II. |
| NS | Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination |
| Module Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites for Module | Access to this module is limited to students sponsored by Shell. Normally a UK 2.2 honours degree or above, or equivalent, in Engineering or a related discipline. Proficiency in English language for academic purposes, IELTS score of 6.5 or above. Qualification through previous relevant industry experience may be considered. |
| Corequisites for module | None. |
| Precluded Modules | None. |
| ADDITIONAL NOTES |
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| This module is for a corporate client only and cannot be taken as part of the Postgraduate Professional Studies Programme. |
| INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
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| 1 | AADNOY, B.S. 1997. Modern Well Design. Gulf Publishing Company |
| 2 | ADAMS, N., 1985. Drilling Engineering: A Complete Well Planning Approach. Tulsa Okla: PennWell |
| 3 | BOURGOYNE et al., 1984. Applied Drilling Engineering, SPE Publications |
| 4 | DEVEREUX, S., 1998. Practical Well Planning and Drilling Manual. Tulsa Okla: PennWell |
| 5 | ECONOMIDES, M J : Petroleum Well Constuction, John Wiley & Son, 1998 |
| 6 | RABIA, H., 1985. Oilwell Drilling Engineering, Graham and Tortman |
| 7 | SHELL INTERNATIONAL, 2006. Wells Distance Learning Package. Internal Document |