Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Kuyu Tasarımı ve Tamamlama
	English	Well Design and Completions
Course Code	PET 409E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	7	3	-	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Gürşat Altun
Course Objectives		1. Introducing the well construction modes, techniques, and equipment to convert a borehole into a wellbore. 2. Introducing the techniques for putting wells on sustainable production. 3. Introducing the major wellbore problems and workover techniques. 4. Introducing the basic techniques for well plugging and abandonment.
Course Description		Casing design and cementing. Casing/tubing landing. Wellhead assembly. Modes of completion in vertical, directional, and multi-lateral wells. Well completion fluids and equipment. Formation damage mechanisms and control. Perforation. Sand control. Well corrosion and prevention. Plugging and abandoning a well.
Course Outcomes		1. Ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering for designing, landing, and cementing of casing and tubing strings. 2. Ability to analyze and interpret data upon identifying, formulating, and solving problems for selecting proper equipment and materials to put wells on production. 3. Ability to understand the impact of engineering solutions for wellbore problems and well abandonment in environmental and economic context. 4. Ability to explore the contemporary techniques and/or engineering tools necessary for well design and completion practices.
Pre-requisite(s)		PET 331E MIN DD or PET 333E MIN DD
Required Facilities
Other
Textbook		Well Completion Design, Bellarby, J., (2009), Developments in Petroleum Science, Vol .56, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Other References		1. Bourgoyne, Jr., E. T., Millheim, K. K., Chenevert, M. E., and Young, Jr., F. S., (1991) Applied Drilling Engineering, SPE Textbook Series, Vol.2, Richardson, Texas, USA. 2. Deverux, S., (1998) Practical Well Planning and Drilling, PennWell Publishing Company, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. 3. Renpu, W. (2011) Advanced Well Completion Engineering, 3rd ed., Gulf Professional Publishing, an imprint of Elsevier, Massachusetts, USA. 4. Craft, B.C., Holden, W.R., and Graves, E.D., (1962) Well Design, Prentice-Hall Inc., New Jersey, USA. 5. SPE Reprint Series, (1970) Well Completions, No:5a, Vol.1. Society of Petroleum Engineers, Richardson, Texas, USA. 6. Penberthy, Jr., W.L. and Shaughnessy, C.M., (1992) Sand Control, SPE Series on Special Topics Vol. 1, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Richardson, Ttexas, USA. 7. Miscellaneous papers and articles pertinent to the course content.

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