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Course Name	Turkish	Sondaj Laboratuarı
	English	Drilling Laboratory
Course Code	PET 322E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	6	1	-	-	2
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Gürşat Altun
Course Objectives		1. To inform about the primary functions of the drilling fluid, 2. To inform about the test procedures used to determine whether the drilling fluid has suitable properties for performing primary functions of the drilling fluid, 3. To inform about the common additives used to obtain the desirable properties under various well conditions, 4. To inform about the main factors governing the selection of drilling fluids, 5. To give an ability to write the technical report.
Course Description		Drilling optimization; guidelines and assumptions, and optimum drilling program. Drilling fluids; functions, selections, types, planning, and field-tested properties. Diagnostic tests; detection potential problems and identifying their causes. Pilot tests; alternative mud treatment. Clay chemistry; drilling clays, hydration mechanism, physical properties, effect of sodium chloride, and pH. Water-base muds; low-solids non-dispersed muds, dispersed muds, formulation, maintenance, chemical additives, chemical removal of contaminants, filtration-density-solids control. Inhibitive water-base muds; calcium treated muds, lignosulfonate treated muds, high salinity muds, formulation, maintenance, and treatment. Oil muds; formulation, additives, maintenance, and treatment. Cement slurry design.
Course Outcomes		Students who pass the course will be able to: I. Find out about the primary propeties of the drilling fluids and its functions, II. Improve their capabilities for teamwork, III. Design and conduct experiments as well as to analyze and interpret data, IV. Use effective oral and written communication skills, V. Apply the diagnostic tests, VI. Determine the design and maintenance of water based muds experimentally, VII. Determine the design and maintenance of oil based muds experimentally, VIII Determine the properties of cement slurry experimentally
Pre-requisite(s)		PET331E
Required Facilities
Other
Textbook		1. Bourgoyne, A.T. et al, Applied Drilling Engineering, SPE Textbook Series, Vol.2, Richardson, Texas, USA, 1991. 2. Altun, G., Drilling Fluids Lab, Course Notes, ITU Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013-2014.
Other References		1. API Standards used in Drilling Fluids Lab: API RP 13B-1, API RP 13B-2, API RP 13G, API RP 13D, API RP 13I 2. Moore, P.L., Drilling Practices Manual, The Petroleum Publishing Co., Tulsa, 1974. 3. Monicard, R., Drilling Mud and Cement Slurry Rheology Manual, Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, Texas, USA, 1982.

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