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Course Name	Turkish	Drilling Laboratory
	English	Drilling Laboratory
Course Code	PET 322E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	1	-	-	2
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Mustafa Hakan Özyurtkan
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 nondispersed 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		1 - Find out about the primary propeties of the drilling fluids and its functions, 2 - Improve their capabilities of teamwork, 3 - Design and conduct experiments as well as to analyze and interpret data, 4 - Use effective oral and written communication skills, 5 - Apply the diagnostic tests, 6 - Determine the design and maintenance of water based muds experimentally, 7 - Determine the design and maintenance of oil based muds experimentally, 8 - Determine the properties of cement slurry experimentally
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