Department of Petroleum Engineering
PETE 304: Drilling Engineering II
3 credits: 3 50-minutes lectures session per week required
Catalog Description: The course presents an overview of drilling engineering with
in-depth treatment of casing, rotary drilling bit, drill string and bottom-hole assembly
design/evaluation. The student also gains good understanding of the factors affecting
the rate of penetration. Various drilling techniques such as horizontal and directional
drilling, coiled tubing, multi-lateral drilling, and wellbore surveying techniques are
also introduced in addition to well design for safety and efficiency. Other topics
include drilling costs and economics and recent advances in drilling engineering.
Textbook: 1. Bourgoyne, A.T. Jr., et al. (1986). Applied Drilling Engineering. SPE
Textbook Series, Vol. 2, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Richardson,
Texas, USA
2. Handouts
References:
1. Aadnoy, B.S. Cooper, I., and Miska, S.Z. (2009). Advanced Drilling and
Well Technology. SPE Textbook Series, ISBN: 978-1-55563-145-1
2. Hill, A.D. Zhu, Ding, and Economides, M.J. (2006). Multilateral Wells. SPE
Textbook Series, ISBN: 978-1-55563-138-3
3. Mitchell, R.F. (2007). Volume II: Drilling Engineering. SPE Textbook
Series, ISBN: 978-1-55563-114-7
4. Samuel, R. and Liu, X. (2009). Advanced Drilling Engineering: Principles
and Designs. Gulf publishing company, Houston, TX, USA
Prerequisite:
PETE 203 Drilling Engineering I
Course Objectives:
 Become familiar with the various drilling systems and well design techniques.
 Understand the factors affecting rate of penetration and become acquainted
with optimization techniques.
 Become acquainted with drilling cost and economics.
 Become aware of recent advancement in drilling technology.
Topics and Hours:
Topics
Hours
1. An overview of drilling engineering
2. Rotary drilling bit design/evaluation
3. Drill String and bottom-hole assembly design/evaluation
4. Factors affecting rate of penetration and optimization techniques
5. Major Exam I
6. Casing design (casing design procedures; collapse, burst, tension etc)
7. Horizontal and directional drilling
8. Wellbore surveying techniques
9. Coiled tubing drilling
10. Multi-lateral drilling; and fishing operations
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11. Major Exam II
12. Well design for safety and efficiency
13. Offshore drilling
14. Drilling costs and economics
15. Recent advancements in drilling and environmental impact assessment
Total Hours:
Method of Evaluation:
Class attendance and performance:
Homework/assignments and quizzes:
Project works:
Major exams:
Final exams:
Total:
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45
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30%
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100%
Contribution to Professional Component:
Engineering Science and Design: All topics relate to the application of scientific and
engineering principles to understanding different drilling techniques, well design,
optimization of rate of penetration, safe and economic analysis of drilling operations.
Relationship of Course Learning Outcomes to Program Educational Outcomes:
Course Learning Outcome
Program Educational Outcome
1. In-depth understanding of various  Ability to design a system, component,
drilling systems and well design
or process to meet the desired needs
techniques.
within realistic constraints such as
2. Understand the factors affecting rate
economic, environmental and safety.
of penetration and become acquainted  Ability to use techniques, skills and
with optimization techniques.
modern engineering tools necessary for
3. Ability to understand different
engineering practices.
drilling costs and economic and
accordingly develop a drilling plan
based on economic analysis.
4. Become aware about the recent
advancement in drilling technology.
Prepared by: Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Majed and Dr. M. Enamul Hossain, May 2010.
Instructors: Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Majed, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Department of
Petroleum Engineering, KFUPM, 15-6201, (03) 860-3888, aamajed@kfupm.edu.sa;
Dr. M. Enamul Hossain, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Department of Petroleum
Engineering, KFUPM, 16-273, (03) 860-273, menamul@kfupm.edu.sa.
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