هـ نف 322 : Oilfield Equipment

Department

Department of Petroleum Engineering

Academic Program

Bachelor in Petroleum Engineering

Type

Compulsory

Credits

03

Prerequisite

Overview

This course will seek to introduce students to drilling and production equipment and their corrosion. In the first part, specific emphasis will be placed on the rotary rig and its components: the hoisting system, the rotating system, the circulating system, power requirements; casing; cementing; roller bits; fishing tools; and well controlling system. Second part covers the principle and components of production equipment: subsurface and surface equipment of natural flow; equipment of artificial flow; gathering systems; surface equipment of fluids separations; fluid separators; storage tanks; meters and meter proving; types of valves. The third part covers preliminary corrosion of the oilfield equipment: inspection, evaluation, measurement, control and prevention. Emphasizing on estimation of different design parameters of equipment such as: horsepower of rotary, slush pump and drawworks, mud circulation cycle time, drilling lines required length, oil and gas capacities of fluid separators and others.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this course students should be able to:

▪         Know oilfield vocabulary and demonstrate familiarity with methods and materials used in drilling, oil and gas wells.

▪         Identify and define the components of the basic rotary drilling rigs and to group them into their various systems (e.g. rotating, hoisting, circulating, etc.(

▪         Recognize well completion hardware into the wellbore and connections at the surface.

▪         Describe the steps involved in drilling and completing a well, highlighting the reasons behind each step in the operation.

▪         Present some practical applications such as cementing and basic concepts of casing, drilling bits and bottomhole assembly.

▪         Describe the basic components (including functions, materials and health, safety and environmental considerations) that comprise oil and gas production and separation surface facilities and fluid measurement in onshore and offshore facilities.

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures supported with related documentary videos

Scientific trip to Department of Drilling and Production departments at Petroleum Training & Qualifying Institute (PTQI)

Methods of assessments

1st Midterm Exam	15 points	By the end of 5th week
Assignments	5 points
Quizzes	5 points
2nd Midterm Exam	20 points	By the end of 10th week
Oral Test	5 points	By the end of 12th week
Final Exam	50 points
Total	100 points

Bourgoyne, A., Millheim, K., Chenevert, M. and Young, F. (1986). Applied Drilling Engineering. Richardson, TX: Society of Petroleum Engineers.

[ISBN 1-55563-001-4]

Chapters: 1 (except section 1.10), and 3.

 

Baker Hughes INTEQ (1994). Oil Field Familiarization: Training Guide. Houston, TX: Baker Hughes INTEQ Training & Development.

Chapters: 3, and 4.

 

Guo, B., Liu, X., & Tan, X. (2017). Petroleum Production Engineering: A Computer-Assisted Approach. 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: Elsevier Inc.

[ISBN 978-0-12-809374-0]

Chapters: 1 (sections 1.1 – 1.6), 9 (section 9.4), 10 (sections 10.1 & 10.2), and 22.

الأسبوع	المحتوي (الموضوع) لكل أسبوع
1	Introduction and course overview Overview on drilling process Types of drilling rigs
2	Drilling systems & components: Hoisting system Power system
3	Rotating system Circulating system
4	Well control system Well monitoring system
5	Drill stem design Drill bits Fishing tools & techniques
6	Casing & its basic design Cementing
7	Completion hardware Artificial lift techniques Overview on oil & gas movement
8	Manifolds, flowlines & valves
9	Separators
10	Storage tanks
11	Pipe pigging Corrosion
12	Safety in oil & gas operations Evaluation of teaching effectiveness

Mathematics I (GH141)
Arabic I (GH150)
Arabic Language II (GH151)
English II (GH142)
Oilfield Equipment (هـ نف 322)