Undergraduate Catalog

PEEG 423 Horizontal and Multilateral Well Technology

This is a comprehensive course designed to familiarize petroleum-engineering students with the benefits and design of horizontal and multilateral wells. The topics covered include key details of drilling and completion of horizontal and multilateral wells, such as planning, drilling, surveying, tubular selection, failure analysis, cutting transport, hole-stability, cementing, centralizer spacing, etc. Students work on design examples and utilize an industry software package.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

PEEG326

Distribution

3-0-3