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Fluid and Gas Reservoir Engineering and Drilling Technologies

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 541-0021/04
Abbreviation TKPTVP
Course title Fluid and Gas Reservoir Engineering and Drilling Technologies
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Martin Klempa, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Drilling rigs – main types and functional units of drilling rigs
2. Basics of drilling techniques - drillability of rocks, types of drilling bits, drilling and casing string, drilling modes
3. Data sets recovered from the borehole
4. Purposes of borehole types, methods of drilling
5. Core drilling and non-core drilling – drilling rig designs, drilling tools, borehole cementation, drilling rigs
6. Modern drilling methods, DTH drilling hammers, their design and practices
7. Hydrocarbons resources of Czech republic overview, worlds main petroleum and gas provinces
8. Petroleum and oil deposits regime
9. Issues involved in rational production wells completion
10. Preparation of production wells for oil and gas extraction, methods of reservoirs and wells exploration
11. Fluids reserves computation methods
12. Methods of recovering hydrocarbons
13. Mechanized recovery techniques

Literature

Aadnoy B. S.; Cooper I.; Miska S. Z.; Mitchell R. F.: Advanced Drilling and Well Technology. Society of Petroleum Engineers, 2009. ISBN: 9781555631451
Shallcross D.: Petroleum Engineering Explained – Basic Concepts for Novices. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020. ISBN: 978-1-78801-668-1
Lyons, W.; Carter, T.; Lapeyrouse, N.: Formulas and Calculations for Drilling, Production and Workover. Elsevier, USA, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-85617-929-4
Watson D.; Brittenham T.; Moore P. L.: Advanced Well Control. SPE Textbook series volume 10, 2003. ISBN: 1-55563-101-0 

Advised literature

Gabolde, G.; Nguyen, J.-P.: Drilling Data Handbook. Editions TECHNIP, Paris, France, 2014. ISBN: 978-2-7108-0971-5 
Hyne N. J.: Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Drilling & Production, 4th edition. Penwell Books, 2019. ISBN: 9781593704933 
McCain W. D.: Properties of Petroleum Fluids, 3rd edition. Penwell Books, 2017. ISBN: 9781593703738 
Willoughby, D. A.: Horizontal Directional Drilling – Utility and Pipeline Applications. The McGraw-Hill Companies, USA, 2005. ISBN 0-07-145473-x.