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Drilling Engineering and Well Completions
1. Introduction to Drilling and Well Completions
2. Fundamentals of Petroleum Geology
3. Well Planning and Design
4. Drilling Rig Systems and Equipment
5. Drilling Fluids
6. Drilling Operations and Procedures
7. Wellbore Stability and Drilling Problems
8. Well Control
9. Casing and Cementing Operations
10. Well Completions
11. Well Stimulation
12. Well Intervention and Workovers
13. Well Abandonment
2.
Fundamentals of Petroleum Geology
2.1.
Earth's Structure and Rock Types
2.1.1.
Layers of the Earth
2.1.2.
Igneous Rocks
2.1.3.
Sedimentary Rocks
2.1.4.
Metamorphic Rocks
2.2.
Formation of Hydrocarbon Traps
2.2.1.
Structural Traps
2.2.1.1.
Anticlines
2.2.1.2.
Fault Traps
2.2.1.3.
Salt Domes
2.2.2.
Stratigraphic Traps
2.2.2.1.
Unconformities
2.2.2.2.
Pinch-outs
2.2.2.3.
Reefs
2.3.
Reservoir Rock Properties
2.3.1.
Porosity
2.3.1.1.
Types of Porosity
2.3.1.2.
Measurement Methods
2.3.2.
Permeability
2.3.2.1.
Absolute Permeability
2.3.2.2.
Effective Permeability
2.3.2.3.
Measurement Techniques
2.3.3.
Wettability
2.3.4.
Capillary Pressure
2.4.
Subsurface Environment
2.4.1.
Formation Pressure
2.4.1.1.
Normal Pressure
2.4.1.2.
Abnormal Pressure
2.4.2.
Fracture Pressure
2.4.3.
Overburden Pressure
2.4.4.
Temperature Gradients
2.4.4.1.
Geothermal Gradient
2.4.4.2.
Effects on Drilling Operations
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