Drilling Fluids and Cementing Laboratory detailed syllabus for Petroleum Engineering & Technology (PET) for 2019 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the PET students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Petroleum Engineering & Technology 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit PET 6th Sem 2019 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of drilling fluids and cementing laboratory is as follows.
Course Objective:
The course is aimed to
- To study the various properties of drilling fluid
- To learn the preparation of cement slurries
- To learn the underlying principles of the equipments used
- To prepare a drilling fluid based on the given specifications
- To learn about the additives which are used to alter the properties
List of Experiments:
Determination of Properties
- Mud weight
- Plastic viscosity
- Gel strength
- Filtration loss
- Sand content
- Salt contents etc.
- Practical related to the setting point and the consistency of cement slurry
List of Equipment
- Mud weight – Mud Balance
- Viscosity
- Filtration Loss
- pH Meter – Generic (Can be used in all Labs)
- Sand Content
- Cement Consistency – Consistometer
- Cement Mechanical Properties
- Porosity- Porosimeter
- Permeability- Permeameter
- BHP Chart analysis
Course Outcome:
On completion of the course students are expected to
- Understand the design of mud balance and how to be able todetermine the density of drilling fluids.
- Able to handle the Fann Viscometer and to determine PV and gel strength.
- Handle API filtration loss equipment and determine themud cake thickness.
- Determine the sand content in the drilling fluids.
- Determine the salt content in the drilling fluids.
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