Course

Project Course in Drilling and Well Engineering (PET928)

The course contain themes on an advanced level in drilling and well technology, leading the candidate to the research front in his/her specialty.


Course description for study year 2025-2026. Please note that changes may occur.

Facts

Course code

PET928

Credits (ECTS)

10

Semester tution start

Autumn

Language of instruction

English

Number of semesters

2

Exam semester

Autumn

Time table

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Literature

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Content

The course contain themes on an advanced level in drilling and well technology, leading the candidate to the research front in his/her specialty.

Learning outcome

After completing the course, the student should have acquired knowledge leading him/her to the research front in his/her PhD topic.

Required prerequisite knowledge

None

Recommended prerequisites

Good knowledge in mathematics and physics, and also in computer programming, mainly Matlab

Exam

Form of assessment Weight Duration Marks Aid
Report, presentation and discussion 1/1 Passed / Not Passed


Course teacher(s)

Head of Department:

Øystein Arild

Course coordinator:

Dan Sui

Method of work

The topic involves a scientific work, either experimental or theoretical, or in general a combination. After completion of the work, the student will have to write a report to describe the work done, with references to the literature, covering the scientific themes in his/her assignment for the future PhD work. The student will present this report to an audience of his/her supervisor, invited faculties and others, for further discussion and debate/defense.

The work is graded as a whole: report, presentation and discussion.

Open for

Technology and Natural Science - PhD programme

Course assessment

There must be an early dialogue between the course supervisor, the student union representative and the students. The purpose is feedback from the students for changes and adjustments in the course for the current semester.In addition, a digital course evaluation must be carried out at least every three years. Its purpose is to gather the students experiences with the course.

Contact

Head of Department:

Øystein Arild

Course coordinator:

Dan Sui

Offered by

Faculty of Science and Technology

Department of Energy and Petroleum Engineering

The course description is retrieved from FS (Felles studentsystem). Version 1