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COURSE OUTLINE
SESSION 1, 2014
CONTENTS
Teaching staff
Course information
Assessment
Course schedule
Assignment submission
Administrative matters
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TEACHING STAFF
Lecturer
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Zhixi Chen
242, Tyree Energy Technologies Building (TETB)
Email: zhixic@unsw.edu.au,
Tel:
61-2-9385 6746
COURSE INFORMATION
The course will cover the following aspects:
Drilling fluids
The fundamental principles of drilling fluids;
Composition and additives of drilling fluids;
API mud properties and chemical analysis;
Mud system design for control formation damage and wellbore stability.
Drilling fluid hydraulics and cuttings transportation;
Cementing
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ASSESSMENT
Feedback will be given for each component of the assessment other than examinations within
2 weeks.
Late submissions will be accepted up to 7 days after the due date. However, late submission
penalty may apply.
NOTE: If someone fails in the final exam, he/she will fail the course.
Task
Week Due
Marks
Assignment -1
Topic: Mud composition and API properties.
Week 4
Assignment -2
Topic: Mud chemical analysis.
Week 6
Assignment -3
Topic: Drilling hydraulics and cuttings
transportation.
Week 9
Assignment -4
Topic: Cementing calculations.
Week 12
Midterm Exam
The midterm examination will cover all the topics
from 1st week to 6th week.
7th week
20
13 June 30 June
60
Final Exam
TOTAL
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100
COURSE SCHEDULE
Thursday 9:00 - 12:00
Week
Chemical Analysis
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Cementing equipment;
Cement placement and post job evaluation
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Review
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Day of Class
Time
Room/Location
Lecture
Thursday
09:00 - 11:00
Tutorial
Thursday
11:00 - 12:00
ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
You can finish your assignments any way you like, such as Word, Excel, Mathcad or a
combination of them. You are, however, encouraged to use Mathcad for the following
reasons:
Mathcad provides an easy to read solution outline much the same as if it was
written by hand or typed,
Mathcad has the capability of solving group of equations,
Mathcad can automatically account for arbitrary systems of units and has no
problems with mixed unit systems.
Mathcad has strong graphic functions.
You may have gained some experiences from previous courses.
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Textbooks/Recommended Reading
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direct duplication of the thoughts or work of another, including by copying material, ideas
or concepts from a book, article, report or other written document (whether published or
unpublished), composition, artwork, design, drawing, circuitry, computer program or
software, web site, Internet, other electronic resource, or another persons assignment
without appropriate acknowledgement;
paraphrasing another persons work with very minor changes keeping the meaning, form
and/or progression of ideas of the original;
presenting an assessment item as independent work when it has been produced in whole
or part in collusion with other people, for example, another student or a tutor; and
claiming credit for a proportion a work contributed to a group assessment item that is
greater than that actually contributed.
For the purposes of this policy, submitting an assessment item that has already been
submitted for academic credit elsewhere may be considered plagiarism.
Knowingly permitting your work to be copied by another student may also be considered to
be plagiarism.
Note that an assessment item produced in oral, not written, form, or involving live
presentation, may similarly contain plagiarised material.
The inclusion of the thoughts or work of another with attribution appropriate to the academic
discipline does not amount to plagiarism.
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The Learning Centre website is main repository for resources for staff and students on
plagiarism and academic honesty. These resources can be located via:
www.lc.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism
The Learning Centre also provides substantial educational written materials, workshops, and
tutorials to aid students, for example, in:
appropriate use of, and attribution for, a range of materials including text, images,
formulae and concepts.
* Based on that proposed to the University of Newcastle by the St James Ethics Centre.
University of Newcastle
Adapted with kind permission from the University of Melbourne.
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ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
Expectations of students
Students are expected to attend all classes including any lectures, tutorials,
laboratories, etc., that have been timetabled for the course. Although exceptions
may be made for special circumstances, we do expect University commitments to
take precedence over regular work activities, holidays etc.
UNSW has rules for computer use, for example: for email and online discussion
forums. You will have to agree to them when you first access the UNSW network.
We expect everyone staff and students to treat each other with respect.
Procedures for submission of assignments
All written work submitted for assessment must have a School of Petroleum
Engineering Assessment Cover Sheet attached. The Plagiarism Compliance
Statement on this cover sheet must be signed by the student submitting the work.
Any work submitted without the signed cover sheet will not be marked. In cases
where a cover sheet is provided after work has been submitted, a late penalty may
be applied. Assessment Cover Sheets can be downloaded from the course website
on Moodle.
Occupational Health and Safety
Like the wider community, UNSW has strict policies and expectations regarding
Occupational Health and Safety. You should read these. They may be accessed on:
http://www.ohs.unsw.edu.au/ohs_policies/index.html
Advice concerning illness or misadventure
If you believe that your performance in one of the assessment components for the
course has been significantly affected by illness or other unexpected circumstance,
then you should make an application for special consideration as soon as possible
after the event by visiting UNSW Student Central. You are also advised to speak to
the Course Coordinator. Note that considerations are not granted automatically and
usually must be supported by documentation.
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Attendance at Classes
Students are expected to be regular and punctual in attendance at all lectures and
tutorials. Students who attend less than 80% of their possible classes may be
refused final assessment. In the case of illness or of absence for some other
unavoidable cause students may be excused by the Registrar for non-attendance at
classes for a period of not more than one month or, on the recommendation of the
Dean for a longer period. The following link gives further guidance for attendance at
or absence from classes:
https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/atoz/AttendanceAbsence.html
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