Drilling & Oil/Gas Production Dept

The Department of Drilling and Oil/Gas Extraction Technologies aspires to be a local, regional, and internationally distinguished leader in education and training for students, preparing mid-level technical cadres for oil specialties, contributing to building and developing employees in the oil sector, achieving global accreditation in various specialized fields, and leading in providing technical competencies involved in the oil industry.

The department’s mission is to teach and train students to qualify them for work in oil companies in the field of well drilling and associated operations such as cementing, logging, and workover, as well as in the maintenance and repair of drilling rig equipment, and in oil and gas production and field measurements under safety and environmental protection conditions.

• Qualify and prepare mid-level cadres in oil and other specialties scientifically and practically, granting them the required degree to meet the needs of the oil sector.
• Develop technical skills of staff through field and practical training in oil sector companies and departments.
• Contribute to the preparation of scientific books, sources, and methodological publications in the oil industry for students and trainees.
• Strengthen cooperation and exchange of expertise and information with oil entities and scientific/professional institutions inside and outside Iraq.
• Guide students and trainees nationally, socially, and behaviorally, enhance industrial ethics, and provide means to make them a loyal model for their nation and country.

• Work on drilling rigs.
• Participate in well drilling and restoration operations.
• Work in drilling fluids: preparation and laboratory testing.
• Participate in well cementing operations and laboratory testing of cement properties.
• Participate in well stimulation operations.
• Participate in fishing operations, formation testing, and coring.
• Work in drilling fluids and cement laboratories.
• Participate in rig-up, rig-down, and transport of drilling rig equipment, and on-site hazard detection before rigging up.
• Work in drilling workshops and yards.
• Participate in maintenance and upkeep of some drilling rig equipment.
• Any other tasks assigned by the higher supervisor.

Objective: Train students on the basics of oil and gas well drilling.

Practical content: Simulation of drilling operations, study of drilling rig components, experiments on drilling fluids (Mud).

Benefit: Prepares students to understand drilling steps and well problems such as collapses and lost circulation.

Objective: Study methods of extracting oil and gas from reservoir rocks.

Practical content: Experiments on solvent extraction, thermal treatment, productivity improvement.

Benefit: Connects students to industrial processes for increasing oil and gas production.

Objective: Train students on measurements during drilling and production operations.

Practical content: Pressure, temperature, flow rate measurement, use of logging devices.

Benefit: Develops students’ skills in well monitoring and performance control under safety conditions.

Objective: Teach students how to maintain and repair drilling rig equipment.

Practical content: Disassembly and assembly of drilling equipment parts, study of pump and engine failures.

Benefit: Prepares students for work on drilling sites and oil equipment maintenance.

Objective: Study production processes and treatment of crude oil and natural gas.

Practical content: Experiments on gas-oil separation, produced water treatment, production rate measurement.

Benefit: Prepares students to understand the production cycle from well to initial treatment.