Jerome J. Schubert, Ph.D., P.E.
Assistant Professor
Holder of the Larry Cress Faculty Fellowship in Petroleum Engineering

3116 TAMU - 501 K Richardson Building

College Station, TX 77843-3116

Phone: (979) 862-1195

Fax: (979) 862-1272

e-mail: jerome.schubert@pe.tamu.edu

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Course Materials

Current Drilling Research

Dr. Jerome J. Schubert wrote the proposal to and was granted approval by the United States Minerals Management Service to conduct MMS certified well control courses for industry personnel involved in drilling, workover/completion, and well servicing. Dr. Schubert handles all teaching, administrative, and marketing of this well control training program. In addition to teaching well control courses at Texas A&M, he taught similar courses for four years at the University of Houston/Victoria-Petroleum Training Institute. He also taught courses in drilling practices, workover and completion, and log interpretation at UH/V.

Dr. Schubert, who teaches undergraduate courses in petroleum development, drilling engineering, well control, and drilling and production systems, as well as graduate courses in well control. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas with 10 years industrial experience as a drilling engineer for Pennzoil Company and Enron Oil & Gas. In addition, he is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas.

Dr. Schubert wrote the Well Control Manual used in the department's well control courses and has published on early kick detection through liquid level monitoring in the wellbore.

• Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1999
• M.E., Texas A&M University, 1995
• B.S., Texas A&M University, 1978

• Drilling
• Well control
• Pile driving analysis
• Kick detection methods
• SubSea MudLift (dual density)
• Underbalanced drilling

• Schubert, J.J., "SubSea MudLift Drilling: from JIP to the Classroom," ASEE Paper 1786, Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, June 24-27, 2001, Albuquerque, NM.
• Rehm, B., and Schubert, J.J., "How to Control Surface and Bottomhole Pressure During UBD," World Oil, March 2001, Vol. 222 No. 2.
• Weddle, C.E., Schubert, J.J.: "Fractors to Consider in Dual Gradient Well Control," IADC Paper, presented at the 2000 IADC Well Control Conference and Exhibition, December 6-7, 2000, Houston, Texas.
• Schubert, J.J., Seland, S., Johansen, T.J., and Juvkam-Wold, H.C.: "Greater Kick Tolerance and Fewer Casing Strings Make Dual Gradient Drilling a Winner," IADC Paper, presented at the 1999 IADC Well Control Conference of the Americas, August 25-26, 1999, Houston, Texas.
• Smith, K.L., Gault, A.D., Witt, D.E., Peterman, C., Tangedahl, M., Weddle, C.E., Juvkam-Wold, H.C., and Schubert, J.J.: "SubSea MudLift Drilling Joint Industry Project Achieving Dual Gradient Drilling Technology," Deepwater Technology, Supplement to World Oil, August 1999.
• Schubert, J.J.: "Well Control Procedures for Riserless/MudLift Drilling and Their Integration Into a Well Control Training Program," Ph.D. Dissertation, May 1999, Texas A&M University.
• Schubert, J.J., and Wright, J.C.: "Early Kick Detection through Liquid Level Monitoring in the Wellbore," presented at the 1998 IADC/SPE Drilling Conference, March 3-6, 1998, Dallas, Texas.
• Schubert, J.J.: "Well Control Procedures for the Proper Identification and Handling of Kicks for the Prevention of Blowouts," Master of Engineering Report, December 1995, Texas A&M University.

• "Dynamic Shut-In of a Subsea Mudlift Drilling System" - United States Patent Pending
• "Controlling a Well in a Subsea Mudlift Drilling System" - United States Patent Pending
• "Method for Detecting a Leak in a Drill String Valve" - United States Patent Pending

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