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Drilling engineering / J.J. Azar, G. Robello Samuel
- Author
- Azar, Jamal J., 1937-
- Published
- Tulsa, Okla. : PennWell Corp., [2007]
- Copyright Date
- ©2007
- Physical Description
- x, 486 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Additional Creators
- Samuel, G. Robello
- Contents
- ROTARY DRILLING FOR OIL AND NATURAL GAS: The process of rotary drilling -- Rotary drilling rigs -- Rig selection -- Rotary drilling systems -- Mud system evaluation -- Rotary system -- Well control system -- Data acquisition and monitoring system -- Special systems for offshore drilling -- Supplementary problems -- Nomenclature -- DRILLING FLUIDS: Characteristics of a drilling fluid -- Drilling-fluid selection -- Classification of drilling fluids -- Water-based drilling-mud contaminants -- Drilling-mud properties, field tests, and control -- Alkalinity (Mf, Pf, Pm, Mm, P1, P2) -- Mud rheology -- Drilling-mud additives -- Supplementary problems -- Nomenclature -- FLUID FLOW AND ASSOCIATED PRESSURES IN THE ROTARY RIG CIRCULATING SYSTEM: Mechanical energy and pressure balance -- Pressure drop across the bit nozzles (jets) -- Friction pressure losses in the rotary rig circulating system -- Friction pressure losses in pipes and annuli-laminar flow -- Friction pressure losses in pipes and annuli-turbulent plow -- Equivalent newtonian viscosity -- Turbulent pipe flow of non-newtonian fluids -- Turbulent annular flow of non-newtonian fluids -- Annular friction pressure losses due to pipe movement -- Supplementary problems -- Nomenclature -- DRILL BIT HYDRAULICS: Pump pressure requirement in rotary drilling -- Hydraulic power requirement -- Flow exponent (a) -- Maximum drill bit hydraulic horsepower criterion -- Maximum jet impact force criterion -- Supplementary problems -- Nomenclature -- TRANSPORT OF DRILLED CUTTINGS: Factors that affect the transport of drilled cuttings -- Cuttings transport in vertical well drilling -- Cuttings transport in directional well drilling -- Empirical correlations for cuttings transport in high-angle wells (8>50°) -- Supplementary problems -- Nomenclature -- and PREVENTION AND CONTROL MECHANICS OF WELL BLOWOUTS: Kick causes -- Kick detection -- Kick prevention -- Fundamentals of well control -- Well control system -- Principles of well control -- Commonly used well control methods -- Nonconventional kick situations -- Supplementary problems -- Nomenclature -- DIRECTIONAL AND HORIZONTAL WELL DRILLING: Directional well drilling -- Horizontal well drilling -- Tortuosity -- Supplementary problems -- Nomenclature -- DRILL BIT MECHANICS: Bit selection -- Types of drill bits -- Classification of roller cone drill bits -- Drill bit operating parameters -- Grading of dull drill bits -- Classification of drag drill bits -- Rock mechanics -- Performance mechanics of drag drill bits -- Supplementary problems -- Nomenclature -- DRILL STRING DESIGN: Definition and components -- Design criteria -- Buckling of the drill string -- Drill string fatigue -- Dril string vibration -- BHA design for directional drilling -- Deviation tools -- Supplementary problems -- Nomenclature -- DRILLING PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS: Pipe sticking -- Loss of circulation -- Hole deviation -- Drill pipe failures -- Borehole instability -- Mud contamination -- Producing-formation damage -- Hole cleaning -- Hydrogen sulfide-bearing zones and shallow gas -- Equipment- and personnel-related problems -- Supplementary problems -- Nomenclature -- CASING AND CEMENTING DESIGN: Drilling the pay zone: selecting the interval and the initial design -- Initial completion design -- Casing design -- Cementing -- Supplementary problems -- WELL PLANNING IN DRILLING ENGINEERING: Information needed for effective well planning -- Responsibilities of the drilling engineer -- Considerations in well planning -- The drilling program -- Post-well analysis -- Well cost estimation -- Learning curve -- Cost control in well drilling -- Time value of money -- Price elasticity -- Supplementary problems -- Nomenclature.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781593700720 (hardcover)
1593700725 (hardcover) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [454]-471) and index.
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