Drilling Engineering Handbook

This book presents the fundamental principles of drilling en gineering, with the primary objective of making a good well using data that can be properly evaluated through geology, reservoir engineering, and management. It is written to assist the geologist, drilling engineer, reservoir engineer, and manager in performing their assignments. The topics are introduced at a level that should give a good basic understanding of the subject and encourage further investigation of specialized interests. Many organizations have separate departments, each per forming certain functions that can be done by several methods. The reentering of old areas, as the industry is doing today, particularly emphasizes the necessity of good holes, logs, casing design, and cement job. Proper planning and coordination can eliminate many mistakes, and I hope the topics discussed in this book will playa small part in the drilling of better wells. This book was developed using notes, comments, and ideas from a course I teach called "Drilling Engineering with Offshore Considerations." Some "rules of thumb" equations are used throughout, which have proven to be helpful when applied in the ix x / Preface proper perspective. The topics are presented in the proper order for carrying through the drilling of a well.

"Volume II, Drilling Engineering," the first drilling content to be included in the "Petroleum engineering handbook," is intended to provide a snapshot of the drilling state of the art at the beginning of the 21st century.

Coauthored by a leading drilling engineering professor/researcher and a well-experienced drilling research advisor, Drilling Engineering explains the fundamentals and field practices in drilling operations. This textbook is an excellent resource for drilling engineers, drilling supervisors and managers, and petroleum engineering students. Topics covered include: * Drilling rig requirements, selection, and evaluation * Drilling fluids, including functions, types, selection criteria, evaluation, rheology * Drilling fluid hydraulics and design requirements * Drillstring mechanics * Drill bit mechanics, including types, operational requirements, optimization * Well control mechanics * Pore and fracture pressures prediction and application * Directional, horizontal, and multilateral well drilling * Cementing and casing design * Drilling problems and solutions * Overview of underbalanced, slim hole, and coiled tubing drilling Key Features & Benefits for the Reader: * Full understanding of the rotary drilling process and its engineering design aspects * Recognizing drilling problems and determining solution options * Design, execution and post analysis of all drilling programs

Applied Drilling Engineering presents engineering science fundamentals as well as examples of engineering applications involving those fundamentals.