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Practical wellbore hydraulics and hole cleaning : unlock faster, more efficient, and trouble-free drilling operations /
Practical Wellbore Hydraulics and Hole Cleaning presents a single resource with explanations, equations and descriptions that are important for wellbore hydraulics, including hole cleaning. Involving many moving factors and complex issues, this book provides a systematic and practical summary of sol...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Elsevier,
2019.
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| Colección: | Gulf drilling guides.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Practical Wellbore Hydraulics and Hole Cleaning; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword by Juan A. Garcia; Foreword by Fred Growcock; Foreword by Leon H. Robinson; Disclaimer; Quote; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Wellbore Hydraulics; 1.2 Hole Cleaning; 1.3 Organization of the Book; 1.4 Rate of Penetration; 1.5 Pressure Losses; 1.6 Rheology; 1.7 Downhole Properties; 1.8 Pumps; 1.9 Operators, Drilling Contractors, and Service Company Partners; 2. Bit Hydraulics; 2.1 Introduction and Importance of Bit Hydraulics Optimization; 2.1.1 Illustration of the problem
- 2.1.2 Organization of the chapter2.2 Drilling Fluid Challenges Relating to Wellbore Hydraulics; 2.3 Terms; 2.3.1 PCIRC-circulation system pressure losses; 2.3.2 Founder point; 2.3.3 Hydraulic horsepower; 2.3.4 Pump efficiency considerations; 2.3.5 Hydraulic force (jet impact force); 2.3.6 Jet velocity; 2.3.7 Flow rate; 2.4 Circulating-System Pressure Losses (i.e., "Wasted Energy"); 2.4.1 Physical meaning of the exponent in the power law model: laminar, turbulent, and transitional flow; 2.4.2 Understanding the pressure-flow rate operating window and parasitic losses
- 2.11.4 Remaining research2.11.5 Recommended practice; 2.12 Extrapolations and Corrections for Changing Conditions; 2.12.1 Depth; 2.12.2 Increased depth; 2.12.3 Decreased depth; 2.12.4 Measured depth versus true vertical depth; 2.12.5 Mud weight (drilling fluid density); 2.12.6 Combined effect of measured depth and mud weight; 2.12.7 Geometry (hole diameter changes); 2.12.8 Laminar pressure losses-power law model; 2.12.9 Turbulent pressure losses; 2.12.10 Surface equipment pressure losses; 2.12.10.1 Slide rule; 2.12.10.2 Approximate correlations
- 2.12.11 Embedded measurement with ongoing continuous hydraulics optimization2.13 Bit "Recovery Effect," MW, and the Bit Type Itself; 2.13.1 Other drilling fluid properties; 2.14 Operating Limits Changes; 2.15 Pump-Off Forces; 2.16 Non-optimum Conditions; 2.16.1 No remaining pressure available for the bit; 2.16.2 Designated flow rate (including minimum flow rate); 2.16.3 Designated nozzle sizes; 2.16.4 Designated bit pressure drop; 2.17 Founder Point Determination; 2.17.1 "John Wayne" company man inefficiency example; 2.18 Review and Energy Savings; 2.19 Exercises