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bottomhole assembly (BHA), 62 driving forces, 203
tangent or locked, 71 overview, 202
bottomhole coring, 234–236 temperature, 203
bottomhole pressure (BHP), 271, 272 tension, 202–203
bottoms up, 102 casing types. See also intermediate
box, 138 casing; production casing; surface
Boyle’s law, 271 casing
bridge plugs, 107 conductor pipe, 198–199
brines, 161 intermediate casing, 200
solids-free, 156, 161 overview, 198
bullnose, 65 production casing, 200–201
burst strength, 67 surface casing, 199–200
by weight of cement (BWOC), 209 casing-head housing (CHI), 43, 66
catch tools
C inside, 323
outside, 321–323
caving, 64
caliper tools, 243 cement
camp boss, 287 chemistry of setting, 208
carbon dioxide (CO ), 31, 204 curing total losses with, 311–312
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carbonates, 10–11 evaluation behind casing, 223
casing, 20. See also cementing; liner evaluation tool log, 242
cement evaluation behind, 223 flow around uncentralized casing,

cement flow around uncentralized, 207
207 green, 317
cementing and, 197–226 outside casing role, 205–206
design, 38, 40, 50 overview, 198, 208–209
mud removal, 206–207 Portland, 208
overview and summary, 197–198, testing lab equipment, 212
225–226 cement classifications

role of cement outside, 205–206 API class G, 209, 210, 211
shear rams, 260 neat class G cement, 209
sizes (offshore well), 90–91 overview, 208–209
spool, 76, 77 cement design
surface, 41 cementing casing in massive salt
casing drilling, 113, 114 formations, 215–217
rig (Huisman LOC 400), 113, 114 chemical additives, 214
casing point, 20 compressive strength, 212
locating offshore development well, slurry density, 209–211
102–103 slurry theology, 213–214
casing string design temperature rating, 212–213
burst, 203 thickening time, 211–212
collapse, 203 cement jobs, other
combined axial and internal forces, cement plugs, 224–225
203 curing lost circulation, 224
connections, 204–205 secondary cementing, 223–224
corrosion, 204 cement plugs, 218–220

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