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flow indicator, 268 H

fluids, 15–16

fluid pressures, 14 heat checking, 150
foamed muds, 157, 164 heave compensator, 97–98
foot-pounds, 139 heaves, 97
formation. See also reservoir formation heavy land rig, 110–111
(oil/gas) heli-rig, 112
losses in fractured, 310, 317 high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT)
losses in normally pressured, wells, 279–280
deeper, 308–310 high-pressure pumping equipment,
reactive, 316 124–126
strength testing, 67–70 hoisting equipment
surface hole losses in high crown block, 132, 133
permeability, 304–307 derrick, 132, 133
four-arm caliper, 103, 104 drawworks drum, 132, 133
fracture schematic, 133
losses in formations with, 310, 317 sensator, 132
surface hole losses and, 304, 305, weight indicator, 132
307–308 hoists, workover, 110
fracture pressure, 14 hole
prediction, 19–20 cleaning, 194
free-point indicator (FPI), 244 logging the, 80
opener, 65
sizes (offshore well), 90–91
G hole section (land well)

drilling first, 61–65
gamma ray (GR) log, 241 drilling first intermediate, 70–72

gas cap, 29 drilling notes for, 46, 49
gas drive, 30 drilling production, 77–79
gas lift, 30 horizontal drilling. See directional
gauge cutters, 143 drilling
geology hot work, 338
drilling, 1–20 Huisman LOC 400 casing drilling rig,

hydrostatic pressure and fluids, 113, 114
14–16 hydrates, 280
input to drilling wells, 17–20 hydraulic horsepower (HHP), 125
lithology, 7–12 hydrocarbons, 21
plate tectonics, 4–6 hydrocarbon generation, 22–23
rock origins, 1–4 hydroclones, 130
rock strengths and stresses, 12–14 hydrogen sulfide (H S), 31, 172, 204,

geometry-related stuck pipe, 313–315 336 2
geosteering, 175, 193–194 drill, 337
grapple, 321 hydrostatic pressure, 14–16
green cement, 317
gunk plug, 310
gyro multishot survey, 189

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