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              single phase reservoirs, 29         stuck pipe
              sleeve coring, 236                     as directional drilling problem, 194
              slips, 135, 137–138                    jars and jarring, and, 319–320
              slip velocity, 228                     junk in, 317
              slotted conductor, 307                 overview, 312–313
              slow circulating rate (SCR), 272    stuck pipe sticking mechanisms
              slurry. See cement slurry              categories, 313
              snubbing units, 110                    differentially, 317–319
              solids control equipment               geometry-related, 313–315
                  centrifuge, 132                    solids-related, 315–317
                  desanders, 131                  submersible rig
                  desilters, 131                     barge-type with flat bottom, 122–

                  hydroclone, 130                        123
                  overview, 128–129                  with columns and pontoons, 123
                  sand trap, 130                     swamp barge, 122–123
                  shale shaker, 129               subsea blowout preventer systems,
              solids-free brines, 156, 161           266–267
              solids-related stuck pipe, 315–317     floating rig, 266

              sonic tools, 241–242                subsea engineer, 351
              source rocks, 22–23                 subsurface safety valve (SSSV), 39, 81
              specific gravity (SG), 232           support costs (overheads), 297

              spider plot, 192                    surface casing, 41
              spills                                 cementing, 220–223
                  inadvertent, 344                   overview, 199–200
                  minimization, 342–344              run with casinghead housing
              sponge coring, 236                         attached, 67
              spontaneous potential tools, 246    surface casing (land well)
              spud mud, 59, 305–306                  formation strength testing and
              spudding                                   drilling out, 67–70
                  land exploration well, 57–61       running and cementing, 66–67
                  offshore development well, 93   surface casing (offshore well), drilling
              stabilizer, 71                         for, 94–97

              stab-in float shoe, 222              surface hole drilling, and losses, 304–
              stand of pipe, 64                      308
              standpipe manifold, 125, 126        survey, taking a, 64
              steel mill tooth bits, 141, 142     suspending the well, 107
              steerable motors, 181–183           suspension cap, 86, 107
                  components and assembly, 181–182  suspension of operations, and severe
              steerables, rotary, 186–188            weather, 345
              stiff assembly, 185                 swamp barge, 122–123
              stimulation, 86
              stinger cementing, 221–223
              STOP program, 342                      T
              strain energy, 320
              string, 38                          taking a survey, 64
                  reamer, 314                     tally, 62
              stripping, 260                      tally sheet example, 62
              structural traps, 25–26             tangent assembly, 185, 186





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