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Preface

There are many excellent books dealing with drilling engineering,
well planning, and drilling practices. Readers will note that the
approach I adopt here differs from the “standard” books in three sig-
nificant respects:

1. I have separated the office aspects from the rig aspects. Thus, the
drilling engineer who needs to design the well and write the
drilling program will find the relevant information together in the
first two major sections. The wellsite drilling engineer/supervi-
sor/toolpusher will refer more to the third major section, which
deals with the practical rig site aspects of drilling the well. I hope
this makes it easier for the reader to focus on his or her current area
of interest. For instance, casing design information is in Section 1,
notes on writing the casing part of the drilling program are in
Section 2, and notes on running casing are in Section 3. For the
wellsite drilling engineer, toolpusher, or drilling supervisor, much
of the information given in Section 2 (Well Programming) is also
relevant to the practical aspects of the work. I have tried to include
extensive indexing and cross-referencing to help find all the rele-
vant pages.
2. I have not included reference information that should be readily
available in the office or on the rig. You will not find reproductions
of casing design data, drillstring strength tables, cement formula-
tions, etc. Space is limited in any paper-based media, and I would
rather use that limited space for information that may not be so
readily available to you.

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