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Practical Well Planning and Drilling Manual
3. I have not gone far into the deep theoretical aspects behind the
work. While it is valuable to intimately understand the theoretical
background, it is not strictly necessary for practical application
during your everyday work. I have included references where
applicable. Also, a few of the topics are covered to give some back-
ground and to show how they impact the well design and drilling
program, but are not in themselves meant to be an authoritative
text on the subject. For instance, completions are not usually
designed by drilling engineers, but the completion requirements
impact the whole well design because the completion dictates the
hole sizes. Therefore, the design needs to be understood, questions
need to be asked, and parts of it should be checked. Cementing is
a huge topic and a nonspecialist book like this cannot cover it com-
prehensively; reference can be made to one of the excellent spe-
cialist books on cementing (recommended in the relevant section).

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