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A API Specification 5CT, 87
absorption, 460 API Specification 6A, 88
Abu Roash formation, 13, 15, 185 API Specification 10, 261–262
accumulator testing, surface BOP stack configurations API V150 alloy, 90
and, 328–332 apparent viscosity, 461
acidity, 460 approval signatures, drilling program, 130
area, 460
acronyms, xx–xxiv
adaptive electromagnetic propagation tool, 460 array induction imager tool, 461
additives array seismic imager, 461
brines, 33 array sonic (AS), 282, 461, 462
lost circulation, 485–486 attapulgite, 242
clay, 462
mud, 488 authorization for expenditure (AFE), 18, 462
oil mud, 240–244
alkalinity control, 241 for drilling program, 135
bridging agents, 244 automatic driller, 462
emulsifier, 240–241 auxiliary measurements service, 462
filtration control, 243 avoidance planning, 293–310
oil-wetting agents, 244 axial forces
rheology modifiers, 243–244 calculation of, 70
in casing, from friction, 79–80
viscosifiers, 241–243
adhesion, 460 lateral forces and, in inclined wellbore, 71
adjacent well separation, kicking off and, 173 axial loads
adsorption, 460 from bending forces, in deviated wellbore,
advance detection, of shallow gas, 145 77–79
aerated fluid drilling, 248 calculation of, 73–80
inclination and, vector diagram of, 74
aeration, 460 axial stress, pipe bending an, 77
aggregate, 460
air cutting, 460
air drilling, 246 B
Alam el Bueib, 185 back pressure manifold (BPM), 153–155
Alamein, 185 backing off
alkalinity control, 460–461 drilling problems, 365–368
oil mud additives, 241 fishing operations after, 371–372
alliancing contracts, xvi planning/precautions, 365–366
alternative camera units, magnetic single shot survey procedure, 366–368
tool, 426 in wrong place, 368
amine corrosion inhibitor, 250 back-up, 462
amplitude variation with bandwidth (AVB), 47 tong, 462
analysis badgering, kicking off and, 174–175
drilling fluid, 461 Bahariya, 185
mud, 461 balance, mud, 462
anchor, 461 ballooning effect, kick detection system, 319
anhydrite scale, 231 barite plugs, 463
anionic polymers, 212, 213–214 drilling problems, 376–378
annular space, 461 high pressure low permeability kicking forma-
annular velocity, 461 tion, 378
annulus, 461 underground blowout situation, 377–378
API 13 A specification, 249 barium scale, 231
API Bulletin 5C2, 37, 61, 71, 73 barrel, 463
API C75/90/95 alloy, 89 basicity, 463
API H40 alloy, 89 bearings/seals condition, IADC 8 point grading
API J55 alloy, 89 scheme, 416–417
API K55 alloy, 89 bell nipple, 463
API L80 13Cr alloy, 89 bending forces, axial loads from, in deviated well-
API L80 alloy, 89 bore, 77–79
API N80 alloy, 89 bentonite, 463
API P105/110 alloy, 90 biaxial effects, calculation of, 71–72
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