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placement critical velocity, 500
casings, 381–385 crown, 470
drilling/cementing for, 383 crude oil, invert emulsion mud and, 233
driving the conductor in, 383–385 crystallization point, 470
jetting in the conductor and, 382–383 brine, 32
offshore, 381–382 curing total losses, with cement, lost circulation and,
setting depth, for flowline returns taking, 457 362–364
cone capacities, hydrocyclones, 343 cutting, 470
cone of uncertainty, 108 beds, stuck pipe, 303, 351–353
connate water, 468 sampling, mud logging, 291
consistency, 468 structure/characteristics/location, IADC 8 point
contamination, 468–469 grading scheme, 415–416
contingencies sheet, drilling program, 143 testing, mud logging, 292
continuous phase, 469 cycle time, 470
invert oil emulsion mud, 233–235 cyclic stress graph, 59
continuous pumping, good cement job factors, 266 cyclone, 470
contractors
lead, xvi D
operators to, xv–xvi
controlled aggregation, 469 D exponent, 470
conventional mud, 469 Dahab, 185
coring, 284–290, 469 Dalton's law of partial pressures, 470
full-hole, 284 Darcy, 471
planning considerations, 285–288 dead man, 471
contingency planning, 287 deadline, 461, 471
core recovery/preservation/surface handling, decanting centrifuges, solids control, 344–345
286 decision making, computers and, xv
core transport/storage, 286–287 deep propagation, 471
costs, 288 deflocculants, polymers as, 212
laboratory analysis, 287 deflocculation, 471
methods, 285–286 dehydration, 471
objectives/justification, 285 density, 471
safety/quality control, 287 of brine system, 31
timing, 287 range, lowest OWR recommended by, 240
wellsite analysis/reporting, 286 slurry properties, 258–259
system considerations, 288–290 depth dependent costs, drilling program, 139
general type description, 288–289 details sheet, drilling program, 141–142
horizontal coring, 289 detection systems, well control, 315–317
inner barrel, 288 deviated wellbore
low-invasion coring, 289 bending forces in, axial loads from, 77–79
oriented coring, 290 weight in, tension from, 73–74
pressure coring, 289–290 deviation
rubber sleeve coring, 289 drilling program, 126
slim hole coring, 289 planning of, 108
correlated electromagnetic retrieval tool, 469 diesel oil
corrosion, 469 bentonite plugs
pipe yield strengths and, 63 drilling problems, 379–380
corrosion/biodegradable properties, of completion procedure, 379–380
fluids, 30 invert emulsion mud and, 233–234
cost estimates differential pressure, 471
of brine system, 31 sticking, 15, 471–472
drilling program, 133–143 stuck pipe, 305–307
cost-effective well drilling, keys, xvii avoidance, 355–357
covalent, 469 cure, 357–358
crater, 470 dipmeter tools, 169
created fractures, 470 dipole shear sonic imager (DSI), 190–192, 282,
crew preparation checklist, casing running proce- 472
dures, 391–392 direct-indicating viscometer, 501
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