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K lime lignosulfonate mud, 210
kelly, 483 lime polymer mud, 217–218
cock, 318, 333 lime-treated mud, 485
joint, 483 liner(s), 23, 485
keyseat, 484 accessories, casing and, 91–95
wiper, 480, 484 cementing
keyseating design for, 267–274
prevention, directional drilling, 423–424 job objectives for, 270
stuck pipe, 302, 350 clearance, completion and, 34
Kharita, 185 drilling program, 126
kick detection systems hangers, 94–95
ballooning effect, 319 liquid fraction, formation damage from, 227–228
false kicks, 319 litho density log, 485
response training/drills, 317–318 lithology/porosity determination, electric logging/
well control, 315–317, 315–319 sampling, 283
kick prevention, well control, 313–315 live oil, 485
kick tolerance load, 57
assumptions, 435 formula for, 75–76
calculation of, 435–439 log data, in drill bit selection, 190–192
levels, drilling below, 319–320 logging while drilling (LWD), 42, 117, 162, 485
method, 436–439 directional planning, 167–168
volume, 439 long spaced sonic (LSS), 282
kicking off, 173–177 longitudinal drillstring vibration, rotary speed, 410
adjacent well separation and, 173 losses in heavily fractured cavernous formations, lost
badgering and, 174–175 circulation and, 361
build and, 173–174 losses in normally pressured deeper formations, lost
in casing from a window, 176 circulation and, 361–362
in casing with a whipstock, 176–177 losses to surface or seabed outside conductor, lost
on cement plug, 175–176 circulation and, 359–360
with downhole motor, 175 lost circulation, 359–364, 467, 485–486
jetting and, 174–175 additives, 485–486
kickoff plugs curing total losses with cement and, 362–364
cementing design, 276–278 drilling problems, 359–364
plug stability and, 278 heavily fractured cavernous formations and,
setting depth temperature and, 276 309–310
slurry properties and, 277–278 shallow unconsolidated formations and,
kill line, 484 308–309
knowledge box, 484 top hole, 307–308
Koomey TR-5, 328 losses in heavily fractured cavernous formations
and, 361
L losses in normally pressured deeper formations
and, 361–362
L and N alloy, 89 losses to surface or seabed outside conductor
laminar flow, 484 and, 359–360
last crystal to dissolve (LCTD), 32 severe/total losses, in shallow unconsolidated
lateral forces formation, 360–361
axial forces and, in inclined wellbore, 71
calculation of, 70, 111 lost circulation material (LCM), 14, 148, 154, 188,
lead contractor, xvi 189, 195, 360, 362, 411, 413, 485
lead impression block (LIB), 369 lost returns, 485–486
lead slurry pumping, good cement job factors, 266 low temperature cement, slurry properties, 263
lead tong, 484 low-aromatic mineral oil, invert emulsion mud and,
234
leakoff test, 50 Lower Abu Roash formation, 185
example, formation integrity test and, 443
ledges, stuck pipe, 303, 351 low-invasion coring, 289
light fluid column, abnormal pore pressure from, 45 low-solids mud, 486
lignosulfonates, 485
lime, 485
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