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Casing and Liners for Drilling and Completion
Design and Application
Protect and stabilize the sides of your oil and gas well with this must-have casing and liner handbook
Ted G. Byrom (Author)
9780128005705
Hardback, published 29 August 2014
438 pages, 120 illustrations
23.4 x 19 x 2.8 cm, 1.09 kg
"An excellent book in a leading and complex topic of casing and liners for drilling and completion. This book has so much to offer to a wide community of drilling, geotechnical, mechanical and production engineers as well as research students." --Reza Looyeh, Project Manager
Once thought of as niche technology, operators today are utilizing more opportunities with casing and liners as formations and environments grow in difficulty, especially with the unconventional oil and gas boom. Casing and liners for Drilling and Completions, 2nd Edition provides the engineer and well designer with up-to-date information on critical properties, mechanics, design basics and newest applications for today’s type of well. Renovated and simplified to cover operational considerations, pressure loads, and selection steps, this handbook gives you the knowledge to execute the essential and fundamental features of casing and liners. Bonus features include:
1. Introduction 2. Casing Depth and Size Determination 3. Pressure Loads 4. Design Loads and Casing Selection 5. Installing Casing 6. Casing Performance 7. Directional and Horizontal Wells Appendix A. Notation, Symbols and Constants Appendix B. Units and Material Properties Appendix C. Basic Mechanics Appendix D. Basic Hydrostatics Appendix E. Borehole Environment Appendix F. Summary of Useful Formulas
Subject Areas: Mining technology & engineering [TTU], Fossil fuel technologies [THF], Mechanical engineering [TGB]