Gulf Professional Publishing, 2010. — 602 p. — ISBN 978-1-85617-843-3.
Drilling technology has evolved in order to get at the increasingly harder to find oil, and in a more environmentally friendly way. Successful drilling operations require blending many technologies. Drilling equipment and procedures have a unique language that must be conquered in order to understand drilling operations.
Working Guide to Drilling Equipment and Operations provides a fundamental, basic knowledge of the intricacies of drilling fluid, drilled solids management, drill bits, drill string design, directional drilling, cementing, casing, hydraulic optimization, and a discussion of predominant problems such as stuck pipe and lost circulation. Background information, such as: clay structure (needed to understand well bore instability and drilling fluids), discussion of pressure and pressure effects, the theory behind factors affecting drilling performance, and rock failure under pressure, are included to enhance the understanding of the drilling process and problems.
Drilling Muds and Completion Systems, Drill String: Composition and Design, Air and Gas Drilling, Directional Drilling, Selection of Drilling Practices, Well Pressure Control , Fishing Operations and Equipment, Casing and Casing String Design, Well Cementing, Tubing and Tubing String Design, Environmental Considerations for Drilling Operations.