Formulas and calculations for drilling, production, and workover /

The most complete manual of its kind, this handy book gives you all the formulas and calculations you are likely to need in drilling operations. New updated material includes conversion tables into metric. Separate chapters deal with calculations for drilling fluids, pressure control, and engineerin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lapeyrouse, Norton J.
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, ©2002.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The most complete manual of its kind, this handy book gives you all the formulas and calculations you are likely to need in drilling operations. New updated material includes conversion tables into metric. Separate chapters deal with calculations for drilling fluids, pressure control, and engineering. Example calculations are provided throughout. Presented in easy-to-use, step-by-step order, Formulas and Calculations is a quick reference for day-to-day work out on the rig. It also serves as a handy study guide for drilling and well control certification courses. Virtually all the mathematics required out on the drilling rig is here in one convenient source, including formulas for pressure gradient, specific gravity, pump output, annular velocity, buoyancy factor, volume and stroke, slug weight, drill string design, cementing, depth of washout, bulk density of cuttings, and stuck pipe. The most complete manual of its kind New updated material includes conversion tables into metric Example calculations are provided throughout.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 224 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:9780080506760
0080506763
1281036676
9781281036674
9786611036676
6611036679