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Oilwell Drilling Engineering
By
Don W. Dareing
Don W. Dareing
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ISBN:
9780791861875
No. of Pages:
512
Publisher:
ASME Press
Publication date:
2019

Drillstrings transmit mechanical rotary power from the surface to drill bits, serve as a conduit for drilling fluid, apply force to drill bits and affect hole direction. A major portion of drillstrings is made up of drill pipe while the bottom portion (roughly 700 ft) is a heavier pipe called drill collars. The bottom portion (∼150 ft) of the drill collar section contains tools (drill bit, PDM, Turbine, MWD and stabilizers) called the bottom hole assembly (BHA). Even though the total length of a drillstring may be several thousand feet long, the BHA affects everything: rate of penetration, footage cost and well bore direction.

5.1
Historical Background
5.2
Buoyancy
5.3
Drillstring Components
5.4
Configuring the Drill Collar Section
5.5
Operational Considerations
5.6
Static Failure of Drill Pipe
5.7
Stretch of Suspended Pipe
5.8
Summary of Equations
5.9
Problems
5.10
List of References
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