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This book presents how to apply fluid mechanics on drilling fluid related challenges and explains the related physics involved and the different engineering approaches.
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2015
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Bookboon
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Table of Contents
Content
Introduction
Nine distinct mud systems
The five main tasks of a drilling fluid
About this book
Mud circulation loop and its components
The mud loop and solids control
The mud pump
Drilling fluid viscosity control
Clay chemistry
Polymer chemistry
Rheology of drilling fluids
Filtration control
Additives
Hydraulic friction in the circulating system
Head loss
Laminar flow
Turbulent pipe flow
Singularity losses
Removal of cuttings from under the bit
Cuttings removal process
Boundary conditions of the drilling process
Optimizing ROP, liner by liner
Optimizing the complete well
Transport of cuttings to the surface
Hole cleaning in vertical wells
Hole cleaning in medium inclined wells
Hole cleaning in highly inclined wells
Keeping wellbore within maximum and minimum pressure; ECD-control
Density control
ECD factors
Temperature variation
Mathematical model of pressure surge & swab
Keeping the wellbore stable
Introduction
Mechanical stability
Chemical stability
Inhibitive muds
Hole problems
Countermeasures to hole-problems
References
Supportive information
Nomenclature
Abbreviations and explanations
Definitions
Continuity, momentum and energy equation in microscopic and macroscopic form
Hydraulic friction loss equations
Determine Rheological Constants – Regression Analysis
Unit conversion factors
Viscosity and density of water vs temperature
ID Numbers
Links outside Open Library
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