Managed pressure drilling : modeling, strategy and planning

Managed Pressure Drilling Operations is a significant technology worldwide and beginning to make an impact all over the world. Often reservoir and drilling engineers are faced with the decision on how best to construct a well to exploit zones of interest while seeking to avoid drilling problems that...

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Main Author Chin, Wilson C.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Waltham, MA : Gulf Professional Pub., ©2012.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780123851253
0123851254
9780123851246
0123851246
Physical Description1 online resource (ix, 398 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Fluid Mechanics Challenges and Technology Overview
  • 2. General Theory and Physical Model Formulation
  • 3. Numerical Analysis and Algorithm Development Strategies
  • 4. Steady, Two-Dimensional, non-Newtonian, Single-Phase, Eccentric Annular Flow
  • 5. More Steady Flow Applications
  • 6. Transient, Two-Dimensional, Single-Phase Flow Modeling
  • 7. Transient Applications: Drillpipe or Casing Reciprocation and Rotation
  • 8. Cement and Mud Multiphase Transient Displacements
  • 9. Transient, Three-Dimensional, Multiphase Pipe and Annular Flow
  • 10. Closing Remarks.