Oilwell drilling engineering. Principles and practice / Технология бурения нефтяных скважин. Принципы и практика

The aim ofthis book isto provide a clear,up to date text coveringthe principles of oilwelldrilling engineering. It is the author's contention that it is necessary to start from first principles in order to give both student and practising engineer a compre!tensiveunderstanding of the subject. Hence, no prior knowledge of any topic is assumed, and all the necessary equations and calculations required in well design are presented. Full derivation of most equations isincluded, to enable both the engineer and the scientist to appreciate the limitations of the equations, and to allow the researcher to incorporate further refinements.