Advanced Drilling Solutions: Lessons From The FSU, Vol. 2 - Hardcover

Gelfgat, Yakov; Gelfgat, Mikhail; Lopatin, Yuri

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0878148914 ISBN 13: 9780878148912

Publisher: PennWell Corp., 2003

Synopsis

Volume Two provides detailed descriptions and case studies of the several technologies developed and widely used in Russia. There are directional drilling, deep and ultra-deep well construction, underbalanced drilling, rotary-turbine drills, underreamers, and retractable drill bits. 

Key Features and Benefits: 

• Valuable Russian drilling techniques translated into English 

• An excellent historical account of the development of drilling technologies in the FSU

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Yakov Gelfgat served as Director of Drilling Technology at the Drilling Research Institute VNIIBT (later NPO Burovaya Tekhnika) for more than 30 years. He has held many distinguished positions including Deputy Director of the drilling department in the U.S.S.R. Ministry of Petroleum Industry, and Leading Specialist of the State Scientific-Industrial Committee. Early in his career, Gelfgat developed turbodrilling and directional wells construction. He earned a Ph.D. in oil well drilling from VNIIBT. He is the author of more than 70 books and articles as well as 40 inventions.

Dr. Mikhail Gelfgat is President and CEO of Aquatic Company, an engineering R&D firm in Moscow. Dr. Gelfgat served at Drilling Research Institute for 25 years. His expertise is coring techniques, retractable drillbits, aluminum tubulars, downhole motors and deep wells, and hard rock drilling. He earned his mechanical engineering degree from Moscow High Technical School and his Ph.D. in oil and gas well drilling from VNIIBT. He has published more than 50 papers and articles and is a member of Society of Petroleum Engineers and American Society Mechanical Engineers.

Dr. Yuri Lopatin is the department Deputy Chief of Prospecting Oilfield Equipment Development at Moscow Machine Works. He served 39 years in VNIIBT and won a Gold Medal of Brussels EUREKA-97 at the 46th International Salon Inventions and Innovations and New Technologies. Lopatin earned a Mining Engineer degree from Moscow Geological Prospecting Institute and a Ph.D. in oil well drilling from Moscow Institute of Oil & Gas. He has published more than 50 articles on gas-liquid mixtures application in drilling.

Edition details

• Publisher: PennWell Corp.
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0878148914
• ISBN 13: 9780878148912
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 310