DEEP WELL DRILLING: THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF DEEP WELL DRILLING AND A HAND BOOK OF USEFUL INFORMATION FOR THE ENGINEER AND THE WELL DRILLER

Jeffery, Walter H.

Published by The Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, Texas, 1931

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Quarto. Burgundy cloth over boards, with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Nudged corners but very tightly bound still. Previous owner's name to front pastedown.`Original book, NOT A COPY. Covers Geology, Geophysical Methods of Prospecting; Rotary System of Drilling; Automatic Feed and Weight Control in Rotary Drilling; Use of Mud Fluid; Coring; Cable Tool System of Drilling; Steel and Wood Derricks; Spudding; Pipe Drilling; Under-Reaming; Fishing for Tools; Straight hole Drilling; Crooked Holes - Their Cause and Effect; Water Supply; Casing Methods; Cementing Casing; Shutting off Water; Use of Packers; Shooting Wells; Completing Wells; The Gas-Air Lift Method of Producing Oil; Pumping Oil Wells - Operating Properties; Derrick Lighting; Strength of Materials. 816 pp. Including Index. "Published annually since 1925 as a convenient reference book for students, writers and others interested. "This is the story of the lighter-than-air ship. So perhaps one should start by making clear how it differs from the heavier-than-air place.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: DEEP WELL DRILLING: THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF DEEP WELL DRILLING AND A HAND BOOK OF USEFUL INFORMATION FOR THE ENGINEER AND THE WELL DRILLER
• Publisher: The Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, Texas
• Publication Date: 1931
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Third (Revised)Edition.
• Condition: Fair Only
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  • Technology, Engineering