Formulas and Calculations for Drilling Operations

Hardcover, xiv+283 pages, NOT ex-library. External foreign stamp on lower edges. Else book is clean and bright with unmarked text & firm binding. -- Contents: 1 Standard Formulas & Calculations [Abrasion Index; Acid Number; Acidity & Alkalinity; Annular Velocity; Antoine Equation; API Gravity: Kilograms per Liter/Pounds per Gallon; Barrel: Conversion to other Units; Bernoulli's Principle; Brine; Bubble Point & Bubble Point Pressure; Buoyancy, Buoyed Weight & Buoyancy Factor; Capacity; Capillary Number & Pressure; Cementation Value; Composite Materials; Compressibility; Darcy's Law; Dew Point Temperature & Pressure; Displacement; Effective Weight; Flow Through Permeable & Porous Media; Flow Velocity; Fluid Saturation; Formation Volume Factor: Gas & Oil; Friction; Gas Deviation Factor; Gas Solubility; Gas-Oil Ratio; Geothermal Gradient; Hole Capacity; Horsepower; Hydrostatic Pressure; Isothermal Compressibility of Oil; Marx-Langenheim Model; Material Balance; Modulus of Elasticity; Oil & Gas Originally in Place; Oil Recovery Factor; Permeability; Poisson's Ratio; Porosity; Pressure Differentials; Productivity Index; PVT Properties; Reserves Estimation; Reservoir Pressure; Resource Estimation; Reynold's Number; Saturated Steam; Standard Oilfield Measurements; Twist; Ultimate Tensile Strength; Volume Flow Rate; Volumetric Factors; Yield Point]; 2 RIG Equipment [API Casing Grades; Block Efficiency Factor; Blocks & Drilling Line; Crown Block Capacity; Derrick Load; Energy Transfer; Engine Efficiency; Line Pull Efficiency Factor; Mud Pump; Offshore Vessels; Rotary Power; Ton-Miles Calculations]; 3 Well Path Design [Average Curvature-Average Dogleg Severity; Bending Angle; Borehole Curvature & Torsion; Horizontal Displacement; Magnetic Reference & Interference; Tool Face Angle & Change; Tortuosity; Wellpath Design Types]; 4 Fluids [Acidity-Alkalinity; Base Fluid: Water-Oil Ratios; Common Weighting Materials; Diluting Mud; Drilling Fluid Composition; Equivalent Mud Weight; Fluid Loss; Marsh Funnel; Mud Rheology & Weighting; Plastic Viscosity, Yield Point & Zero-Sec Gel; Reynolds Number & Critical Velocity; Slip Velocity]; 5 Hydraulics [Basic Calculations; Bingham Plastic Model; Bit Hydraulics; Critical Transport Fluid Velocity; Equivalent Circulating Density; Equivalent Mud Weight; Gel Breaking Pressure; Hole Cleaning: Cuttings Transport]; 6 Tubular Mechanics [API Casing & Liners: Weight, Dimensions, Capacity & Displacement; API Drill Pipe Capacity & Displacement; Bending Stress Ratio; Buckling Force; Drag Force; Drill Collar Length; Fatigue Ratio; Length Change Calculations; Maximum Permissible Dogleg; Pipe Wall Thickness & other Dimensions; Slip Crushing; Stress; Tension; Torque]; 7 Drilling Tools [Backoff Calculations; Downhole Turbine; Jar Calculations; Overpull/Slack-off Calculations; Percussion Hammer; Positive Displacement Motor PDM; Rotor Nozzle Sizing; Stretch Calculations]; 8 Pore Pressure & Fracture Gradient [Formation & Leak-off Pressure]; 9 Well Control [Accumulators; Driller's Method; Formulas Used in Kick & Kill Procedures; Hydrostatic Pressure Due to the Gas Column; Kill Methods & Mud Weight; Leak-off Pressure; Length & Density of the Kick; Maximum Allowable Annular Surface Pressure; Riser Margin]; 10 Drilling Problems [Differential Sticking Force; Hole Cleaning: Slip Velocity Calculations; Increased Equivalent Circulating Density ECD Due to Cuttings; Keyseating; Lost Circulation; Common Minerals & Metals Encountered in Operations; Mud Weight Increase Due to Cuttings; Pressure Loss in Drill String; Spotting Fluid Requirements]; Cementing [API Classification of Cement; Cement: Physical Properties of Additives; Cement Plug; Slurry Requirements; Contact Time; Gas Migration Potential; Hydrostatic Pressure Reduction; Portland Cement: Typical Components; Slurry Density; Yield of Cement]; 12 Well Cost [Drilling Cost; Expected & Future Value; Price Elasticity]; 13 Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography & Information Sources; Index. …