Contents: Acknowledgments. 1. Oil and gas wells. 2. The rocks and fluids of oil and gas provinces. 3. Discovery of petroleum. 4. Acquisition of leases. 5. Earth temperatures. 6. Pressure relations in the earth and in bore holes. 7. Drilling fluids. 8. Planning the well. 9. Power plants. 10. Rotary operations, drill strings and bits. 11. Hoisting operations. 12. Drilling-fluid circulation. 13. Drilling practices. 14. Fishing tools and practices. 15. Development of drilling systems. 16. Coring. 17. Formation evaluation. 18. Pressure surges and anomalies. 19. Casing and casing-string design. 20. Cementing operations. 21. Drilling economics. About the figures. Index.
"The petroleum industry has needed for many years a modern, up-to-date book on the techniques of oil well drilling. Oil Well Drilling Technology--the product of extensive research and practical investigation, compiled with the assistance of the American Association of Oil well Drilling Contractors--is a comprehensive presentation of the procedures identified with this complex subject.
It presents a thoroughgoing technical discussion of the geological and geophysical principles governing oil accumulation and the drilling of wells from the standpoint of the driller, petroleum engineer, geologist and student. From a survey of the geological formations likely to contain deposits of oil, it proceeds to methods of discovery, including modern seismic and radioactive prospecting methods, then to the various types of drilling and drilling tools, to cementing operations, and even to costs and ways of paying drilling charges.
Practical problems are posed and methods of solving them demonstrated. Graphs, charts and figures are used freely, along with illustrations of many types of equipment, to aid the driller in visualizing the solution of problems. The experienced oilman can find in these pages practical answers to many of his problems and questions, the student a sound text for basic principles of oil well drilling.
Oil Well Drilling Technology provides accurate and complete information on modern drilling techniques, whether the well is 100 or 20,000 feet deep, whether it is situated on the plains of Texas or offshore in the Gulf of Mexico." (jacket)
