Horizontal Drilling Engineering
Subtitle: – Theory, Methods and Applications
Publisher: SigmaQuadrant Publisher
Published: October 2013
Place of publication: Houston Texas, USA
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 550
ISBN-13: 9780615837703
Table of contents: title: 1.	Introduction; title: i.	Basics; title: ii.	Review of fundamentals; title: 2.	Types of Horizontal Wells; title: i.	Planning Horizontal Wells; title: ii.	Optimum Placement; title: iii.	Horizontal Drilling Methods; title: iv.	Catenary Design; title: v.	Supplementary Problems; title: 3.	Wellpath Planning; title: i.	Horizontal Well Profile Design Methods; title: ii.	Build Rate Uncertainty; title: 1.	Build Rate Uncertainty; title: 2.	Uncertainty of Vertical Target Depth; title: iii.	Inverse Proportional Curve; title: iv.	Karlsson Basic Method; title: v.	Adjusted Model; title: vi.	Supplementary Problems; title: 4.	Surveying and Calculation of Horizontal Wellpath; title: i.	Well Trajectory Coordinates; title: 1.	Minimum Curvature Method; title: 2.	Numerical Integration Method; title: ii.	Wellpath Error Analysis; title: 1.	Error Ellipsoid; title: iii.	Well Separation; title: iv.	Uncertainty Analysis; title: v.	Ranging Factor; title: vi.	Uncertainty of Fracture Length; title: vii.	Supplementary Problems; title: 5.	Multilateral Wells; title: i.	Classification; title: ii.	Applications; title: iii.	Economics; title: iv.	Rate of Return and Payout; title: v.	Risk Analysis; title: vi.	Cost Per Foot; title: vii.	Supplementary Problems; title: 6.	New Generation Horizontal Wells; title: i.	Complex Wells; title: ii.	Designer Wells; title: iii.	Well Twining; title: iv.	Snake Wells; title: v.	Fish-Hook wells; title: vi.	Well Nudging; title: vii.	Microholes; title: 7.	Downhole Tools and Measurements; title: i.	MWD/LWD/PWD tools; title: ii.	Geo-Steering; title: iii.	Rotary Steerable Tools; title: iv.	Through Bit Logging; title: v.	Supplementary Problems; title: 8.	Managing Horizontal Wellbore; title: i.	TVD Control, Sag Correction; title: ii.	Well profile Energy and Tortuosity; title: iii.	Torque and Drag, Buckling; title: iv.	Wear and Wellbore heating; title: v.	Hole Cleaning; title: vi.	Well Control; title: vii.	Casing Wear; title: viii.	Cementing; title: ix.	Supplementary Problems; title: 9.	Casing wear; title: i.	Wear Estimation Models; title: 1.	Specific Energy Model; title: 2.	Linear Wear Efficiency Model; title: 3.	Non-linear Wear Efficiency Model; title: 4.	Hertzian Wear Efficiency Model; title: 5.	Impact Wear Efficiency Model; title: 6.	Wellbore Energy Model; title: ii.	Casing Wear in Horizontal and ERD Wells; title: iii.	Casing Wear Grove Depth; title: iv.	Casing Wear Location; title: v.	Casing Wear Factor Inversion; title: vi.	Casing Strength Degradtion; title: vii.	Collapse Safety Factor; title: viii.	Supplementary Problems; title: 10.	Completions; title: i.	Selecting the Pay Zone; title: ii.	Completion Types; title: iii.	Smart Well Completion Design; title: iv.	Formation Consideration; title: v.	Tools for Horizontal Wells; title: vi.	Challenges; title: vii.	Perforation; title: viii.	Stimulation of Horizontal wells; title: Appendix; title: Nomenclature; title: Bibliography; title: Index