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PEH:DrillingProblemsandSolutions
Introduction

Itisalmostcertainthatproblemswilloccurwhiledrillingawell,eveninverycarefullyplannedwells.Forexample,inareasinwhichsimilar
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drillingpracticesareused,holeproblemsmayhavebeenreportedwherenosuchproblemsexistedpreviouslybecauseformationsare
nonhomogeneous.Therefore,twowellsneareachothermayhavetotallydifferentgeologicalconditions.

Inwellplanning,thekeytoachievingobjectivessuccessfullyistodesigndrillingprogramsonthebasisofanticipationofpotentialhole
problemsratherthanoncautionandcontainment.Drillingproblemscanbeverycostly.Themostprevalentdrillingproblemsincludepipe
sticking,lostcirculation,holedeviation,pipefailures,boreholeinstability,mudcontamination,formationdamage,holecleaning,H2Sbearing
formationandshallowgas,andequipmentandpersonnelrelatedproblems.

Understandingandanticipatingdrillingproblems,understandingtheircauses,andplanningsolutionsarenecessaryforoverallwellcost
controlandforsuccessfullyreachingthetargetzone.Thischapteraddressestheseproblems,possiblesolutions,and,insomecases,preventive (/File:Vol2DECover.png)
measures.
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Contents Handbook

1PipeSticking
1.1DifferentialPressurePipeSticking LarryW.Lake,EditorinChief
1.2MechanicalPipeSticking
2LossofCirculation
2.1Definition VolumeIIDrillingEngineering
2.2LostCirculationZonesandCauses
2.3PreventionofLostCirculation
2.4RemedialMeasures RobertF.Mitchell,Editor
3HoleDeviation
3.1Definition
3.2Causes Copyright2006,Societyof
4DrillpipeFailures PetroleumEngineers
4.1Twistoff
4.2Parting
4.3CollapseandBurst Chapter10DrillingProblemsand
4.4Fatigue Solutions
4.5PipeFailurePrevention
5BoreholeInstability
5.1DefinitionandCauses ByJ.J.Azar,UniversityofTulsa
5.2TypesandAssociatedProblems
5.3PrinciplesofBoreholeInstability Pgs.433454
5.4MechanicalRockFailureMechanisms
5.5ShaleInstability
5.6WellboreStabilityAnalysis ISBN9781555631147
5.7BoreholeInstabilityPrevention Getpermissionforreuse
6MudContamination (http://www.copyright.com/content/cc3/en/toolbar/getPermission.html)
6.1Definition
6.2CommonContaminants,Sources,andTreatments
7ProducingFormationDamage
7.1Introduction
7.2BoreholeFluids
7.3DamageMechanisms
8HoleCleaning
8.1Introduction
8.2FactorsinHoleCleaning
9HydrogenSulfideBearingZonesandShallowGas
10EquipmentandPersonnelRelatedProblems
10.1Equipment
10.2Personnel
11Nomenclature
12References
13GeneralReferences
14SIMetricConversionFactors

PipeSticking [Expand]

LossofCirculation [Expand]

HoleDeviation [Expand]

DrillpipeFailures [Expand]

BoreholeInstability [Expand]

MudContamination [Expand]

ProducingFormationDamage [Expand]

HoleCleaning [Expand]

HydrogenSulfideBearingZonesandShallowGas [Expand]

EquipmentandPersonnelRelatedProblems [Expand]

Nomenclature [Expand]
Nomenclature [Expand]

References [Expand]

GeneralReferences [Expand]

SIMetricConversionFactors [Expand]

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