Composition and properties of drilling and completion fluids
[Book]
Ryen Caenn, H.C.H. Darley, George R. Gray.
6th ed.
Waltham, MA :
Gulf Professional Pub.,
c2011.
1 online resource (xvii, 701 p.) :
ill.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction to drilling fluids -- The development of drilling fluids technology -- Equipment and procedures for evaluating drilling fluid performance -- Clay mineralogy and the colloid chemistry of drilling fluids -- The rheology of drilling fluids -- The filtration properties of drilling fluids -- The surface chemistry of drilling fluids -- Hole stability -- Drilling problems related to drilling fluids -- Completion, reservoir drilling, workover, and packer fluids -- Drilling fluids components -- Drilling and drilling fluids waste management.