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Title: Designing and drilling extended reach wells. Part 2

Journal Article · · Petroleum Engineer International; (United States)
OSTI ID:6917609
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  1. T H Hill Associates, Houston, TX (United States)

One of the most important issues in the planning and successful drilling of an extended-reach well is well path design. During the last 40 years, the principal forces driving directional well path design have been: doglegs; drill pipe contact force across the build section; drillstring torque and drag; drill pipe buckling; hole cleaning; mechanical well bore stability; and well path tortuosity. Obviously, other concerns have influenced well path design, but an understanding of these issues has been a prerequisite to the successful construction of world class extended reach well bores. This paper reviews these issues.

OSTI ID:
6917609
Journal Information:
Petroleum Engineer International; (United States), Vol. 67:1; ISSN 0164-8322
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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