The Practical Handbook of Well Control
eBook - ePub

The Practical Handbook of Well Control

  1. 384 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Practical Handbook of Well Control

About this book

The Practical Handbook of Well Control teaches readers to safeguard well safety and integrity in drilling well engineering. Offering an applied and scientific point of view, it covers fundamental aspects of well control and includes practical procedures and well control methods for land and offshore operations. It features a wealth of questions to commonly encountered problems and comprehensive answers at the end of each topical discussion to test reader comprehension.

  • Written in a concise, accessible way by experienced oilfield and academic experts
  • Covers all related technical subjects of well control
  • Describes modern aspects of well control, including automatic well control, advances in outflow measurement, artificial intelligence and IoT techniques for early kick detection, mud gas separators, and riser gas modeling
  • Includes case studies to familiarize readers with real-world problems and solutions
  • Offers a full explanation of each problem to familiarize readers with commonly faced issues
  • Features sample exercises with comprehensive answers useful for IWCF and IADC exams

This handbook serves as a valuable reference and workbook for field drilling and workover engineers in the energy sector.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Authors
  8. Contributors
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Chapter 1 Introduction
  11. Chapter 2 Barriers
  12. Chapter 3 Drilling Fluids and Pit Management
  13. Chapter 4 Well Control Concepts
  14. Chapter 5 Causes of Kicks and LOWCs
  15. Chapter 6 Kick Warning Signs, Indicators, and Detection
  16. Chapter 7 Prerecorded Data for Possible Well Control
  17. Chapter 8 Well Shut-In and Diverting Procedures
  18. Chapter 9 Post Well Shut-In Monitoring Pressures and Activities
  19. Chapter 10 Kill Sheets’ Completion Methodology
  20. Chapter 11 Well Control Methods
  21. Chapter 12 Wireline Operations and Well Control Setup
  22. Chapter 13 Early Kick Prediction by Data-Driven AI/ML Techniques
  23. Chapter 14 IoT Infrastructures for Well Control
  24. Chapter 15 Automated Well Control
  25. Chapter 16 Recent Advancements in Flowmeters for Kick Detection
  26. Chapter 17 Mud-Gas Separator Analysis: A Comprehensive Review of Sizing, Design Criteria, and Industry Standards
  27. Chapter 18 Riser Gas Modeling Challenge
  28. Chapter 19 Case Study: Root Cause of Blowout – Middle East, 2017
  29. Chapter 20 Case Study: Blowout in Australia Petrel No. 1 (SEDCO 135G), 1969
  30. Index