Drilling Engineering

By
J.J.Azar, G.Robello Samuel

Errata
The following are the known errors/typos.
Chapter 1
1. Page 7 line 3 redundant words may be to be deleted
2. Page Eq.1.1b - subscript i in P
i
missing.
i
0
P
P
100 =
3. Page 9: 100
inputpower
r outputpowe

4. Page 9: 3
rd
line:

=
NT
2545
5 . 48
P
i
or
H
NT
5 . 48 Q
f

=
5. Page 18 . Eq. 1.12, Change
|
|

\
|

=
4
D D 2
N L
4
V
2
r
2
L
c s t
to ( )
2
r
2
L c s t
D D 2 N L
4
V

=
6. Page 13 . Eq 1.10.
Change
N
) 2 N )( S H (
R
L
c
+ +
to
n
) 2 n )( S H (
R
L
c
+ +

In the above equation change N to n to prevent conflict with RPM
where
n = number of lines strung to the traveling block
7. Page 13-Example 1.3 16lbs to be 16lb/ft and 0.65 efficiency
8. Page 18 . Eq. 1.12
Change
|
|

\
|

=
4
D D 2
N L
4
V
2
r
2
L
c s t
to ( )
2
r
2
L c s t
D D 2 N L
4
V

=
In the above equation second numerator of 4 is redundant.
9. Page 19. Under example problem 1.5 Line
Multiplication factor 0.9 used is the efficiency in this problem it is assumed.
10. Page 19 Last Line: Q
t
= D
L
2
L
s
N
c
/4 = x6
2
x20x3/4 = 1697in
3
/stroke
Or, Q
t
= (1697x7.48gal/ft
3
)/(12in)
3
x 60= 440 gpm

11. Page 25, Line 1: Words The are should be corrected as There are
12. Page 29 Line 9 = 25,000 lbs instead of 100,000 lbs
13. Page 35 add the following along with the last line
if the stroke length is 20 inches.


Chapter 2
1. Page 56, Eq. 2.18
Change to hA Q Q
f m
+ =
2. Page 53. Eq. 2.9 Change fi f
w
to
i w
f
3. Page 53 Eq.2.11 and Eq.2.12 have to be corrected as
( )
( )
|
|

\
|

|
|

\
|

=
i
o
w
j
o
w
o f w
i
f f
f
w

1 1
42

( )( )
( )
(
(

|
|

\
|

|
|

\
|

=
i
o
w
j
o
w
o f w
j
f f
f
w

1 1
1 42

4. Page 54 Eq. 2.13 RHS numerator
f
to
L

5. Page 56 Eq.2.18 hA Q Q
s m
+ =
6. Page 58. Eq. 2.21 Change to
hA Q
hA f
f
f
vc
vm
+
=
7. Page 58, Eq. 2.28, Change to
s
vm
vc
f
Q
Pt
f
f
k
A Q +
(
(
(
(
(

|
|

\
|

=
2
1
1 2

8. Page 70, Eq. 2.35b
600 300
2 =
y


9. Page 81 last but one line change 44 to 4.4

Chapter 3
1. Example 3.1 on Page 87.
Following additional data can be added. Maximum 56 kips of Weight on bit is allowed. If not the L
dc

can be assumed to be 1500 ft.
Under Example 3.1on Page 88.The following can be added between line 5 and 6
Length of the Drillcollar can be calculated as below:
ft 1500
60 cos 746 . 0 8 . 100
56 1
cos BF w
WOB Factor Design
L
dc
fDC

=
2. Page 89. Line 12
Change
( )
op h
g
frac
D D 300
T
P

= to
( )
op h
g
frac
D D 300
P

=
3. Page 88, line 6, change 20
m
= gr . sp to 2
m
=
4. Page 103. Line 21
Change ( )
2
odp
2
h
min a D D
4

= to ( )
2
odp
2
h
min a D D
4

=
5. Page 104 line 3 adp v instead of adp a
(
(
(
(

+
=
odp
h
opd h
odp h
adp
fadp
D
D
D D
D D
v
P
ln
1500
2 2
2 2

6. Page 104 line 4 8.875 instead of 8.55 and 100 instead of 110 in the numerator
( )( )
(
(
(
(

+
=
5
875 . 8
ln
5 875 . 8
5 875 . 8 1500
60 / 100 40
2 2
2 2

7. Page 132 line 17 35 55
300 600
= =

Chapter 4
1. Page 146, line 5 form bottom: nozzles instead of naozzles
2. Page 149. Fig. 4.1 The deviation angle 30 deg is with respect to horizontal.
3. Page 149 in the figure 4.1 30 deg should at the bottom against the dotted line instead of the
existing one.
4. Page 151 line 5 from bottom the equation is missing a variable and should be as below:
) (
) ( 10 311 . 8
2
2 5
Bopt d
opt
opt
P C
Q
A

Chapter 5
1. Page 180. Eq. 5.18
Change
s
m
m s
s
d 4 . 86 v
|
|

\
|

= to
|
|

\
|

=
m
m s
s s
d 4 . 86 v
2. Page 180 Eq. 5.17 denominator
2
instead of
2

) 10 ( 1 1
36800
458 . 0
2
<
(
(

+
|
|

\
|
|
|

\
|
=

for
d
v
m
m s s
s

3. Page 180 Eq.5.18
s
d should be outside the square root
) 10 (
4 . 86
<
|
|

\
|
=

for s
m
m s
s
d v
4. Page 181. Eq. 5.21 Change denominator ) (
a m
to
333 0.
a m
) (
5. Page 182. Eq. 5.23
Change
s
m
m s
s
h 4 . 131 v
|
|

\
|

= to h 4 . 131 v
m
m s
s s
|
|

\
|

=
6. Page 185 Eq.5.27,5.28 and 5.29
Change
ca
v ,
cr
v ,
cs
v to
ca
V ,
cr
V ,
cs
V respectively
7. Page 186 Eq.5.34
Change
2
to
m

8. Page 186 last row add
opr
Q = 100 gpm
9. Page 187 Line 13 equation (5.31)
10. Page 187 After line 8 the following lines were missing from the original manuscript
Solution:
cs cr ca
V V V + =
(
(

+
|
|

\
|

=
ROP D
D
V
h
op
cr
16 . 18
64 . 0 1
1
2

(
(

+
|
|

\
|

=
ROP D
D
V
h
op
cr
16 . 18
64 . 0 1
1
2

mwt size ang cs cs
C C C V V =
213 . 0 000233 . 0 0342 . 0
2
=
ang
C
286 . 1 04 . 1
50
+ = D C
size

( ) 7 . 8 0333 . 0 1 =
m ang
C
1. Page 190: instead of ibid for Reference 17 add the following:
Larsen, T.F A study of the critical fluid velocity in cuttings transport for inclined wellbore Thesis,
University of Tulsa, 1990

Chapter 6
1. Page 210 Eq.6.9 and 6.10 are made more clear as below:
For
adc k
V V <
) C / V ( k / ) P P (
adc k sidp sic mo k
= (6.9)
and for
adc k
V V >
{ }
adp adc k dc sidp sic mo k
C / ) V V ( L k / ) P P ( + = (6.10)

Chapter 7
1. Page 265 Eq.7.37 change to = arc cos (cos
o
cos
o
+ sin
o
sin
o
cos )
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Profile Change as below:
Dr. Robello Samuel has been a principal technical advisor (Drilling Engineering) in the
Drilling, Evaluation division of Halliburton since 1998. He has over twenty five years of
experience in domestic and international oil/gas drilling and completion operations,
management, consulting, research and teaching. His skills include well planning, design,
cost estimates, supervision of drilling and completion operations, personnel and technical
review, project management, and creative establishment of project relationships through
partnering and innovation. At present, he is a technical and engineering lead for well
planning application suite for drilling, completions, and well-services operations. He has
been an educator in USA, Venezuela, Mexico, China and India. Also, he is an adjunct
professor for the past seven years in the Petroleum program of Chemical and Mechanical
Engineering Technology Departments at the University of Houston; teaching advanced-
drilling engineering, downhole tools and technologies and complex well architecture
courses.
Dr. Samuel has written or co-written more than seventy journal articles,
conference papers and technical articles. He has given several graduate seminars at
various Universities. Dr. Samuel has been the recipient of numerous awards including the
CEO for A Day (Halliburton) award. He has also worked at Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation (ONGC), India from 1983 to 1992 as a drilling engineer.
Dr. Samuel holds B.S. and M.S. (mechanical engineering) degrees from
University of Madurai (Madurai) and College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University
(Chennai), M.S. and Ph.D. (petroleum engineering) degrees from Tulsa University. He is
also the author of Advanced Drilling Engineering Downhole Drilling Tools-Theory
and Practice for Students and Engineers (Gulf Publishing Company) and forthcoming
book Applied Drilling Engineering Optimization. Dr. Samuel can be reached via e-
mail at robellos@hotmail.com or on the web at www.sigmaquadrant.com or
www.oilwelltechnology.com.