Drilling Course

Factors Affecting Hole Cleaning and Cuttings Transport

Cuttings movement is defined by the dominated force which is the resultant of many forces such as gravity, buoyancy, friction, drag and int...

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Many issues related to drilling fluid have to be considered when planning to drill extended reach well (ERD). These issues can pose challe...

There are many definitions of choke manifold. It can be defined as '' An arrangement of piping and special valves, called chokes. In...

There are many definitions of the choke line which can be found in the literature. It can be defined as '' A high-pressure line co...

Tutorial prepared by Eltun Talibov, Drilling Engineer at State Oil Company of AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC (SOCAR).

The casing design is based on assessing the different loads such as burst, collapse and tension. The most reali...

The fluids are categorized into two categories based on their behavior: Newtonian and Non-Newtonian fluids

Rheology is a part of science of matter flow and deformation. It can help us understand and explain the behavior ...

Avoiding stuck pipe is one of the objectives of the drilling operations because such a problem leads to many add...

Whirling is one of undesired motions which can be faced during drilling operations. It is an eccentric rotation...

Bit bounce is one of the forms of vibrations which can be faced during drilling operations. It happens when the b...