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Drilling Fluids Processing Handbook

  • 1st Edition - November 19, 2004
  • Latest edition
  • Author: ASME Shale Shaker ASME Shale Shaker Committee
  • Language: English

Written by the Shale Shaker Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, originally of the American Association of Drilling Engineers, the authors of this book are… Read more

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Description

Written by the Shale Shaker Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, originally of the American Association of Drilling Engineers, the authors of this book are some of the most well-respected names in the world for drilling. The first edition, Shale Shakers and Drilling Fluid Systems, was only on shale shakers, a very important piece of machinery on a drilling rig that removes drill cuttings. The original book has been much expanded to include many other aspects of drilling solids control, including chapters on drilling fluids, cut-point curves, mud cleaners, and many other pieces of equipment that were not covered in the original book.

Key features

  • Written by a team of more than 20 of the world's foremost drilling experts, from such companies as Shell, Conoco, Amoco, and BP
  • There has never been a book that pulls together such a vast array of materials and depth of topic coverage in the area of drilling fluids
  • Covers quickly changing technology that updates the drilling engineer on all of the latest equipment, fluids, and techniques

Readership

Drilling Engineers, Petroleum Engineers, Derrick men, Students in petroleum engineering departments, managers or supervisors in any company, small or integrated, that deals with drilling

Table of contents

1. Historical Perspective and Introduction

2. Drilling Fluids

3. Solids Calculation

4. Cut Points

5. Tank Arrangement

6. Scalping Shakers and Gumbo Removal

7. Shale Shakers

8. Settling Pits

9. Gas Busters, Separators, and Degassers

10. Suspension, Agitation, and Mixing of Drilling Fluids

11. Hydrocyclones

12. Mud Cleaners

13. Centrifuges

14. Use of the Capture Equation to Evaluate the Performance of Mechanical Separation Equipment Used to Process Drilling Fluids

15. Dilution

16. Waste Management

17. The AC Induction Motor

18. Centrifugal Pumps

19. Solids Control in Underbalanced Drilling

20. Smooth Operations

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 19, 2004
  • Language: English

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