Borehole Flow Modeling in Horizontal, Deviated, and Vertical Wells - Hardcover

C Chin, Wilson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0884150348 ISBN 13: 9780884150343

Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing, 1991

Synopsis

Petroleum engineers, drilling and production professionals, and advanced petroleum engineering students will welcome this important new book on annular flows in oil and gas well drilling operations. It is the only book on the subject presently available to the industry that combines rigorous theory, practical examples, and important applications.

The book describes several annular borehole flow models that deal with eccentric, nonrotating flow, concentric rotating flow, and recirculating heterogeneous flow. These models are designed to handle the special problems that arise from drilling and producing deviated and horizontal wells, problems such as cutting transport, stuck pipe, cementing, and coiled tubing.

State-of-the-art computer modeling techniques
"Snapshots" showing computed velocity, apparent viscosity, viscous stress, and local shear rate for different annuli
Practical rule of thumb and extensive applications to real world problems make this an important reference tool for drilling and production professionals

About this title

About the Author

Wilson C. Chin, PhD MIT, MSc Caltech, fluid mechanics, physics, applied math and numerical methods, has published twenty-five research books with John Wiley & Sons and Elsevier; more than 100 papers and 50 patents; and won 5 awards with the US Dept of Energy. He founded Stratamagnetic Software, LLC in 1997, an international company engaged in multiple scientific disciplines.

Edition details

• Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0884150348
• ISBN 13: 9780884150343
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232