Composition and Properties of Drilling and Completion Fluids
Ryen Caenn, H.C.H. Darley, George R. Gray
Description
Widely regarded as the 'mud bible' for over 60 years, this edition provides comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge on drilling and completion fluid chemistries. It helps students and professionals understand fluid selection, evaluation techniques, environmental regulations, fracturing fluids, drilling challenges, and waste management practices. The book emphasizes safe, sustainable, and technically sound chemical and process decisions for modern complex wells.
Contents:
- Chapter 1 - Introduction to Drilling Fluids
- Chapter 2 - Introduction to Completion Fluids
- Chapter 3 - Evaluating Drilling Fluid Performance
- Chapter 4 - Clay Mineralogy and the Colloid Chemistry of Drilling Fluids
- Chapter 5 - Water-Dispersible Polymers
- Chapter 6 - The Rheology of Drilling Fluids
- Chapter 7 - The Filtration Properties of Drilling Fluids
- Chapter 8 - The Surface Chemistry of Drilling Fluids
- Chapter 9 - Wellbore Stability
- Chapter 10 - Drilling Problems Related to Drilling Fluids
- Chapter 11 - Completion, Workover, Packer, and Reservoir Drilling Fluids
- Chapter 12 - Introduction to Fracturing Fluids
- Chapter 13 - Drilling Fluid Components
- Chapter 14 - Drilling and Drilling Fluids Waste Management