Casing and Liners for Drilling and Completion: Design and Application

Once thought of as niche technology, operators today are utilizing more opportunities with casing and liners as formations and environments grow in difficulty, especially with the unconventional oil and gas boom. Casing and liners for Drilling and Completions, 2nd Edition provides the engineer and well designer with up-to-date information on critical properties, mechanics, design basics and newest applications for today’s type of well. Renovated and simplified to cover operational considerations, pressure loads, and selection steps, this handbook gives you the knowledge to execute the essential and fundamental features of casing and liners. Bonus features include:

Additional glossary added to explain oil field terminologyNew appendix on useful every day formulas such as axial stress, shear stress in tubes and principal stress componentsListing section of acronyms, notations, symbols and constants for quick reference

Concise step-by-step basic casing design procedure with examplesThorough coverage and tips on important field practice for installation topicsAdvanced methods for critical and horizontal well casing design including hydraulic fracturingExhaustive appendices on foundational topics: units & nomenclature, solid mechanics, hydrostatics, borehole environment & rock mechanics, and a summary of useful formulas

1. Introduction 2. Casing Depth and Size Determination 3. Pressure Loads 4. Design Loads and Casing Selection 5. Installing Casing 6. Casing Performance 7. Directional and Horizontal Wells

Appendix A. Notation, Symbols and Constants Appendix B. Units and Material Properties Appendix C. Basic Mechanics Appendix D. Basic Hydrostatics Appendix E. Borehole Environment Appendix F. Summary of Useful Formulas