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Preface
Chapter 1 Drilling systems
1.1 Hoisting system
1.1.1 Draw—works and wire rope
1.1.2 Crown block and traveling block
1.2 Rotary system
1.2.1 Kelly and kelly bushing
1.2.2 Swivel
1.2.3 Drillpipe and drill collar
1.2.4 Drill bits
1.2.5 Other accessories on drill string
1.3 Mud circulation system
1.4 Solid control equipment
1.4.1 Shale shaker
1.4.2 Desander and desilter
1.5 Well control equipment
1.6 Efficiency of hoisting system
1.7 Top drive system
Chapter 2 Drilling mud
2.1 Types of drilling fluid
2.1.1 Water—based mud （WBM）
2.1.2 Oil—based mud （OBM）
2.1.3 Synthetic—based mud （SBM）
2.2 Mud density calculations
2.3 Basics of Newtonian and non—Newtonian fluid
2.4 Laminar flow of Bingham plastic fluid in pipe
2.5 Laminar flow of Bingham plastic fluid in annulus
2.6 Turbulent flow ofmud in annulus
2.7 Flow through nozzles
2.8 Mud measurements
2.8.1 Mud density
2.8.2 Mud viscosity
2.8.3 Mud filtrate loss
2.8.4 Other measurements
Chapter 3 Casing design
3.1 Overburden stress
3.2 Pore pressure
3.3 Fracture pressure
3.4 Introduction to casing
3.5 Casing setting depth
3.6 Casing size selection
3.7 Casing grades selection
Chapter 4 Directional drilling
4.1 Reasons for drilling directional wells
4.2 Geometry of directional well
4.3 Deflection tools
4.4 Trajectory design
Chapter 5 Mud hydraulics
5.1 Flow rate capacity requirement
5.2 Pressure requirement
5.3 Mud hydraulics optimization
5.3.1 Maximum bit horsepower criterion
5.3.2 Maximumjet impact force criterion
5.3.3 Maximum nozzle velocity criterion
5.4 Discussions
Chapter 6 Underbalanced drilling
6.1 Benefits of underbalanced drilling
6.2 How to achieve underbalanced condition
6.3 Underbalanced drilling operations
6.4 Surface equipment for underbalanced drilling
Chapter 7 Cementing and perforation
7.1 Functions of cement
7.2 Selection of cement grades
7.3 Preparing the cement
7.4 Cementing the well
7.5 Well perforation
Chapter 8 Drilling problems and drilling costs
8.1 Stuck pipe
8.2 Shale sloughing
8.3 Lost circulation
8.4 Well kick
8.5 Drilling costs
8.5.1 Leases
8.5.2 Site preparation
8.5.3 Well drilling
8.5.4 Rig mobilization
85.5 Miscellaneous costs
Chapter 9 Properties of hydrocarbon and rock
9.1 Phase behavior
9.1.1 Oil reservoir
9.1.2 Gas reservoir
9.2 Properties ofnatural gas
9.2.1 Ideal gas law
9.2.2 Properties ofreal gas
9.2.3 Compressibility of gas
9.2.4 Gas formation volume factor
9.2.5 Gas viscosity
9.3 Properties ofcrude oil
9.3.1 Oil specific gravity
9.3.2 API gravity
9.3.3 Solution gas oil ratio
9.3.4 Oil formation volume factor
9.3.5 Oil viscosity
9.4 Basic rock properties
9.4.1 Porosity

Changhong Gao received his degrees in petroleum engineering from China University of Petroleum, University of Tulsa and Curtin University. He worked for Sinopec as a field engineer and research engineer. He also taught at United Arab Emirates University, University of Aberdeen and Petroleum Institute of Abu Dhabi.

In 2013, he was elected Taishan Scholar by Shandong province government, as well as Yellow River Delta Scholar by Dongying city government. His teaching and research interests include drilling mud, production system design and enhanced oil recovery. He has published more than 30 journal papers and presented a few papers at SPE and APPEA conferences.