Page 23 - A Primer of Oilwell Drilling, 7th Edition

236 A PRIMER OF OILWELL DRILLING

ethane (C H ), 56 propane (C H ), 56
8
6
3
3
explorationists, 71 in rocks, 164
Petroleum Extension-The University of Texas at Austin
exploration wells, 69 gas characteristics
liquefied natural gas (LNG), 56
liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), 56
fastline, 106 natural gas, 55
faults, 60 natural gas liquids (NGLs), 57
fault traps, 62 gas condensate, 57
fingerboard, 151 gasoline, 57
fish, 181 gas seeps, 13
fishermen, 181 geologic forces, 60
fishing, 181–182 geophones, 68
fishing jobs, 168 geophysicists, 68
fapper, 156 Geronimo, 47
fared gas, 128 gooseneck, 116
foat collara, 156 grapples, 181
foaters, 33 gravel packing, 178
foating units guide shoe, 156
drill ships, 33–36 gushers, 12
semisubmersibles, 30–31
foes, 26
foorhands (rotary helpers/roughnecks), 44, 48–49 heave compressors, 35
fow diverter, 136 heavy lift vessels, 30
fuid circulation, 19–20 hexagonal kelly, 114
footage rate contracts, 40 Higgins, Patillo, 11
forging bit teeth, 123 history of drilling, 7–13
formation, 10 California, 10
formation evaluation Drake Well, 9–10
coring, 170–172 Lucas Well, 11–12
defined, 163 Spindletop well, 11–12, 20, 64–65
drill stem testing, 168 hoisting system, 100–110
examining cuttings and drilling mud, 163–172 about, 100
well logging, 165–167 blocks and drilling line, 104, 105, 108
formation fuids, 20 catheads, 102–103
foundation traps, 61 drawworks, 101–102
4-D seismic surveys, 68 masts and derricks, 109–110
fracturing, 177 horizontal wells, 179
friction catheads, 102 horsepower, 15
fuel oil vs. coal, 13 hot wire testing, 164
future of drilling, 191 hydraulic fracturing, 177
hydraulic jars, 181
hydraulic motors, 18
gamma ray log, 165 hydrocarbons, 55
gas hydrochloric acid (HCL), 177
about, 1 hydrocylones, 131
natural gas, 6, 55 hydrofuoric acid (HFL), 177
origins and accumulation of, 60–61 hydrogas. See liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)