Blowout and well control handbook / Robert D. Grace ; with contributions by Bob Cudd, Richard S. Carden, and Jerald L. Shursen.

Second edition.

Cambridge, MA : Gulf Professional Publishing, [2017]

©2017

1 online resource

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Includes index.

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Blowout and Well Control Handbook, Second Edition, brings the engineer and rig personnel up to date on all the useful methods, equipment, and project details needed to solve daily well control challenges. Blowouts are the most expensive and one of the most preventable accidents in the oil and gas industry. While some rig crews experience frequent well control incidents, some go years before seeing the real thing. Either way, the crew must always be prepared with quick understanding of the operations and calculations necessary to maintain well control. Updated to cover the lessons learned and new technology following the Macondo incident, this fully detailed reference will cover detection of influxes and losses in equipment and methods, a greater emphasis on kick tolerance considerations, an expanded section on floating drilling and deepwater floating drilling procedures, and a new blowout case history from Bangladesh. With updated photos, case studies, and practice examples, Blowout and Well Control Handbook, Second Edition will continue to deliver critical and modern well control information to ensure engineers and personnel stay safe, environmentally-responsible, and effective on the rig.

Knovel. OCLC KB.

Books / Online

English

August 28, 2023

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Equipment in Well Control Operations; 2. Classic Pressure Control Procedures while Drilling; 3. Pressure Control Procedures while Tripping; 4. Special Conditions, Problems, Procedures in Well Control; 5. Fluid Dynamics in Well Control; 6. Special Services in Well Control; 7. Relief Well Design and Operations; 8. The Underground Blowout; 9. Case Studies; 10. Contingency Planning ; 11. The Al-Awda Project: The Oil Fires of Kuwait