Applied Drilling Engineering Adam T. Bourgoyne Jr. Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Louisiana State U. Keith K. Millheim Manager—Critical Drilling Facility, Amoco Production Co. Martin E. Chenevert Senior Lecturer of Petroleum Engineering, U. of Texas F.S. Young Jr. President, Woodway Energy Co. First Printing Society of Petroleum Engineers Richardson, TX 1986Dedication ‘This book is dedicated to the many students who were forced to study from trial drafts of this work ©Copyright 1986 by the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, cannot be reproduced in any form without written consent of the publisher. ISBN 1-55563-001-4& AT. Bourgoyne J 9 Keith K. Miheim Martin E. Chenevert ‘Adam T. Bourgoyne Jr. is Campanile Professor of Offshore Drilling ‘and Petroleum Engineering at Louisiana State U., where he earned BS and MS degrees in petroleum engineering. He was chairman of the Pe= troleum Engineering Dept. during 1977-83. Bourgoyne also holds a PhD degree in petroleum engineering from the U. of Texas. He is an SPE director-at-arge, LSU student chapter faculty sponsor, and a member fof the Accreditation Review and Advisory Panel. He has also served fas both a member and chairman of the Engineering Manpower Com mittee and was a member of the 1980-83 Education and Accreditation Committe Keith K. Millheim is manager of the Critical Drilling Facility for Amo- co Production Research Co. in Tulsa. He earned a BS degree from Marietta (OH) C. and an MS degree from the U. of Oklahoma, both in petroleum engineering. Milheim is an SPE Distinguished Member, 1984 Drilling Engineering Award winner, and the 1965 National SPE Graduate Paper winner. Millheim served as chairman of the 1981 A\ ‘nual Drilling Technology Technical Program Committee and was a mem: ber during 1978-84, He was chairman of the Directional Drilling Forum in 1983 and served as a member of the Editorial Review Committee dur ing 1980-82. Millhcim is a Distinguished Lecturer for 1986-87 and is the Executive Editor for SPE Drilling Engineering. Martin E. Chenevert is The Sylvain Pirson Centennial Lecturer of troleum engineering at the U. of Texas, where he earned MS and PhD ‘degrees in petrolcum engineering. He also holds a BS degree in petrole- ‘um engineering from Louisiana State U. Chenevert is a member of the Distinguished Author Series Committee and the Education and Profes sionalism Technical Committee and isa student-chapter faculty sponsor atthe U. of Texas. He was chairman of the 1977-78 Textbook Commit tee and was a member during 1975-78. He also served as a member Of the 1971 Annual Meeting Drilling Technology Technical Commit- tee. Chenevert has presented the SPE Drilling Fluid and Wellbore Sta- bility short courses since 1975 and is the author of the SPE videotape text course on Petroleum Drilling Fluids. Before joining the U, of Texas, Chenevert was employed by Exxon Research Co., was an associate professor atthe U. of Oklahoma, and served as the president of his con sulting firm, Farrile S. Young Jr. is an independent oil and gas operator and consult- ing petroleum engineer. Previously, Young worked for Exxon Co. ULS.A., where he was a senior and a staff engineer engaged in the de- velopment of computerized rig monitoring and instrumentation equip- ment. He has also worked for Baroid Div., NL Industries, in research and operational assignments relative to the application of drilling tech- nology. Young currently isthe president of Woodway Energy Co. Inc in Houston. He holds BS, MS, and PhD degrees in petroleuin engineer: ing from the U. of Texas. Young served as a member of the 1975-78 Investments Committee and as the chairman of that committee in 1978, He was a member of the SPE Long Range Planning Subcommittee on Professionalism and Welfare in 1975, the Nominating Committee dur- ing 1974-75, and the Editorial Review Committee during 1969-71 ‘Young was registration chairman for the first Offshore Technology Con- ference in May 1969. He has also served on the Advertising and Ex- hibits Committee and the Cementing Monograph Review Committe. He has written numerous publications in the field of drilling and rock ‘mechanics. Young is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas,