TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lyons,William C.
AU  - Lyons,William C.
TI  - Air and gas drilling manual
SN  - 9780123708953
U1  - 622.2281 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Amsterdam, Boston
PB  - ELSEVIER
KW  - Air drilling (Petroleum engineering)
KW  - Gas drilling (Petroleum engineering)
N1  - Introduction and units
1.1 Objective and terminology 
1.2 Engineering calculations and units 

-- Air and gas versus mud
2.1 Rotary drilling 
2.2 Circulation systems 
2.3 Comparison of mud and air drilling 

 -- Surface equipment -- Downhole equipment
3.1 Drilling location 
3.2 Flow line to the rig
3.3 Wellhead equipment 
3.4 Flow line from rig 

Downhole Equipment
4.1 Rotary drill string 
4.2 Drill bits 
4.3 Bottom hole assembly 
4.4 Drill pipe 
5.4 Safety Equipment
4.6 Drill string design 

 -- Compressors and nitrogen generators 
5.1 Compressor classification
5.2 Standard units 
5.3 Continuous flow (dynamic ) compressor
etc 
 
-- Direct circulation models 
6.1 Basic assumption 
6.2 General derivation 
6.3 Aerated fluid drilling model 
etc 

-- Reverse circulation models
7.1 Basic assumption 
7.2 General derivation 
7.3 Aerated fluid drilling model 
7.4 Stable foam drilling model 
7.5 Air and gas drilling model 

 -- Air, gas and unstable foam drilling
8.1 Deep well planning 
8.2 Minimum volumetric flow rate and compressor selection 
8.3 Bottom hole and injection pressure 
8.4 Water injection and formation water influx 
8.5 Prime mover fuel consumption
8.6 Conclusion 

 -- Aerated fluids drilling 
9.1 Deep well drilling planning 
9.2 Aerated fluids drilling operation 
9.3 Minimum volumetric flow rates 
9.4 Non friction and friction illustrative example 
9.5 Conclusion 

-- Stable foam drilling 
10.1 Stable foam rheology 
10.2 Deep well drilling planning 
10.3 Stable foam drilling operations
10.4 Minimum volumetric flow rates 
10.5 Nonfiction and friction illustratrative example 
10.6 Conclusion 
 
-- Specialized downhole drilling equipment 
11.1 DTM
11.2 PDM
11.3 Conclusion

-- Underbalanced drilling.
12. 1 Introduction 
12.2 Vertical wells 
12.3 Directional wells
12.4 Conclusion; Includes bibliographical references  and index
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0904/2008046910-d.html
ER  -