"High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) Wells"
Manual & CD

 
     
 

OVERVIEW

The ADS HPHT manual is an internationally recognised “industry standard”, having accompanied the hundreds of HPHT courses which ADS has run worldwide for many Major Operator clients over a number of years. This manual is now available as an invaluable stand-alone reference - in printed and CD form - for personnel involved in the drilling of High Pressure High Bottom Hole Temperature wells. It comprehensively
introduces HPHT operations and highlights the concerns and hazards of drilling HPHT wells.

CONTENT

• Gas behaviour, kicks and control
• Gas solubility in OBM’s - effects on kick behaviour
• Rig equipment summary
• Surface gas handling capacities and procedures for HPHT wells
• Drilling and well control procedures for HPHT well control
programmes, training and communication
• Shut-in procedures and decision trees
• Bullheading overview
• Volumetric method of well control
• Stripping
• The effects of pressures and temperatures on muds
• The effects of borehole ballooning on drilling responses
• Management of operations
• Sample HPHT well control procedures (for semi & jack-up)
• UKOOA and NPD guidelines for HPHT wells

COST

The HPHT Manual can be purchased in either
the printed or CD format for £95 + VAT (or $190)

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