Sustainable Natural Gas Drilling, the latest release in The Fundamentals and Sustainable Advances in Natural Gas Science and Engineering series, delivers many of the technical fundamentals needed in the natural gas industry with an additional sustainability lens. Introductory topics include underbalanced technologies, well integrity, and well trajectory. Advanced applications include utilizing nanoparticles to reduce environmental impact, and techniques to drill for underground gas storage and carbon capture operations. Supported by corporate and academic contributors along with two well-distinguished editors, Sustainable Natural Gas Drilling provides today’s natural gas engineers the knowledge to adjust current drilling practices in a more environmentally sustainable way.
1. Sustainable Natural Gas Drilling - p. i 2. Cover - p. i 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. v 6. List of contributors - p. xi 7. Preface - p. xv 8. Chapter 1 Natural gas drilling: an overview of sustainability challenges - p. 1 9. Chapter 2 Deep and horizontal drilling technologies for natural gas - p. 35 10. Chapter 3 Water management challenges for tight reservoir fracture stimulation - p. 79 11. Chapter 4 Well control and kick tolerance in extended reach drilling - p. 104 12. Chapter 5 Wellbore stability and the establishment of a safe mud weight window - p. 134 13. Chapter 6 Real-time monitoring and optimization of drilling performance using artificial intelligence techniques: a review - p. 169 14. Chapter 7 Multiphase flow and pressure control in wellbores during underbalanced drilling operations - p. 211 15. Chapter 8 Directional wellbore trajectory optimization incorporating cubic Bezier curves and collision-avoidance constraints - p. 238 16. Chapter 9 Hole cleaning technology for unconventional gas horizontal wells - p. 270 17. Chapter 10 Applications of chemical and isotopic tracers to optimize well placement and monitor for contamination by reservoir-derived fluids - p. 294 18. Chapter 11 Gas-aphron drilling fluids enhanced with silica nanoparticles and biosurfactant - p. 324 19. Chapter 12 Characteristics and applications of solids-free drilling fluids for coalbed methane exploitation - p. 355 20. Chapter 13 Minimizing coalbed methane formation damage by biodegradable chelating agent flooding - p. 378 21. Chapter 14 Drilling of gas hydrate reservoirs: recent technological developments and solutions to drilling problems - p. 395 22. Chapter 15 Horizontal well-drilling technology for shale-gas formation - p. 413 23. Chapter 16 Multiwell pad drilling technology for shale gas reservoirs: progress and perspectives - p. 443 24. Chapter 17 Innovations in drilling and well construction technologies in natural gas reservoir drilling - p. 474 25. Chapter 18 Progress on drilling innovations for natural gas hydrate - p. 504 26. Chapter 19 Well integrity for underground gas storage relating to natural gas, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen - p. 551 27. Index - p. 577
Sustainable Natural Gas Drilling, the latest release in The Fundamentals and Sustainable Advances in Natural Gas Science and Engineering series, delivers many of the technical fundamentals needed in the natural gas industry with an additional sustainability lens. Introductory topics include underbalanced technologies, well integrity, and well trajectory. Advanced applications include utilizing nanoparticles to reduce environmental impact, and techniques to drill for underground gas storage and carbon capture operations. Supported by corporate and academic contributors along with two well-distinguished editors, Sustainable Natural Gas Drilling provides today’s natural gas engineers the knowledge to adjust current drilling practices in a more environmentally sustainable way.
1. Sustainable Natural Gas Drilling - p. i 2. Cover - p. i 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. v 6. List of contributors - p. xi 7. Preface - p. xv 8. Chapter 1 Natural gas drilling: an overview of sustainability challenges - p. 1 9. Chapter 2 Deep and horizontal drilling technologies for natural gas - p. 35 10. Chapter 3 Water management challenges for tight reservoir fracture stimulation - p. 79 11. Chapter 4 Well control and kick tolerance in extended reach drilling - p. 104 12. Chapter 5 Wellbore stability and the establishment of a safe mud weight window - p. 134 13. Chapter 6 Real-time monitoring and optimization of drilling performance using artificial intelligence techniques: a review - p. 169 14. Chapter 7 Multiphase flow and pressure control in wellbores during underbalanced drilling operations - p. 211 15. Chapter 8 Directional wellbore trajectory optimization incorporating cubic Bezier curves and collision-avoidance constraints - p. 238 16. Chapter 9 Hole cleaning technology for unconventional gas horizontal wells - p. 270 17. Chapter 10 Applications of chemical and isotopic tracers to optimize well placement and monitor for contamination by reservoir-derived fluids - p. 294 18. Chapter 11 Gas-aphron drilling fluids enhanced with silica nanoparticles and biosurfactant - p. 324 19. Chapter 12 Characteristics and applications of solids-free drilling fluids for coalbed methane exploitation - p. 355 20. Chapter 13 Minimizing coalbed methane formation damage by biodegradable chelating agent flooding - p. 378 21. Chapter 14 Drilling of gas hydrate reservoirs: recent technological developments and solutions to drilling problems - p. 395 22. Chapter 15 Horizontal well-drilling technology for shale-gas formation - p. 413 23. Chapter 16 Multiwell pad drilling technology for shale gas reservoirs: progress and perspectives - p. 443 24. Chapter 17 Innovations in drilling and well construction technologies in natural gas reservoir drilling - p. 474 25. Chapter 18 Progress on drilling innovations for natural gas hydrate - p. 504 26. Chapter 19 Well integrity for underground gas storage relating to natural gas, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen - p. 551 27. Index - p. 577
