Managed Pressure Drilling Fundamentals, Methods and Applications

Dr. Eric van Oort became Lancaster Professor in Petroleum Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin in 2012 after a 20-year industry career with a major oil and gas operator. He holds a PhD degree in Chemical Physics from the University of Amsterdam. He has (co-)authored more than 150 technical papers, holds 14 patents and has 11 patent applications in progress, is a former SPE Distinguished Lecturer, a SPE Distinguished Member, and the 2017 winner of the SPE Drilling Engineering Award. At UT Austin, he directs drilling and completion R&D in two industry consortia (RAPID and CODA) covering drilling automation, big data analytics, cementing and zonal isolation, well abandonment and decommissioning, drilling / completion / fracturing fluids and drilling-related geomechanics.

1. Introduction to Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD)
2. The Physics of MPD
3. MPD Equipment
4. Planning for MPD
5. Overview of MPD Variants
6. Applied Back Pressure (ABP) Methods
7. Dynamic Pressure Drilling (DPD)
8. The Micro-Flux System (Weatherford)
9. The GeoBalance System (Halliburton)
10. The Optimal MPD System (Optimal)
11. Continuous Circulation (CC) Systems (MPO)
12. Low Cost MPD for Land Based Operations
13. Mud Cap Drilling
14. Dual-Gradient Drilling
15. MPD Candidate Selection
16. Well Control: How its Different with MPD

Appendix
A. Rock Mechanics
B. Rheology & Hydrualics Modeling
C. Useful Conversion Factors
D. IADC Well Classification System for Underbalanced Operations and Managed Pressure Drilling
E. Applicable Standards
F. IADC UB and MPD Glossary Index