ReviewofCasingandLinersforDrillingandCompletionsbyTedG.

Byrom

Dr.Byromhascreatedaclassicwiththistreatise,coveringeverythingfromthe
verybeginningsofhowcasingismadetokeyexamplesofthevarioustypesofstringare
designedandrun.

Hestartswiththebasicsofhowcasingismadeandthestandardsthatapply.He
thengivesabriefoverviewofallthebasiccalculationssuchashydrostaticsanddefines
units,whichiscritical,includingtheuseofoilfieldunit.

Hethendefinestheparametersusedindesign:depth,casingsize,poreandfrac
pressuresforalltypesofcasingandgivesexamplesofsettingdepth,casingsizeand
holesizerequirement.

Healsodiscussestheloadsoncasing;collapse,burstorinternalpressure
includingloadingsforgaswells.Thisisfollowedwiththeexplanationofhowdesign
loadsaredeveloped,howcasingisselectedanddesignfactorsareapplied.Examplesof
severaltypesofcasingdesignsaregivenandexampleloadsarecalculatedincluding
combinedloads.Thischapteristheheartofthework.Itshowshowcasingisselected
(ie.weights,gradesandconnectionstohandletheanticipatedloads).

Casingrunningisdiscussedandexplainedsothatcasingcanbetransportedand
runintheholeingoodshape

Hethenstepsbeyondbasicsanddiscussesstructuraldesignandfailure
probability.Thisincludesacomprehensivediscussionofmatrixalgebraandtensors.

Byromalsoturnstoperformance,discussingtypesoffailures,includingbuckling
andstabilityinbothverticalanddeviatedswells.Hementionstheeffectsoftemperate.

Directionalandhorizontalwellsarediscussed,includingtheeffectoffrictionand
combinedloadingeffects.

Finallyhediscussesseveralmiscellaneousspecialtopics,suchaswear,
expandablecasing,casingdrilling,fatigueandsomeaspectsoncementing.

Dr.Byromstreatiseisthroughandverycomplete,anditwillgivebotha
beginnerandaseasonedveteranfoodforthought.

Dr.RossKastor,ProfessorofMechanicalEngineering,UniversityofHouston