Fundamentals of Horizontal Wellbore Cleanout: Theory and Applications of Rotary Jetting Technology (Gulf Drilling Guides)

Dr. Xianzhi Song is the Professor of College of Petroleum Engineering and the Vice Dean of College of Artificial Intelligence, China University of Petroleum at Beijing (CUPB). He is also the Vice Director of CUPB Geothermal Research Center, and the Director of CNPC Key Laboratory of Drilling Engineering, etc. He has obtained the National Natural Science Funds for Excellent Young Scholars of China, the Awards of Science and Technology for the Excellent Youth by Sun Yue-Qi Foundation, and National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation. His research areas involve drilling and completion, geothermal exploitation, and artificial intelligence. He has authored more than 50 papers and earned 20 patents. He received his B.S degree in petroleum engineering from China University of Petroleum at East China and PHD degree in oil and gas well drilling engineering of CUPB in 2010. 1. Theoretical Basis of Rotating Jets 2. Drag Coefficient and Settling Velocity of Sand in Cleanout Fluids 3. Sand Transport Efficiency during Horizontal Well Drilling 4. Sliding Friction between Coiled Tubing and Sand Bed in Cleanout Operations 5. Numerical Study of Helical Flow Field in Horizontal Annulus 6. Movement Behaviors of Sand in Annular Helical Flow Field 7. Hydraulic Parameter Calculation of Annular Helical Flow 8. Field Application 9. New Method of Horizontal Wellbore Cleanout by Supercritical Carbon Dioxide 10. Hole Cleaning with Jets and other Emerging Technologies