FOREWORD

Practical Wellbore Hydraulics and Hole Cleaning is an excellent learning and

applications book for the experienced engineer and the new comer to
drilling engineering technology applications for today’s drill well chal-
lenges. The format in which the book is written allows the reader to first
understand the physics behind the challenges and then how the right
technology is applied to drill the best well possible.
The flow for the book walks the reader through the process involved
in making hole, cleaning the hole, and producing a quality wellbore
which will allow completing and producing the desired production inter-
vals in the most efficient way possible. To do this, the author draws on
many technical applications proven in both laboratory and modeling
work and in the field over many years by industry experts. These technol-
ogies and procedures address how to drill and clean the hole, how to
manage power to drill at an optimum rate, how to drill a gauge hole,
how to optimize bit life, and how to drill and complete the most cost-
efficient wellbore.
The author does an excellent job of explaining the variables that the
engineer has to work these problems and uses practical field examples to
show how they are applied. This book will be one that any career drilling
engineer will always want as part of their library.

Juan A. Garcia, P. E.
(Retired) Worldwide Drilling Manager, ExxonMobil

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