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Index
Kelly cock, 621
lower, 621
upper, 622
Key
seat, 1015, 1081
Kick
causes of, 1100
control procedures, 1101, 1102
driller’s method, 1106-1 109
engineer’s method, 1107, 1109,
maximum borehole pressure,
maximum casing pressure,
volumetric method, 1107,
1110
1112-1
113
1111-1112
1109-1
11 1
detection, 1060, 1067
Kick-off plug, 1228, 1230
Kickoff point, 1081
Kinematics, 149-159
Kinetics, 159-168
Knuckle joint, 1118, 1120, 1121
Kurtosis, 93
coefficient, 94
L
Lagrange Polynomials, 66, 69
Laguerre’s root-squaring method, 70
Laplace transformation, 48-50
Layout.
See
Site layout
Lead angle, 1081
Leak-off test, 266
Least squares curve fitting, 76-78
Lignite mud, 667
Lignosulfonate freshwater mud, 667,
Limbs of a fold, 249
Lime mud
inverse,
50
669
composition and applications, 669
excess in oil mud, 662
Limiting reactant, 334
Linear equation, 24, 57
Linear flow system, 259
Linear multivariate model, 106
Linear polarization instruments, 1312
Liner hanger, 1218-1219
Liners
cementing, 1177, 1218-1223
manufacturing process, 1132
offshore operations, 1367
Liners, pit, burial
of,
1360
Link adapter, inspection and
maintenance, 546
Linked lists, 112
Linkers and loaders (computer),
131
Liquid hydrocarbon fuel, properties
Liquid penetrant examination, 542
Lithology, MWD/LWD logs, 1005
Loading configurations
of,
324-325
thin-walled pressure vessels,
torsion
of
a cylinder, 188-189
transverse loading of beam, 190-193
193-194
Local-action cell, 1271
Local-action current, 1271
Locked-rotor current, 407
Logarithms, 21-22
Logging while drilling system
applications
drilling mechanics, 1015-1029
rock mechanical properties,
directional drilling, 1071-1077
drilling safety, 1067-1070
gamma ray log, 971-974, 979, 982,
984
horizontal drilling and
geosteering, 1070- 107
1
neutron-density log, 985-990
resistivity log, 974, 977-984
vs. wireline logs, 1077-1078
Logical data type, 110, 114
Lost circulation plug, 1228, 1231
Lower heating value, 359
Lower kelly valve, 621, 623
Lubinski,
A.,
734, 735, 763
Lubrication
1029- 1036
in rotary screw compressor, 491
sling line, 516
of
wire rope, 577, 585
after socket attachment, 594
Lumber, allowable unit stresses for, 208
LWD.
See
Logging while drilling
system
M
McClendon,
R.,
1045
Machine, 149
Magnetic circuits, 288
Magnetic declination, 1081