Drilling optimization - The driller's role

SPE Drilling and Completion

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-12

  Reinhold, W B ^a,c,d,e,f,g   Close, D A ^b,h,i,j  

^a Varco Intl Inc   (United States)

^b M/D TOTCO ^*

^c US Army Air Corps   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g Amdahl Corporation   (United States)

^h Business Development

ⁱ Northumberland U   (United Kingdom)

^j Government Communications Headquarters   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; COCKPITS (AIRCRAFT); COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

DRILLER; RESPONSIBILITIES; ROTARY DRILLING;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

BOREHOLES; DRILLING; SAFETY;

EID: 0031105714     PISSN: 10646671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/29365-PA     Document Type: Article

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