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Drill String Design As inclination angle increases in a directional or horizontal well, the borehole walls support more of the drill string weight. This contact, along with the capstan effect (the normal force caused by the deformation of an axially loaded member about some obstacle), results in frictional forces that oppose the …

Drilling Directional Wells Underbalanced The main justifications for drilling a directional well underbalanced are to (1) reduce drilling costs, and/or (2) improve productivity. The combination of horizontal/multilateral and UBD technology is a relatively new one, and which has been explored more in international fields (especially the Middle East), than in …

One of a drilling fluid's primary functions is to remove drilled cuttings and transport them to the surface-in other words, to clean the hole. The term carrying capacity ...