Lyons, William C.

Air and gas drilling manual / [Book]. William C. Lyons ... [et al.]. - 3rd ed. - Amsterdam ; Boston : Gulf Professional Pub., 2009. - 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 25 cm.

Second ed. (c2001) by William C. Lyons, Boyun Guo, Frank A. Seidel.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and units -- Air and gas versus mud -- Surface equipment -- Downhole equipment -- Compressors and nitrogen generators -- Direct circulation models -- Reverse circulation models -- Air, gas and unstable foam drilling -- Aerated fluids drilling -- Stable foam drilling -- Specialized downhole drilling equipment -- Underbalanced drilling.

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Air drilling (Petroleum engineering)
Gas drilling (Petroleum engineering)