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Oilwell Drilling

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The operation of drilling a well into a potential reservoir interval is the only way to prove the presence of hydrocarbon. Whether a well is drilled onshore or offshore is immaterial to the fundamentals of the process. A classification of wells can be made as in Table 3.1.

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Archer, J.S., Wall, C.G. (1986). Oilwell Drilling. In: Petroleum Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9601-0_3

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