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Developments in Petroleum Science, 42 casing design theory and practice This book is dedicated to His Majesty King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz for His outstanding contributions to the International Petroleum Industo" and for raising the standard of living of His subjects Developments in Petroleum Science, 42 casing design theory and practice S.S. RAHMAN Center for Petroleum Engineering, Unilver-sityof NeM, South Wales, Sydney, Australia and G.V. CHILINGARIAN School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA 1995 ELSEVIER Amsterdam - Lausanne - New York - Oxford - Shannon - Tokyo ELSEVIER SCIENCE B.V. Sara Burgerhartstraat 25 P.O. Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands ISBN: 0-444-81743-3 9 1995 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Elsevier Science B.V.. Copyright & Permissions Department, P.O. Box 521, 1000 AM Amsterdam. The Netherlands. Special regulations for readers in the USA - This publication has been registered with the Copyright Clearance Center Inc. (CCC), Salem, Massachusetts. Information can be obtained from the CCC about conditions under which photocopies of parts of this publication may be made in the USA. All other copyright questions, including photocopying outside of the USA. should be referred to the publisher. No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. This book is printed on acid-flee paper. Printed in The Netherlands DEVELOPMENTS IN PETROLEUM SCIENCE Advisory Editor: G.V. Chilingarian Volumes 1 , 3 , 4 , 7 and 13 are out of print 2. 5. 6. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 14. 15A. 15B. 16. 17A. 17B. 18A. W.H. FERTL - Abnormal Formation Pressures T.F. YEN and G.V. CHILINGARIAN (Editors) -Oil Shale D.W. PEACEMAN - Fundamentals of Numerical Reservoir Simulation L.P. DAKE - Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering K. MAGARA -Compaction and Fluid Migration M.T. SILVIA and E.A. ROBINSON - Deconvolution of Geophysical Time Series in the Exploration for Oil and Natural Gas G.V. CHILINGARIAN and P. VORABUTR - Drilling and Drilling Fluids T.D. VAN GOLF-RACHT - Fundamentals of Fractured Reservoir Engeneering G. MOZES (Editor) - Paraffin Products 0. SERRA - Fundamentals of Well-log Interpretation. 1. The acquisition of logging data 0. SERRA - Fundamentals of Well-log Interpretation. I . The interpretation of logging data R.E. CHAPMAN - Petroleum Geology E.C. DONALDSON, G.V. CHILINGARIAN and T.F. YEN (Editors) - Enhanced Oil Recovery, I. Fundamentals and analyses E.C. DONALDSON, G.V. CHILINGARIAN and T.F. YEN (Editors) - Enhanced Oil Recovery, 11. Processes and operations A.P. SZILAS - Production and Transport of Oil and Gas. A. Flow mechanics and production (second completely revised edition) 18B. A.P. SZILAS -Production and Transport of Oil and Gas. B. Gathering and Transport (second completely revised edition) 19A. G.V. CHILINGARIAN, J.O. ROBERTSON Jr. and S. KUMAR - Surface Operations in Petroleum Production, I 19B. G.V. CHILINGARIAN, J.O. ROBERTSON Jr. and S. KUMAR - Surface Operations in Petroleum Production, I1 20. A.J. DIKKERS -Geology in Petroleum Production 2 1. F. RAMIREZ - Application of Optimal Control Theory to Enhanced Oil Recovery 22. E.C. DONALDSON, G.V. CHILINGARIAN and T.F. YEN - Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery 23. J. HAGOORT - Fundamentals of Gas Reservoir Engineering 24. W. LITTMANN - Polymer Flooding 25. N.K. BAIBAKOV