Applied Drilling Engineering
by Adam T. Bourgoyne Jr., Keith K. Millheim, Martin E. Chenevert, F.S. Young Jr. · Society of Petroleum Engineers
The 'red book', on almost every drilling engineer's shelf. The canonical text on the scientific principles of well construction.
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