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Air drilling
Air drilling—also known as pneumatic percussion drilling[1]—is a technique in which gases, usually compressed air or nitrogen, are used to cool the drill bit and lift the cuttings of a wellbore in place of conventionally used liquids.
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References
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Noteworthy papers in OnePetro
Adewumi, M. A., & Tian, S. 1989. Hydrodynamic Modeling of Wellbore Hydraulics in Air Drilling. Society of Petroleum Engineers. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.2118/19333-MS
Adewumi, M. A., & Tian, S. 1990. Analysis of Air Drilling Hydraulics. Society of Petroleum Engineers. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.2118/21277-MS
Cooper, L. W., Hook, R. A., & Payne, B. R. 1977. Air Drilling Techniques. Society of Petroleum Engineers. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.2118/6435-MS
Hartley, R. C., Weisbeck, D. H., Robert, S., & Smith, M. A. 2011. The Successful Evolution Of An LWD Rotary Steerable System For Air Drilling. Society of Petroleum Engineers. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.2118/140260-MS
Malloy, K. P., Medley, G. H., & Stone, R. 2007. Air Drilling in the Presence of Hydrocarbons: A Time for Pause. Society of Petroleum Engineers. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.2118/108357-MS
Nas, S. W., Gala, D. M., & Cox, P. 2010. Deep Air Drilling Application to Enhance Rate of Penetration in Extremely Hard, Abrasive and High Temperature Environment. Society of Petroleum Engineers. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.2118/132048-MS
Pletcher, J. P., Scarr, A., Smith, J., Swadi, S. N., & Rogers, C. 2010. Application of Air Percussion Drilling Improves Drilling Efficiency in Horizontal Sandstone Wells. Society of Petroleum Engineers. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.2118/135308-MS
Ramalho, J. 2007. Changing the Look and Feel of Underbalanced Drilling. Society of Petroleum Engineers. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.2118/108358-MS
Vieira, P., Lagrandeur, C., & Sheets, K. 2011. Hammer Drilling Technology - The Proved Solution to Drill Hard Rock Formations in the Middle East. Society of Petroleum Engineers. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.2118/140312-MS
Wilhide, S., Smith, J., Doebereiner, D., Raymond, B., Weisbeck, D. H., & Ziemke, B. 2010. First Rotary Steerable System Drilling with Dry Air is Used to Further Improve Low Cost Development of an Unconventional Gas Reservoir. Society of Petroleum Engineers. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.2118/135471-MS
Zhao, Z., Gao, D., & Zheng, D. 2010. Mechanism of Well Deviation in Air Drilling and Its Control. Society of Petroleum Engineers. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.2118/130201-MS
Zhu, H., Lin, Y., Meng, Y., Zhao, S., Liu, D., & Luo, F. 2010. Influence of Relevant Parameters on Hole Cleaning and Pipe String Erosion in Air Drilling. Society of Petroleum Engineers. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.2118/126515-MS
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- ↑ White, Jeff. 2014. ' 'Air Drilling Improves Efficiencies, Cost' '. The American Oil & Gas Reporter, Special Report: Northeast Activity Profile.