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I IADC Drilling Manual Copyright O 2015 {il IABC
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The |ADC Drilling Monuol is a series of reference guides ossembled by volunteer drilling-industry professionols with
expertise sponning o broad range of topics. These volunteers contributed their time, energt ond knowledge in developing
the \ADC Drilling Monual, 12th edition, to help focilitote sofe and elficient drilling operations, troining, and equipment
mo i nteno n ce ond repo i r.
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This is Votume 1 of the two-volume edition of the IADC Drilling Manuol oftempts to bring the best information on drilling
technotogt ond proctices to rig crews, drilling engineers and rig mondgement. The monuol uses block-ond-white and
full-color imoges, videos, chor9 and tobles to complement the text.
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Each of the 26 chopters of the IADC Drilling Manuol is denoted by a two-letter code, "DS" for Drill String, for exomple.
Pages, videos and iltustrations ore all described with this two-letter designotion. For exomple, "Figure DS-3" indicotes the
third figure in the Dritt String chapter. These codes qre olso listed on the tob dividers seporoting the chopters. The codes
The \ADC Drilling Manuol will be on evergreen document Should any reoder see on opportunity to improve this monual,
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I lmportant information
I The contents of this monual should not replace or toke precedence over monufocturer, operotor or individual drilling
compony recommendotions, policies or procedures. ln jurisdictions where the contents of the IADC Drilling Monuol moy
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conflict with regionol, stote or notionol stotute or regulation, IADC strongly advises adhering to locol rules.
While IADC believes the informotion presented is occurote os of the dote of publication, each reoder is responsible for
his own relionce, reosonoble or otherwise, on the informotion presented. Reoders should be owore thot technologlt
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ond proctices odvonce quickly, ond the subjea mofter discussed herein moy quickly become surpossed. lf professional
engineering expertise is required, the seruices of a competent individuol or firm should be sought. Neither IADC nor the
lr contributors to this chapter worront or guordntee thot opplicotion of any theory, concept, method or action described
in this book will leod to the result desired by the reoder.
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