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720 Drilling and Well Completions
Table 4-74
Popular Hole and Drill Collar Sizes [39]
Soft formation
3%" OD x 1%" ID with 2%' PAC or
2%" Reg.
4%'
OD x 2' ID with 2%" IF
4%" OD x 2%" ID with 3%' IF
6" OD x 29&? ID with 4' IF or 4" H-90
6%" OD x 2'%6" ID with 4" IF
6%; OD x Z1*9&." ID with 4" IF or
4% IF
7" OD x 21!# ID with 4%" IF or 5"
H-90
8" OD x 21Jis' ID with 6%" Reg.
7' OD x 2YA" ID with 4%" IF or 5"
H-90
8" OD x 21s%$ju ID with 6%" Reg.
8" OD x 2u4" ID with 6%" H-DO or
6%" Reg.
8" OD x 294'
6%" Reg.
Drill collar ires md connections
ID with 6%" H-90 or
Bard formations
3%" OD x 1%" ID with 2%" PAC
or 2%" Reg.
4?i" OD x 2' ID with 334' XH or
2%" IF
5"-5%" OD x 2" ID with 3%" IF
6%" or 6%" OD x 2" or 2%" ID with
4%" H-90,4" IF O t 4" H-90
6%" or 7' OD x 2%' ID with 5"
H-90 or 434" IF
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7' OD x 2%" ID with 4%" IF or 5"
H-90
8> OD x 2u?" ID with 6%" H-90 or
6%" Reg.
8" OD x 29A6" ID with 6%" H-90 or
6%" Reg.
9" OD x 294" ID with 7%" Reg.
8" OD x 296" ID with 6%" H-90 or
6%" Reg.
9" OD x 21%" ID with 7%: Reg.
10" OD x 2*?Q or 3' ID with 7%"
H-90 or 7%" Reg.
8" OD x ZB46" ID with 6%" 3-90 or
6%" Reg.
9" OD x 2u?" ID with 794" Reg.
lo" OD x 21" or 3" ID with 7%'
H-90 or 7%" Reg.
11" OD x 3" ID with 8%" Reg.
Drill collar programs are the name as for the next reduced hole size.
Abbreviations: Reg. API Regular H-90 - Hughes H-90
IF API Internal Flush
XH - Hughes Xtra Hole
PAC - Phii A. Carnell
Flange of hole sizes commonly used in defpening, workovers and drilling below small hem.
Most planned drlhg will fall witbin this range of hole sizes.
'.Range of hole sizes U gaining popularity because of large number of deep wells being
drilled and because of large production strings needed for high volume wells.
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In highly deviated holes, an excessive torque is encountered with conventional
drill collars; therefore, a heavy wall drill pipe can be used to supply part of
the required weight.
The required length of drill collars can be obtained from
(4-50)