
1416 
Index 
Kelly  cock, 621 
lower, 621 
upper, 622 
Key 
seat,  1015, 1081 
Kick 
causes of,  1100 
control procedures,  1101, 1102 
driller’s method,  1106-1 109 
engineer’s method,  1107, 1109, 
maximum borehole pressure, 
maximum casing pressure, 
volumetric  method,  1107, 
1110 
1112-1 
113 
1111-1112 
1109-1 
11 1 
detection, 1060, 1067 
Kick-off plug,  1228, 1230 
Kickoff point,  1081 
Kinematics,  149-159 
Kinetics,  159-168 
Knuckle joint, 1118, 1120, 1121 
Kurtosis, 93 
coefficient, 94 
L 
Lagrange Polynomials, 66, 69 
Laguerre’s root-squaring method, 70 
Laplace transformation,  48-50 
Layout. 
See 
Site layout 
Lead angle,  1081 
Leak-off  test, 266 
Least squares curve fitting, 76-78 
Lignite  mud,  667 
Lignosulfonate  freshwater mud, 667, 
Limbs of a fold, 249 
Lime mud 
inverse, 
50 
669 
composition and applications, 669 
excess in oil mud, 662 
Limiting reactant, 334 
Linear equation, 24, 57 
Linear flow system, 259 
Linear multivariate  model,  106 
Linear polarization instruments, 1312 
Liner hanger,  1218-1219 
Liners 
cementing,  1177, 1218-1223 
manufacturing process,  1132 
offshore operations,  1367 
Liners, pit, burial 
of, 
1360 
Link adapter, inspection and 
maintenance,  546 
Linked lists,  112 
Linkers and loaders (computer), 
131 
Liquid hydrocarbon fuel, properties 
Liquid penetrant  examination, 542 
Lithology, MWD/LWD  logs, 1005 
Loading configurations 
of, 
324-325 
thin-walled pressure vessels, 
torsion 
of 
a cylinder,  188-189 
transverse loading of beam, 190-193 
193-194 
Local-action cell,  1271 
Local-action current,  1271 
Locked-rotor current, 407 
Logarithms, 21-22 
Logging while  drilling system 
applications 
drilling mechanics,  1015-1029 
rock mechanical  properties, 
directional  drilling,  1071-1077 
drilling safety,  1067-1070 
gamma ray log, 971-974, 979, 982, 
984 
horizontal drilling and 
geosteering, 1070- 107 
1 
neutron-density  log, 985-990 
resistivity log, 974, 977-984 
vs.  wireline logs,  1077-1078 
Logical data type,  110, 114 
Lost circulation plug,  1228, 1231 
Lower heating value, 359 
Lower kelly  valve, 621, 623 
Lubinski, 
A., 
734, 735, 763 
Lubrication 
1029- 1036 
in rotary screw compressor, 491 
sling line, 516 
of 
wire rope, 577, 585 
after socket attachment, 594 
Lumber, allowable unit stresses for, 208 
LWD. 
See 
Logging while drilling 
system 
M 
McClendon, 
R., 
1045 
Machine,  149 
Magnetic circuits, 288 
Magnetic declination,  1081