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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Gelfgat, Yakov A.

Advanced drilling solutions: lessons from the FSU / by Yakov A. Gelfgat, Mikhail Y. Gelfgat, and Yuri S. Lopatin
p. cm.
Includes index

1. Oil well drilling Russia (Federation) 2. Oil well drilling Former Soviet Republics.
I. Gelfgat, Mikhail Y. II. Lopatin, Yuri S. III. Title.
TN871.2 G45 2003
622 ?.3382 ?0947 dc21

2002154490

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Acknowledgments

Yakov A. Gelfgat wrote Chapters 3 and 4. He wrote Chapters 1, 2, and 5 with Mikhail Y. Gelfgat, who also wrote Chapter 7. Yuri S. Lopatin wrote Chapter 6. Boris Volkovoy translated the Russian text written by Yakov Gelfgat and Yuri Lopatin. The authors express their great appreciation for Volkovoy's efforts in finding solutions for difficult-to-translate technical text. Mikhail Gelfgat did the technical review of the English text.

The authors acknowledge the invaluable help of several prominent Russian drilling specialists in commenting, advising, and reviewing different book chapters and...