Ted Byrom is a Consulting Engineer with over 50 years of experience in the industry, primarily in drilling, completion, and well intervention. After completing his BSc degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M, he began his professional career with Unocal eventually becoming a district drilling superintendent. He later earned his MSc and PhD degrees in aerospace engineering, both from Texas A&M University, while teaching numerical methods and finite element methods at Texas A&M and doing research at NASA Langley Research Center, University of Virginia and the Center for Mechanics of Composites. After working with Oryx as Drilling Technology Consultant, he formed his own consulting agency in 1994, and is also currently a course designer and instructor for Petroskills developing and teaching courses on horizontal well technology, coiled tubing, cementing, and casing design. Byrom has co-authored one other textbook on finite element methods and is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas, a member of ASME, a Legion of Honor Member of SPE, and a recipient of an SPE Outstanding Technical Editor Award for the SPE Drilling and Completion Journal.

"An excellent book in a leading and complex topic of casing and liners for drilling and completion. This book has so much to offer to a wide community of drilling, geotechnical, mechanical and production engineers as well as research students." --Reza Looyeh, Project Manager

• 1. Introduction2. Casing Depth and Size Determination3. Pressure Loads4. Design Loads and Casing Selection5. Installing Casing6. Casing Performance7. Directional and Horizontal WellsAppendix A. Notation, Symbols and ConstantsAppendix B. Units and Material PropertiesAppendix C. Basic MechanicsAppendix D. Basic HydrostaticsAppendix E. Borehole EnvironmentAppendix F. Summary of Useful Formulas

Ted Byrom is a Consulting Engineer with over 50 years of experience in the industry, primarily in drilling, completion, and well intervention. After completing his BSc degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M, he began his professional career with Unocal eventually becoming a district drilling superintendent. He later earned his MSc and PhD degrees in aerospace engineering, both from Texas A&M University, while teaching numerical methods and finite element methods at Texas A&M and doing research at NASA Langley Research Center, University of Virginia and the Center for Mechanics of Composites. After working with Oryx as Drilling Technology Consultant, he formed his own consulting agency in 1994, and is also currently a course designer and instructor for Petroskills developing and teaching courses on horizontal well technology, coiled tubing, cementing, and casing design. Byrom has co-authored one other textbook on finite element methods and is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas, a member of ASME, a Legion of Honor Member of SPE, and a recipient of an SPE Outstanding Technical Editor Award for the SPE Drilling and Completion Journal.

"An excellent book in a leading and complex topic of casing and liners for drilling and completion. This book has so much to offer to a wide community of drilling, geotechnical, mechanical and production engineers as well as research students." --Reza Looyeh, Project Manager

• 1. Introduction2. Casing Depth and Size Determination3. Pressure Loads4. Design Loads and Casing Selection5. Installing Casing6. Casing Performance7. Directional and Horizontal WellsAppendix A. Notation, Symbols and ConstantsAppendix B. Units and Material PropertiesAppendix C. Basic MechanicsAppendix D. Basic HydrostaticsAppendix E. Borehole EnvironmentAppendix F. Summary of Useful Formulas