SPE Drilling & Completion

Editorial Review Committee

Senior Technical Editor: Yannis C. Yortsos, University of Southern California

Executive Editor: John N. Mason, BP Exploration Operating Company

Review Chairs: Peringandoor R. Hariharan, Shell; G. Robello Samuel, Halliburton
Drilling, Evaluation & Digital Solutions; Pål Skalle, Norwegian University of Science & Technology; Carl J. Thaemlitz, Halliburton Company; Geoffrey T. Weighill, BP.

Technical Editors:Bernt S. Aadnoy, University of Stavanger; Paul Adair, BP Exploration; William Allen, BP; Md Amanullah, CSIRO Petroleum; Jim Azzola, Thermal Science; Glen Benge, ExxonMobil Corporation; J. Ben Bloys, Chevron Corporation;  Jay W. Bruton, BP America; Curtis Cheatham, Weatherford International; Jonggeun Choe, Seoul National University; David E. Clark, Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids; Jose C. Cunha, University of Alberta; Rapier Dawson, ExxonMobil Drilling; Barkim Demirdal, University of Alberta; Rick Dickerson, Chevron; Shawn D. Firenza, National Oilwell Varco; Ivan R. Gil, Itasca Consulting Group; Rune Godoy, Statoil; Dominque Guillot, Schlumberger; Boyun Guo, University of Louisiana; Quanxin Guo, M-I SWACO; Roy Hartley, Aurelian Oil & Gas; A. Terry Hemphill, Halliburton Energy Services Group; Damir Horvat, Arrow Energy; Richard Jachnik, Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids; J. Havard Joranson, Statoil; Sudhendu Kashikar, Schlumberger Oilfield Austalia; Patrick Kenny, Baker Hughes Drilling Fluids; Frans Klever, Shell International E&P; David S. Kulakofsky, Halliburton Company; Ergun Kuru, University of Alberta; Rodger Lacy, Weatherford Completion & Production Systems; Jeff Li, BJ Services Company; Zifeng Li, Yanshan University; Heitor Lima, Petrobras; Xiushan Liu, SINOPEC; Tim P. Long, Chevron; Robert Marsden, Schlumberger; Andre L. Martins, Petrobras; Graham Mensa-Wilmot, DOWDC Bits; Stefan Z. Miska, University of Tulsa; Robert Mitchell, Halliburton Company; Michael R. Morgenthaler, Cutpoint; Rajesh Nair, Chevron Corporation; Edson Y. Nakagawa, CSIRO Petroleum; Paul Paslay, Techaid Corporation; Joao Carlos Placido, Petrobras; Kaibin Qiu, Schlumberger; Albertus Retnanto, Schlumberger; Gareth L. Roberts, Darron Oil Tools; Nicholas Robertson, BP; Henry Rogers, Halliburton Energy Services; Sigbjorn Sangesland, Norwegian University of Science & Technology; Otto Santos, Petrobras; Dan E. Scott, Hughes Christensen Company; Jackie E. Smith, Stress Engineering Services; John Smith, Louisiana State University; Sundaram Srinivasan, Schlumberger; Roderic K. Stanley, NDE Information Consultants; Rick Stone, Signa Engineering Corporation; Wei Tang, Smith International; John L. Thorogood, CJSC Elvary Neftegaz; Robert J. Urbanowski, Grey Wolf Drilling Company; Michael Weatherl, Chevron Corporation; Stephen M. Willson, BP America; Warren Winters, BP America; Luo Yuejin, BP Exploration; Christoph Zerbst, SEIC; and Andrew S. Zheng, Schlumberger.