Manual / Edited by . A. G. Kalinin . - M. : Nedra Business Center, 2001. — 450 s. Issues related to the design of oil and gas well drilling. Typing of geological conditions using small-scale classification sections, the method of reper chisels, the choice of types and design of chisels, calculations of drilling and heavy pipes, layouts of the bottom of drilling columns, casing pipes, parameters of drilling mode. The justification for the choice of the design design of the well, the type of drilling rig, the type of drive of these plants. Recommendations for the selection of the receiving part of production columns, typical well profiles, as well as examples of solving typical problems in drilling wells for liquid and gaseous minerals. For drilling engineers employed in the oil and gas industries. It can be useful for university students when writing term papers and diplomas, as well as for graduate students when working on dissertations .