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• Drilling mud — In geotechnical engineering, drilling mud, also known as spud mud (when beginning the drilling process), is a drilling fluid used to drill boreholes into the earth. Often used while drilling oil and natural gas wells and on exploration drilling… …   Wikipedia

• drilling mud — noun a mixture of clays and chemicals and water; pumped down the drill pipe to lubricate and cool the drilling bit and to flush out the cuttings and to strengthen the sides of the hole • Syn: ↑drilling fluid • Hypernyms: ↑lubricant, ↑lubricator,… …   Useful english dictionary

• Mud logging — Mud log in process. Well logging Gamma ray logging Spontaneous potential logging Resistivity logging Density logging …   Wikipedia

• Drilling fluid — This article is about fluids used when drilling a well. For fluids used with drill bits during metal working, see cutting fluid. Driller pouring a foaming agent down the rod string on a drilling rig In geotechnical engineering, drilling fluid is… …   Wikipedia

• Mud engineer — A mud engineer (correctly called a Drilling Fluids Engineer, but most often referred to as the Mud Man ) works on an oil well or gas well drilling rig, and is responsible ensuring the properties of the drilling fluid, also known as drilling mud,… …   Wikipedia

• Drilling rig — For a detailed diagram of a Petroleum drilling rig, see List of components of oil drilling rigs. Drilling rig preparing rock blasting …   Wikipedia

• Mud weight — Mud weight[1] as described in the oilfield is the density (weight) of the drilling fluid and is normally measured in pounds per gallon (lbm/gal) or (ppg). In the field it is measured using a mud scale or mud balance. In conventional drilling… …   Wikipedia

• Mud balance — A mud balance, also known as a mud scale is a device used to measure the density (weight) of drilling fluid,[1] cement[2] or any type of liquid. The mud balance consists of a graduated beam with a bubble level and a weight slider along its length …   Wikipedia

• Measurement while drilling — Well logging Gamma ray logging Spontaneous potential logging Resistivity logging Density logging Sonic logging Caliper logging Mud logging LWD/MWD v · …   Wikipedia

• Blowout (well drilling) — A blowout is the uncontrolled release of crude oil and/or natural gas from an oil well or gas well after pressure control systems have failed.[1] Prior to the advent of pressure control equipment in the 1920s, the uncontrolled release of oil and… …   Wikipedia

• Underbalanced drilling — Underbalanced drilling, or UBD, is a procedure used to drill oil and gas wells where the pressure in the wellbore is kept lower than the fluid pressure in the formation being drilled. As the well is being drilled, formation fluid flows into the… …   Wikipedia