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contamination gas
Oil & gas; Drilling
Gas that is introduced into the drilling mud from a source other than the formation. Contamination gas normally evolves as a by-product of oil-base mud systems and those using ...
drill solids
Oil & gas; Drilling
Formation solids contained in a mud system, generally considered to be detrimental to the drilling operation because they produce high plastic viscosity, yield point and gel ...
dynamic filter press
Oil & gas; Drilling
Equipment used to measure filtration under dynamic conditions. Two commercial dynamic-filtration testers are available, one of which uses a thick-walled cylinder with rock-like ...
clear-water drilling
Oil & gas; Drilling
Drilling operations using a water-base drilling fluid that contains few solids. Clear-water drilling is done in "hard rocks" in which density and fluid loss are not critical. ...
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