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oil-base mud
Oil & gas; Drilling
An invert-emulsion mud, or an emulsion whose continuous phase is oil. In the past, the term referred to an oil mud containing less than about 5 vol. % water. This definition, at ...
bicenter bit
Oil & gas; Drilling
An integral bit and eccentric reamer used to simultaneously drill and underream the hole.
Garrett Gas Train
Oil & gas; Drilling
An instrument used for quantitative analyses of sulfides and carbonates. Specific test methods have been published by API. The oil-mud procedure analyzes active sulfides and uses ...
saltwater flow
Oil & gas; Drilling
An influx of formation water, usually salty and sometimes hard, into the mud in the wellbore. Saltwater flows contaminate freshwater or seawater muds, making it expensive, ...
capillary tube viscometer
Oil & gas; Drilling
An instrument for measuring the viscosity of a fluid by passing the fluid at a known pressure gradient or velocity through a length of tubing of known diameter. The viscosity of ...
directional driller
Oil & gas; Drilling
An individual trained in the science and art of intentionally drilling a well along a predetermined path in three-dimensional space, usually involving deviating the well from ...
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