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synthetic-base mud
Oil & gas; Drilling
Nonaqueous, water-internal (invert) emulsion muds in which the external phase is a synthetic fluid rather than an oil. This and other more minor changes in formulations have made ...
low-yield clay
Oil & gas; Drilling
Native clays that are generally unsuitable for use in a clay-based drilling mud. Low-yield clays are considered to be drill solids, although they may give high values for ...
sized salt
Oil & gas; Drilling
NaCl solid particles that have a specified minimum and maximum range of particle sizes and may also have a specified distribution of sizes. Sized salt is used as a bridging agent ...
parametric
Oil & gas; Drilling
Pertaining to variation of the frequency while maintaining the geometry of electromagnetic surveying. In contrast, geometric pertains to keeping the same geometry while varying ...
depth matched
Oil & gas; Drilling
Pertaining to two or more logging curves that have been aligned in depth. Logs recorded on different runs will not be exactly aligned at all depths because of the difficulty of ...
through-flowline (TFL)
Oil & gas; Drilling
Pertaining to treatments performed on subsea wells where the fluids and associated pump-down equipment, such as plugs or darts, are pumped through the flowline normally used for ...
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