We’re back at work and there are a lot of new faces at the rig site. What can you do as a mud engineer to make things with your derrick hand go as smoothly as possible?

We’re back at work and there are a lot of new faces at the rig site. What can you do as a mud engineer to make things with your derrick hand go as smoothly as possible?

It’s been a while since we’ve talked about the whole fluid circulating system. Justin and Matt go back to basics to discuss the tanks and volumes that hold drilling fluids.  

It’s been a while since we’ve talked about the whole fluid circulating system. Justin and Matt go back to basics to discuss the tanks and volumes that hold drilling fluids.  

You’re about to come out of the hole. Is the mud in good shape? Should you treat now or just wait until you’re back on bottom? Justin and Matt discuss.

You’re about to come out of the hole. Is the mud in good shape? Should you treat now or just wait until you’re back on bottom? Justin and Matt discuss.

Flipping things around from last week, what are things to think about when you are drilling with brine and decide to make the change to oil-based mud?

Displacing from brine to OBM during drilling:

Flipping things around from last week, what are things to think about when you are drilling with brine and decide to make the change to oil-based mud?

Consider a scenario where you are losing valuable oil-based mud while drilling. What are some of the risks to swapping to brine to reduce your losses?

Consider a scenario where you are losing valuable oil-based mud while drilling. What are some of the risks to swapping to brine to reduce your losses?