Will Petty discusses his AADE paper on mechanical specific energy and lubricant performance evaluation. 

This short series will walk us through AES technical papers presented at the AADE National Technical Conference and Exhibition. First up is Richard Toomes, who shares his paper on horseshoe well design. 

How are lubricant providers cheating on cheese? Matt and Justin discuss ways to mitigate cheese - and why some of them have some serious downside. 

X-ray diffraction or XRD is a helpful tool, but how does it work? Where is it useful? Justin and Matt break it down. 

There is a tendency to look at the cost of a barrel of mud in isolation. Justin and Matt talk about the big picture and other cost factors to consider in the drilling program. 

Corrosion is inevitable, but you can slow it down. Matt and Justin run through the basics.

Josh Young of Bison Interests talks tariffs and market uncertainty with Matt. 

There is a lot of interest in nanoparticles and how they impact fluid properties. What are they and what can these tiny particles do?

The AADE NTCE is coming! Justin and Matt give a preview and hope to see you there!

How heavy can you go? What's a practical maximum mud weight and what makes it so difficult as you weight up? Justin and Matt discuss.