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At-a-Glance: Mud engineers (drilling fluids engineers) typically combine a science/engineering foundation, a 2–4 week “mud school,” and core safety tickets (H2S, well control, offshore/onshore safety) ...

This is a 1964 map of Tuttle Creek Lake from the map collection of Operations Project Manager Brian McNulty, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Since this map was printed, so much sediment has ...

Rig-site fluid test automation has lagged automated drilling technology and is now a bottleneck to real-time drilling diagnostics and decisions. A new automated mud skid (AMS) addresses this gap by ...

At-a-Glance: Become a mud engineer (drilling fluids engineer) by combining core science/engineering education, “mud school” training, safety certifications (offshore/onshore), and 12–24 months of ...

Unocal Thailand Ltd. has established a lime-free, oil-based drilling fluid system as the best option for drilling wells with high bottomhole temperatures and where invasions of CO 2 and other acidic ...