Mud rotary is one of the most utilized drilling methods around the world. A drilling company can choose to use the most basic ways to complete a job or coordinate with a mud engineer to create a drilling fluid program. A suitable fluids program requires proper testing and continuous addition of fluid products to maintain drilling fluid properties.
Last month, I found myself rehashing my old roots as a mud engineer. National Driller editor Jeremy Verdusco and I interviewed two different drilling fluid companies and their mud veterans in the video series “Drilling In-Site.” After the two videos aired, I got several questions about drilling fluid programs and mud testing from folks in the field and figured I’d answer them here too.