Drilling fluids management - Articles - Page 9

Getting your Spoils to Pass the Paint Filter Test

Disposing of Spoils at a Landfill? Time for a Drying Agent

George Dugan

July 20, 2020

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How can drilling contractors get rid of free liquids while staying on budget?

Get Results: Drilling Fluids Tips from the Experts

July 6, 2020

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On episode 7 of Drilling In-Site, we talk to George Dugan and Todd Tannehill about all things drilling fluids.

How to Make Drill, Mud Training Engaging

If it's Required, Why not Make it Interesting?

Jeremy Verdusco

July 3, 2020

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Longtime trainer, mud engineer Jeff Blinn discusses how to best teach on industry topics.

My Mud Weight Keeps Going Up, Even with Big Solids Coming off the Scalper

June 18, 2020

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Host Brock Yordy has tips for drilling solids and mud weight control in the latest Ask Brock, episode 62.

Water and Graphite: A Geothermal Game Changer

For Makeup Water, Think about Quantity

Todd Tannehill

June 10, 2020

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For makeup water, often quantity, not quality, is the issue.

Tips on Bentonite Drilling Fluids and Well Completion

Walking through Products for Drilling Jobs, Start to Finish

Mario Brunet

June 5, 2020

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Columnist walks through products for drilling jobs, start to finish.

Tips for Productivity on HDD Mixing Systems

Todd Tannehill

April 6, 2020

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We are coming out of our heavy horizontal directional drilling (HDD) mud school season and entering the spring start-up.

Tips to Evaluate a Mixed-Metal Fluid System on Drilling Jobs

Greg Plutko

March 13, 2020

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This column goes over a few more ways to evaluate mixed-metal hydroxide (MMH) fluids, and touches on troubleshooting when contractors don't get the results they want.

The Basics of a Mixed-Metal Fluid System for Drilling Jobs

Greg Plutko

February 17, 2020

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Back in early 2000, when I first started working with mixed-metal hydroxide, very few drillers had ever heard this type of fluid and even fewer had ever seen it used.