Water alone cannot adequately suspend, transport drill cuttings out of horizontal holes.

What's the difference between a mud thinner and mud remover?

Video support for drilling mud issues on the jobsite part of a "new normal."

Drillers need to account for loss to viscosity when dialing in mud flow.

Learn the basics of viscosity testing and how to talk fluently about your drilling fluids.

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

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

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

Over the last few years, the popularity of pre-packaged, bentonite-free liquid polymer drilling fluid products has grown in the horizontal directional drilling industry.