18 July 2017

Marine drilling riser

A tubular conduit serving as an extension of the wellbore from the equipment on the wellhead at the seafloor to a floating drilling rig.
18 July 2017

Marsh funnel

A calibrated funnel commonly used in field tests to determine the viscosity of drilling mud.
18 July 2017

Mast

A portable derrick that is capable of being raised as a unit, as distinguished from a standard derrick, which cannot be raised to a working position […]
18 July 2017

Master bushing

A device that fits into the rotary table to accommodate the slips and drive the kelly bushing so that the rotating motion of the rotary table […]
18 July 2017

Maximum anticipated surface pressure (MASP)

MASP is the calculated maximum internal pressure that the blow-out preventer (BOP) and related equipment will be subject to while conducting well operations. MASP establishes pressure […]
18 July 2017

Mechanical rig

A drilling rig in which the source of power is one or more internal-combustion engines and in which the power is distributed to rig components through […]
18 July 2017

Mechanized roughneck

A machine that integrates the function of a spinning wrench and a torque wrench to make up and break out drill pipe connections. These machines evolved […]
18 July 2017

Metocean

Meteorological and oceanographic data, such as wind, wave, water current, and tidal condition measurements.
18 July 2017

Mill

A downhole tool with rough, sharp, extremely hard cutting surfaces for removing metal by grinding or cutting. Mills are run on drill pipe or tubing to […]
18 July 2017

Mix mud

To prepare drilling fluids from a mixture of water or other liquids and any one or more of the various dry mud making materials (such as […]
20 October 2021

Mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU)

A vessel capable of engaging in drilling operations for the exploration for or exploitation of resources beneath the seabed such as liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons, sulphur […]