18 July 2017

Mud gun

A device that shoots a jet of drilling mud under high pressure into the mud pit to mix additives with the mud or to agitate the […]
18 July 2017

Mud logging

The recording of information derived from examination and analysis of formation cuttings made by the bit and of mud circulated out of the hole. A portion […]
18 July 2017

Mud man

See mud engineer.
25 July 2017

Mud pit

Originally, an open pit dug in the ground to hold drilling fluid or waste materials discarded after the treatment of drilling mud. For some drilling operations, […]