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 […]
25 July 2017

Monkeyboard

The derrickman’s working platform. As pipe or tubing is run into or out of the hole, the derrickman must handle the top end of the pipe, […]