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 […]

See mud engineer.

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, […]

A large, high-pressure reciprocating pump used to circulate the mud on a drilling rig. A typical mud pump is a two-cylinder, double-acting or a three-cylinder, single-acting […]