Determining the critical or optimum mud weight is not an easy task, especially when drilling horizontal wells. Drilling mud weight is an important factor in drilling, demanding significant attention ...

Mud logging is the real-time surface monitoring and interpretation of cuttings, drilling parameters, and mud gas to support safe, efficient drilling and formation evaluation during well construction.

Getting filthy might not be everyone’s idea of rigorous engineering, but for Ford Australia’s team, it’s just another day on the proving ground. In their latest round of development testing, the ...

The lawsuit alleges Acosta ignored the heavier mud weight used in dozens of other successful wells drilled into the Woodford Formation in Pittsburg County. Red Mountain also consulted with other ...

Mud logging is the real-time “eyes and ears” of the wellbore during drilling—critical for kick detection, formation evaluation at bit time, operational optimization, and regulatory reporting. It ...

Oil and Gas Development Co. Ltd. Geologically realistic models generated from raw seismic velocities can predict pore pressure and fracture gradients useful in designing safe, economic predrill mud ...