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  1. Mud -pulse telemetry sees step-change improvement with oscillating shear valves

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    Mon, 23 Jun 2008

    … extensively in numerous publications on mud -pulse telemetry. This work, however, oversimplifies the effects of the mud -pulse channel because it neglects the fact ..... suffers from interfering noise signals ( mud pressure fluctuations induced by mud pumps …

  2. Critical Mud Weight—1: Analytical method predicts critical mud weight in horizontal wells

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    Mon, 3 Oct 2005

    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 ..... directly or indirectly related to drilling mud . For horizontal wells, the situation becomes …

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  1. AFR: E. Java mud flow damage understated

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    Mon, 22 Sep 2008

    … clean-up bill from the world’s largest mud volcano in East Java” because the “disaster ..... problems near the site the day before the mud volcano erupted. “Presuming it paid ..... courses of action to mitigate them: Pipe the mud to the sea at a cost of $1.9 billion …

  2. AFR: Santos understated East Java mud flow damage

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    Wed, 17 Sep 2008

    … clean-up bill from the world's largest mud volcano in East Java" because the "disaster ..... problems near the site the day before the mud volcano erupted. "Presuming it paid 18 ..... of action to mitigate them: -- Pipe the mud to the sea at a cost of $1.9 billion …

  3. Slag/mud mixtures improve cementing operations in China

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    Mon, 23 Dec 1996

    … with proper activators and retarders, solidify mud into an excellent cementing material. In many cases, the slag/ mud slurry outperforms conventional Portland cements in oil and gas wells. Mud conversion to cement technology has been studied …

  5. SILICON-BASED ADDITIVES IMPROVE MUD RHEOLOGY

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    Mon, 10 Aug 1992

    … Oil Institute Moscow Environmentally safe mud additives made from water-soluble combinations ..... agents in certain drilling operations. Mud additives that use these bases - combined ..... substitutes for hydrocarbon components in mud systems. These additives have been found …

  6. TECHNOLOGY Method reduces errors in oil-based mud hydraulic calculations

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    Mon, 24 Mar 1997

    … pressure, friction pressure loss, and mud properties segment by segment. Calculation ..... However, it is almost certain that the mud had been circulated in the well for an extended ..... looked at variations of temperature and mud properties with well depth, friction pressure …

  7. PYRAMID SHAKER SCREENS HELP REDUCE OIL MUD LOSSES

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    Mon, 17 Jul 1995

    … The use of corrugated pyramid screens on a dryer in second stage mud and cuttings cleaning helped recover a large volume of oil-based drilling mud to save more than $60,000 in mud costs. Amoco Sharjah Oil Co. has conducted an extensive drilling …

  8. MUD BASED CEMENTING MATERIAL CUTS DRILLING COSTS

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    Mon, 26 Oct 1992

    … consists of blast furnace slag and drilling mud . Shell said it can save operators thousands ..... Shell Offshore Inc. has used the drilling mud conversion technology in more than 70 wells ..... Mexico. Shell presented details of the mud conversion technology at the American Association …

  9. Critical Mud Weight-Conclusion: Analysis identifies safe mud weights for horizontal wells

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    Mon, 17 Oct 2005

    … analysis delineates the boundaries for safe mud weights as a function of different formation ..... main factors that influence the critical mud weight, above which a formation may fracture ..... Also the pressure exerted by the drilling mud , wellbore inclination and orientation …

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