A model that simulates how drilling fluids, or muds, behave and influence the stability of oil wells has been developed by KAUST researchers. Their findings could inform new safety protocols and the ...

Every drilled oil and gas well is a quiet chemical battleground. Water-based drilling mud, the workhorse fluid that cools the ...

Lone Star Drills, a division of Little Beaver Inc. and manufacturer of portable drilling equipment, upgraded its LS200H and LS200H+ model drills with a Flomax 10 mud pump powered by an 8-hp Honda ...

Vermeer's new SA400 mud pump continuously delivers drilling-fluid flow at any pump speed during drill operations. With the addition of the 350-hp SA400, Vermeer now offers pipeline contractors a ...

Kazem Javanmardi, Ken D. Flodberg Shell Offshore Inc. New Orleans James J. Nahm Shell Development Co. Houston A new mud-to-cement conversion technology has eliminated mud displacement problems, ...

The key to stemming the stream of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico may be as clear as mud. Spill officials said this morning that blasting the leaking well with "heavy drilling mud" seem to be ...

Mud engineering designs, executes, and continuously optimizes the drilling fluid system to control subsurface pressures, stabilize the wellbore, remove cuttings, cool/lubricate the bit and BHA, ...