At-a-Glance: Become a mud engineer (drilling fluids engineer) by combining core science/engineering education, “mud school” training, safety certifications (offshore/onshore), and 12–24 months of ...

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Preferred: Bachelor’s in petroleum, chemical, mechanical engineering, geology, or chemistry. Acceptable for trainee: 2-year technical diploma or strong lab/field background plus fluids school ...

Rig-site fluid test automation has lagged automated drilling technology and is now a bottleneck to real-time drilling diagnostics and decisions. A new automated mud skid (AMS) addresses this gap by ...

Unocal Thailand Ltd. has established a lime-free, oil-based drilling fluid system as the best option for drilling wells with high bottomhole temperatures and where invasions of CO 2 and other acidic ...