Basic Mud Logging by Sperry-Sun Drilling Services
Contents
WELL PLANNING
OPERATING COMPANY
DRILLING CONTRACTOR
DRILLING SERVICE COMPANIES
LOGISTICAL SUPPORT SERVICES
DRILLING PROGRAMME
RIG TYPES & COMPONENTS
LAND RIGS
OFFSHORE RIGS
a) JACK-UP RIGS
b) SEMI-SUBMERSIBLES
c) DRILL SHIPS
D. PLATFORM RIGS
THE DRILLING TYPES
LAND RIG COMPONENTS
RIG PERSONNEL
THE DRILLING MUD
TYPES OFMUD
MUD PROPERTIES TERMENOLOGY
Density
Rheology
Funel Viscosity
Plastic viscosity
Yield point
Gel strength
pH
Filtration
Alkalinity
Chloride Content
Calcium
RIG PROCESSES
DRILLING
a) Normal drilling
b) Directional Drilling
(c) Drilling to total depth (TD)
CORING
a) Conventional coring
b) Sidewall coring
TRIPPING
STUCK PIPE
FISHING
WIRELINE LOGGING (ELECTRIC) LOGGING
CASING
CEMENT
COMPLETING THE WELL & SETTING PRODUCTION CASING
PERFORATING PRODUCTION CASING
DRILL STEM TEST (DST
ACIDIZING
FRACTURING
INSTALLING THE CHRISTMAS TREE
MUD LOGGING DEFINITION
TYPES OF MUD LOGGING UNITS
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
THE MUD LOGGING THEORY & LAG
SAMPLE COLLECTION AND DESCRIPTION
PREPARATION FOR COLLECTION OF CUTTING SAMPLE
SHAKER SAMPLES
SAMPLE DESCRIPTIONS
Rock Types
DESCRIBING AND LOGGING OIL SHOWS
SOME CRITERIA & PROCEDURES FOR ROCK &MINERAL IDENTIFICATION
Testing Methods
GENERAL REMARKS ON SAMPLE ESCRIPTION
CONTAMINATION OF CUTTINGS
GAS SYSTEM
GAS CURVE
TYPES OF RECORDED GASES
GAS DETECTION AND ANALYSIS
MONITORING EQUIPMENT
GAS TRAP ASSEMBLY
FID GAS DETECTOR
FID GAS CHROMATOGRAPH
SENSORS
SENSORS SPECIFICATIONS
HOOK LOAD SENSOR
TORQUE SENSORS
Electric torque type
Mechanical torque type
STANDPIPE AND CHOKE PRESSURE SENSORS
ANALOG ROTARY SPEED SENSOR
PIT VOLUME SENSORS
.FLOW OUT SENSORS
.MUD TEMPERATURE SENSORS
.MUD DENSITY SENSOR
MUD CONDUCTIVITY
SENSOR
DEPTH SENSOR
PUMP STROKE SENSOR
DIGITAL ROTARY SPEED SENSOR
.GAS TRAP ASSEMBLY
HYDROGEN SULPHIDE GAS DETECTOR - H2S
DOWN LOAD
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