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RE: CHARACTERIZATION OF CLAY DEPOSITS FOR USE IN DRILLING FLUIDS FORMULATION (Part 1): BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Very good your contribution @tomlee, as I have always said in my publications, drilling mud is very important in drilling activities, since the mud inside the hole is like the blood that circulates through our body. It is also important to highlight reservoir pressures that are handled when drilling some wells, since if they are reservoir with low pressures, it is convenient to drill with fluids under balance, where bentonite does not help much. Greetings, I hope to be soon reading your publications about drilling fluids.
Yeah! Drilling mud is very much needed in the operations of the oil industry especially in drilling. It is then the job of the mud engineer to ensure that the mud is formulated in such a way that it balances the pressure in the reservoir. When the density of the mud is too low, it might lead to blowout because the reservoir pressure will be greater than the hydrostatic pressure in the mud column.