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Know Mostly used Drilling Rig Acronyms

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Drilling rig operation report also called daily drilling report or DDR contain several acronyms. These acronyms minimize drilling report size and make it easy to read and understand. Without these abbreviation drilling report will look massive text contents and reader will feel boring.

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Type of mud losses while oil and gas well drilling

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We have following types of mud losses while well drilling on drilling rig. Seepage losses These are down hole losses ranging from 2 to 10 bbl per hour. Partial losses are easy to manage as drilling rig mud system mixing hopper is capable to build up more mud to continue drilling.

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Mud tanks Miscellaneous components

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Mud funnel is used to measure mud viscosity Trip Tank Is 50 to 60 bbl tank used to monitor well while RIH and POOH, Active tank Is mud tank from where mud is sucked and pump to well and is same tank where return come back. Mud balance It is used to measure mud weight in pcf or ppg. Mud cup and mud funnel Mud cup is used to collect mud sample.

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