Drilling mud, also known as drilling fluid, is a heavy, sticky fluid mixture extensively used in oil & gas drilling operations to carry rock cuttings to the surface. It also helps to lubricate the drill and acts as a coolant. Due to hydrostatic pressure, the drilling mud in O&G wells also prevents unstable debris and […]
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GRE Casing is an essential material in the oil & gas industry. It’s used extensively in various applications. Casing pipes and pipe strings experience large amounts of pressure, making them susceptible to general wear and tear. Things can go south pretty fast if the two fail to operate altogether. It is important to evaluate the
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OCTG stands for Oil Country Tubular Goods, mainly referring to the various piping products extensively used in oil & gas production and drilling activities. Equipment such as drill pipes, steel casing pipes, tubing pipes, couplings, connections, and accessories majorly form the OCTG group. OCTG casing and tubing, in particular, is a popular type of steel pipe
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Oil and gas pipelines are expensive, important, and significant infrastructural components for any country or state because they are considered one of the safest and most cost-effective ways to transport various petroleum products. However, pipeline leakages or malfunctioning can result in widespread environmental damage, economic loss, and chaos to the entire ecosystem. Therefore, it is necessary
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Mud logging is an important technique for inferring lithology in the gas and oil exploration sector. It refers to the method where a borehole is drilled, and rock chips are brought to the surface by circulating drilling mud to analyze the sample, which is why it’s also widely known as surface logging. The name takes
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Gas and oil remain vital sources for powering the world. Global energy consumption has grown at an average rate of 4.7% annually, with fossil fuel consumption crossing nearly 487 exajoules in 2021. However, new oil and gas reserve discovery is decreasing as oil consumption continues to rise despite efforts to adopt renewable energy sources. Geologists in the
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Cuttings refer to the small rock pieces chipped by the bit during the well drilling process. The mud stream transports these rock fragments to the surface from the bit where they’re ‘caught’ to be analyzed. These cuttings are essential since they’re often the only physical lithological data recovered from wells. The data is used as
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Forecasts about the oil and gas industry’s future point toward a rapid rise in demand worldwide. Estimates reveal the demand is likely to rise by an average of 2.1% annually, with oil accounting for 37.6% of the global energy mix by 2030. The share of gas is expected to increase by 28%, up from the 22% current
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Pipeline corrosion costs the O&G industry $1.43 billion annually to fix. The figure rises even more amid increased recovery efforts from older fields using metal pipes. However, the stronger mechanical properties of composite pipes compared to unreinforced alternatives have made them a popular choice in marine, petrochemical, O&G, and many other sectors worldwide. The upsurge in thermoplastic
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