Mud Logging

Mud logging is the process of collecting, analyzing and recording the meaningful solids, fluids, and gasses brought to the surface by the drilling fluid (mud). The mud logger keys all of his data to the geolograph on the rig floor.

What is Mud Logging?

Mud logging provides subsurface geological information while drilling a well. Mud logging examines and analyzes geological information contained in formation cutting and drilling mud, to determine if oil and gas are encountered during well drilling. Mud logging also provides critical safety function such as determine pore pressure, kick control and ambient gas monitoring. Mud logging is used whole drilling most exploratory and much development wells, both on and off shore.

Mud logging service range from basic unmanned gas detection to sophisticated full serviced, manned operations. Services have evolved to become the inform the well and include electronic monitoring of drilling parameters. These parameters include torque, penetration rate, mud levels, pump speed and third party service provider data.

Basic unmanned services use cost effective mud logging unit that provides simple gas de potentially productive pay zones and enhances drilling safety. The system is configurable for sulphide Hs2 monitoring. The units are equipped with alarms to alerts the user if gas increase problems occur and works in conjunction with data logging and drilling penetration rates.

Mud logging services provides:

• advance drilling monitoring systems capable of gas detection, electronic monitoring and database recording for a full range of drilling parameters on manned or unmanned operations.
• experience crews and additional tools to monitor and analyzes both the geology of the subsurface information and the drilling parameters.
• various combinations of services and crew sizes depending on customer requirement and well complexity.
• a portable laboratory (mud logging unit) that houses the hardware and software (mud logging system)
• analysis conducted at wellsite during the drilling process and samples are returned to the operator after analysis.

Benefit of Mud Logging

Mud logging lowers costs and improves the success rates.

Manned mud logging uses sophisticated system and experience crews, which range from people. Mud Loggers analyzed geological data as well as drilling parameters to identify and or productive hydrocarbon reserves, subsurface formation porosity and formation fractures. The used to make recommendation that optimize drilling paths (geosteering) for maximum reset production. Mud Loggers also look at the filling parameters in conjunction with formation and provide recommendations to improve drilling rates reduce costs and enhance safety.

Our Mud logging Operations Includes:

• wellsite mud logging services;
• integrated interpretation and evaluation services;
• information services;
• geology synthetic study;
• cutting imagery logging; and
• high resolution computer sample observation logging.

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