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2. Mud engineer - Wikipedia

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   The mud engineer (or drilling fluids engineer) is usually a graduate of a university, college, or technical institute with a focus on chemical, mineral, or mining engineering. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] However, it is also possible to start with a high school diploma and work alongside a mud engineer, gradually gaining experience on the job and working one's ...

3. Petroleum engineering - Wikipedia

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   Drilling fluid engineers A mud engineer (correctly called a Drilling Fluids Engineer, but most often referred to as the "Mud Man") works on an oil well or gas well drilling rig, and is responsible ensuring the properties of the drilling fluid, also known as drilling mud, are within designed specifications.

4. Drilling engineering - Wikipedia

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   Drilling engineering is a subset of petroleum engineering. [1] Drilling engineers design and implement procedures to drill wells as safely and economically as possible. [1] They work closely with the drilling contractor, service contractors, and compliance personnel, as well as with geologists and other technical specialists.

5. Tool pusher - Wikipedia

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   A tool pusher (sometimes toolpusher, pusher, or The Push) is an occupation within the oil drilling industry.. On a land drilling rig the tool pusher may be rig manager and responsible for all operations, but on drillships and offshore oil rigs, tool pushers are department heads in charge of the drilling department and reporting to the Master or Offshore Installation Manager depending on the ...

6. Glossary of oilfield jargon - Wikipedia

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   Pumper: A worker whose job is to monitor and maintain active oil and gas wells. Rat hole: A hole on the drilling rig floor used to store the kelly and swivel. Roughneck: an honor reserved for the top tier members of a drilling crew. Sidetrack: A planned deviation from a previously drilled section of the wellbore.

7. Drilling rig - Wikipedia

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   Drilling the Bakken Formation in the Williston Basin Large hole drilling rig for blast-hole drilling. A drilling rig is an integrated system that drills wells, such as oil or water wells, or holes for piling and other construction purposes, into the earth's subsurface.