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Drilling Mud

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Noun

1. drilling fluid, drilling mud

a mixture of clays and chemicals and water; pumped down the drill pipe to lubricate and cool the drilling bit and to flush out the cuttings and to strengthen the sides of the hole

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Drilling Mud

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noun
a mixture of clays, water, and chemicals pumped down the drill string while an oil well is being drilled to lubricate the mechanism, carry away rock cuttings, and maintain pressure so that oil or gas does not escape

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Drilling Mud

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a suspension of fine-grained mineral matter, usually in water, circulated in oil-well drilling to cool and lubricate the drill bit, plug up porous surfaces, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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