Slug Mud: It is heavy mud which is used to push lighter mud weight down before pulling drill pipe out of hole. Slug is used when pipe became wet while pulling out of hole.
Normally, 1.5 to 2 PPG over current mud weight is a rule of thumb to decide how much weight of slug should be. For example, current mud weight is 10 PPG. Slug weight should be about 11.5 to 12 PPG.
Normally, slug is pumped to push mud down approximate 200 ft (+/2 stands) and slug volume can be calculated…
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Posted on February 19, 2010 at 7:52am — 6 Comments