Any changes in the properties of Drilling Mud can be a warning of a potential Drilling hazard. These can be expensive in lost Rig Time and potentially dangerous to Well-site personnel yet the vital parameters of Mud Weight and Mud Viscosity are only 'Batch Tested' by the labour intensive Marsh Funnel and Mud Balance.
Many other Drilling Parameters are continually
monitored, from Stand Pipe Pressure to Rotary torque, from Pit levels
to Gas content yet the Industry relies on a procedure developed in the
50s to monitor the Mud.
The focus of Mud Automatics is to develop equipment
that improves on current techniques used in the monitoring of any Drilling
Fluid. They are,
Both monitor CONTINUALLY and in REAL TIME by generating
electrical signals that can be displayed locally (i.e. the Mud Pits) or
remotely (i.e. the Driller's Console) and the data can be collected and
stored for future reference.
Mud Automatics have also developed a UNIQUE and
COMPACT in-line Degasser