Drilling Industry Glossary
magnetometer
make a connection
make up
make up a joint
make up torque
make up water: chlorides
making a trip
making hole
making up a joint
marsh viscosity
MD
mean sea level (MSL)
mechanical jar
methylene blue
micro-annulus
migration
mixing mud
monkey board
mouse hole
mud
mud alkalinity
mud cake
mud ditch
mud engineer
mud line
mud magnet
mud pump
mud report
mud tanks
mud type
mud weight
Make Up
- To assemble and join parts to form a complete unit (for example, to make up a string of drill pipe).
- To screw together two threaded pieces. Compare break out.
- To mix or prepare (for example, to make up a tank of mud).
- To compensate for (for example, to make up for lost time).
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