Drilling Industry Glossary
salt content water phase
sand content
shoe track (ST)
shut-in bottomhole pressure (SIBHP)
single slurry
sinusoidal buckling
SK
slack-off weight
slips
slip velocity
slurry
slurry yield
snubbing
solids
solids adjusted for salt
soluble solids
spacer
spaghetti
spud date
stand (of pipe)
surface casing
survey
sustained casing pressure (SCP)
sweeps
Sand Content
Sand content (%) is the fraction of solids in a mud estimated by sand test. The sand content in a mud system is estimated by wet screen analysis using a 200-mesh screen. The test measures the percentage of solids above 74 mm.
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