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
Slips Velocity
Slip velocity is the velocity of cutting that falls down due to gravitation. In order to effectively clean the hole, effect of mud flow upward direction and mud properties must be greater than cutting slip velocity. Otherwise, cutting will fall down and create cutting bed.
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