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
Slurry Yield
The volume of slurry produced when one sack of cement is mixed with the desired amount of water and other additives, usually expressed in units of m3/kg or ft3/sk (sack). This value is then used to calculate the number of sacks required to achieve the desired fill-up in the annulus.
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