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
Solids
Solids (%) is the fraction of solid in the mud. The solid, such as barite or hematite, is used to increase the density of mud. Usually, solids (both high and low gravity solids) are reported as lbm/bbl or vol %.
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