Flipped:

In an invert water-in-oil emulsion, the emulsion is said to be flipped when the continuous and dispersed phases reverse.

Terms Related to Flipped

• Emulsion

  A mixture in which one liquid, termed the dispersed phase, is uniformly distributed (usually as minute globules) in another liquid, called the continuous phase or ...

• Oil-emulsion mud

  A water-base mud in which water is the continuous phase and oil is the dispersed phase. The oil is spread out, or dispersed, in the ...

• Nonconductive mud

  Any drilling fluid, usually oil-base or invert-emulsion muds, the continuous phase of which does not conduct electricity, e.g., oil.

• Emulsifying agent

  A material that causes water and oil to form an emulsion. Water normally occurs separately from oil; if, however, an emulsifying agent is present, the ...

• Oil-in-water emulsion mud

  Any conventional or special water-base mud to which oil has been added. The oil becomes the dispersed phase and may be emulsified into the mud ...

• Water-in-oil emulsion

  See invert-emulsion mud, water loss, fluid loss.

• Flow-line treating

  Process of separating, or breaking down, an emulsion into oil and water in a vessel or tank on a continuous basis (i.e., no interruption of ...