Fluid level:

Terms Related to Fluid level

• Static fluid level

  The level to which fluid rises in a well when the well is shut in.

• Pit-level indicator

  One of a series of devices that continuously monitor the level of the drilling mud in the mud tanks. The indicator usually consists of float ...

• Depth reference

  The point in a well from which depth is measured. Alternatively, the depth reference is the point at which the depth is defined as being ...

• Pit volume totalizer (pvt)

  Trade name for a type of pit-level indicator. See pit-level indicator.

• Regulator

  A device that reduces the pressure or volume of a fluid flowing in a line and maintains the pressure or volume at a specified level.

• Slug the pipe

  To pump a quantity of heavy mud into the drill pipe. Before hoisting drill pipe, it is desirable (if possible) to pump into its top ...

• Circulate

  1. To pass from one point throughout a system and back to the starting point. For example, drilling fluid is circulated out of the suction ...