LET'S TALK ABOUT MUD

摘要

I know what you're thinking: "Not another column about drilling mud!" Well, I'm here to tell you drilling mud doesn't get the respect or attention it deserves. It can even be exciting! I hope to provide new insight on drilling mud, or more correctly, engineered drilling fluid, by way of this column.So here we go with my bio. My name is Jeff Blinn and I have been a professional mud engineer for most of the past 43 years. I attended the Magcobar Drilling Fluids mud school in the first quarter of 1978 after graduating from the University of Arizona with a degree in geology.My first posting as a new mud engineer was in Grants, New Mexico, as a field sales engineer for Magcobar's mining and water well division supporting uranium exploration drilling. As the exploration programs wound down, I was transferred to Long Beach, California, as a mud engineer in the oil well drilling fluids group. I then had a transfer to Elko, Nevada, to support oil and gas exploration for Magcobar.