Mud return line:

Also called flow line.

Terms Related to Mud return line

• Bell nipple

  A short length of pipe (a nipple) installed on top of the blowout preventer. The top end of the nipple is flared, or belled, to ...

• Mud-flow indicator

  A device that continually measures and may record the flow rate of mud returning from the annulus and flowing out of the mud return line. ...

• Circulating components

  The equipment included in the drilling fluid circulating system of a rotary rig. Basically, the components consist of the mud pump, rotary hose, swivel, drill ...

• Pig

  1. A flow line clearing device, pumped through the line with normal flow. 2. A scraping tool that is forced through a pipeline or flow ...

• Control line

  A small-diameter hydraulic line used to operate downhole completion equipment such as the surface controlled subsurface safety valve (scssv). Most systems operated by control line operate ...

• Choke line

  1. A pipe attached to the blowout preventer stack out of which kick fluids and mud can be pumped to the choke manifold when a ...

• Flow line

  The surface pipe through which oil travels from a well to processing equipment or to storage.