Slush pit:

See mud pit.

Terms Related to Slush pit

• Mud pump

  A large, high-pressure reciprocating pump used to circulate the mud on a drilling rig. A typical mud pump is a two-cylinder, double-acting or a three-cylinder, ...

• Pool

  In general, the term "pool" is synonymous with the term "reservoir"; however, in certain situations, a pool may consist of more than one reservoir.

• Bradenhead

  An obsolete term for a casinghead.

• Hydrostatic pressure

  The force exerted by a body of fluid at rest. It increases directly with the density and the depth of the fluid and is expressed ...

• Belching

  A slang term to denote flowing by heads

• Wireline survey

  A general term often used to refer to any type of log being run in a well. See log.

• Bradenhead squeeze

  A process used to repair a hole in the casing by pumping cement down tubing or drill pipe. First, the casinghead, or bradenhead, is closed ...