Mud Conditioning Simple Guide For Better Cementing
Drilling muds are designed to facilitate drilling operations and provide proper cuttings transport. They are not necessarily conducive to efficient mud displacement, logging, or completion operations. Therefore, it is often necessary to condition the mud (i.e., to modify its properties). Before placing cement in the wellbore, two mud characteristics can be changed—density and rheology. The required adjustments vary according to the particular situation.

Why Mud Conditioning Is Important?
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