Episodes

The oilfield uses a lot of globally sourced materials, and that requires moving them around. Justin and Matt talk ocean freight and the factors tied to rising costs.

What is driving rail costs? How does it impact product logistics? Justin and Matt run through some of the latest figures and factors.

Trucking rates continue to rise. Fuel is part of it, but Justin and Matt break down several other factors that make getting materials to the rig more challenging.

What are the common characteristics of weight material? Justin and Matt talk barite and a few other materials.

How do you rate performance? By well? By pad? By area? Justin and Matt discuss the application and limitation of drilling fluid performance benchmarks.

Get ready for a word salad! Justin and Matt run through wellbore stability terms and break down why it's so challenging to develop accurate models.

There are a lot of purported reasons to use a base oil, but how do those claims stack up? Justin and Matt try to break down how base oils are chosen.

How much oil? How much water? What do they have to do with solids and flow properties? Justin and Matt break it down.

Justin and Matt run through some things to think for hole cleaning about when the hole starts giving you trouble.

Justin and Matt visit with a few of our esteemed summer interns

Directional companies: let's talk more. Absurd third-party lab reports and bizarre claims about fluid aren't helping our customers.

Excess oil-based mud volume can impact both drilling efficiency and costs. Tune into this episode of The #Flowline as Justin and Matt discuss what causes excess volume and how proper mud management can help optimize operations.

Tune into this episode of The #Flowline as Justin and Matt discuss the role of Managed Pressure Drilling in long laterals and the benefits it brings to today's complex drilling environments.

When it comes to fluid loss control, what is the nature of a quality filter cake. Justin and Matt discuss filtercake formation and fluid loss relationships.

How do you know a product is what you say it is? Justin and Matt talk about the established practices to ensure quality products make it to the rig.