Regardless of whether one is drilling a foundation drilled shaft, vertical well or doing a horizontal directional drilling project, contractors require a lot out of a drilling fluid or slurry.

I was asked a question that I thought might be timely for the December (end of the year) issue.

Drilling a well may seem at first glance to be a simple undertaking, but those of us in the drilling industry have come to know that it can be fairly complicated.