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AES Drilling Fluids — 409 episodes

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Episode 339 | Latest in the Oilfield with Josh Young

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Episode 338 | Geopolitics and Supply Chain Disruptions

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Episode 337 | Decisions Based on High Oil Prices

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Episode 336 | Mud Consultants

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Episode 335 | Mud Weight Window

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Episode 334 | Dilution

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Episode 333 | Pipe Freeing Agents

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Episode 332 | Mud vs Cement

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Episode 331 | What if FITs fail?

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Episode 330 | When to switch out mud?

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Episode 329 | My lubricant isn't working!

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Episode 328 | Reviewing LLM Answers

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Episode 327 | Elastomers

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Episode 326 | Communication between mud company and operator

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Episode 325 | Drilling Beads

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Episode 324 | Decanter Centrifuge

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Episode 323 Merry Christmas!

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Episode 322 | Out of control losses

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Episode 321 | CO2 in Oil-Based Mud

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Episode 320 | AI in the workplace

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Episode 319 | Happy Thanksgiving!

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Episode 318 | Request for Proposal (RFPs)

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Episode 317 | Mud Volume

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Episode 316 | Big Budget vs Small Budget Wells

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Episode 315 | The Oil and Gas landscape

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Episode 314 | Heavy Mud Considerations

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Episode 313 | Energy Agencies

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Episode 312 | Clay Chemistry

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Episode 311 | Multilaterals

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Episode 310 | New Tech and Field Trials

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Episode 309 | Mud school Experience

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Episode 308 | Contaminants in OBM

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Episode 307 | Contaminants in WBM Pt.2

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Episode 306 | Contaminants in WBM

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Episode 305 | Communication in the field

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Episode 304 | Understanding pH

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Episode 303 | Question from LinkedIn

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Episode 302 | Dispersed vs. Non-dispersed

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Episode 301 | Hydraulic Modeling

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Episode 300 | Justin and Matt Get Salty with a Third-Party Lab

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Episode 299 | High Fluid Loss Squeezes

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Episode 298 | Geopolitical effect on oil

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Episode 297 | Trucking and Logistics

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Episode 296 | Troubleshooting

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Episode 295 |AADE Technical Papers: High-Powered Magnets ft. Matt Offenbacher

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Episode 294 |AADE Technical Papers: Mechanical Specific Energy & Lubricant Performance Evaluation ft. Will Petty

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Episode 293 |AADE Technical Papers: Horseshoe Well Design ft. Richard Toomes

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Episode 292 | Cheating on Cheese

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Episode 291 | X-Ray Diffraction

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Episode 290 | The Economics of Drilling Fluids

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Episode 289 | Corrosion

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Episode 288 | Tariffs Talk with Josh Young

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Episode 287 | Nanoparticles

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Episode 286 | AADE

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Episode 285 | High Density Mud

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Episode 280 | Water-Based Mud in Unconventional Wells

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Episode 279 | Sulfonated Asphalt

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Episode 278 | Cold Weather

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Episode 277 | Stuck Pipe

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Episode 276 | Halides

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Episode 275 | Formates

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Episode 274 | Listener Question on Mixed Salts

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Episode 273 | Happy Holidays!

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Episode 272 | Longer Laterals

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Episode 271 | Supply Chain

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Episode 269 | Happy Thanksgiving!

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Episode 270 | OBM Lubricants and Long Laterals

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Episode 268 | Underbalanced vs. Managed Pressure

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Episode 267 | Mixing Best Practices

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Episode 266 | Synthetic Oils - Paraffin & Olefins

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Episode 265 | Graphite

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Episode 264 | Blackwater

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OBM Series - Ep. 3 | Filtration Control

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Episode 262 | Listener's Question - Article on China Well

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Episode 261 | Why Matt Hates Base Oil

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OBM Series - Ep. 2 | Internal Phase

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OBM Series - Ep. 1 | Viscosifiers

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Episode 260 | Makeup Water

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Episode 259 | Filtercake Breakers

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Episode 258 | MSE

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Episode 257 | Surfactants

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Episode 256 | E&P Partnerships

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Episode 255 | AI and Drilling Fluids

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Episode 254 | Gels

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Episode 253 | From the Field to the Office

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WBM Series - Ep. 8 | Scale Inhibitors

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Episode 252 | Horseshoe Wells

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Episode 251 | Josh Young Interview

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WBM Series - Ep. 7 | Defoamers

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WBM Series - Ep. 6 | Thinners

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Episode 250 | Listener's Question on Glycols

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WBM Series - Ep. 5 | Shale Inhibitors

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WBM Series - Ep. 4 | Alkalinity

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WBM Series - Ep. 3 | Filtration Control

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WBM Series - Ep. 2 | Viscosifiers

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WBM Series - Ep. 1 | Base Fluid

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Episode 249 | Do We Really Have Sag?

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Episode 248 | Culture

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Episode 247 | XRD

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Episode 246 | O&G Books and Film

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Episode 245 | Why Matt Hates Sag Shoe Tests

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Episode 244 | Drilling Ash

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Episode 243 | Screen Blinding

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Episode 242 | PFAS

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Episode 241 | 2024 Outlook

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Episode 240 | ABO

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Episode 239 - Why Matt Hates Lube Testing

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Episode 238 | Gas to Liquid Base Oils

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Episode 237 | pH vs. Alkalinity

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Episode 236 | Dispersed to LSND

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Episode 235 | Breaking Xanthan

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Episode 234 | Merry Christmas!

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Episode 233 | Diesel

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Episode 232 | Drilling Fluids History

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Episode 231 | Lost Circulation Materials

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Episode 230 | Thanksgiving

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Episode 229 | Drilling Efficiencies

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Episode 228 | Diesel as a Lubricant

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Episode 227 | Mud Technology

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Episode 226 | Desander and Desilter

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Episode 224 | Challenges & Leadership

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Episode 223 | Polysaccharides

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Episode 222 | Esters

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Episode 221 | Interview with Ken Zinger, CEO

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Episode 220 | Customer Mud School

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Episode 219 | High-Temperature Fluids

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Episode 218 | U-Turn Wells

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Episode 217 | Base Oil Recovery

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Episode 216 | Open vs. Closed Loop System

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Episode 215 | Cuttings Transport

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Episode 214 | Mud Chillers

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Episode 213 | Fluid Properties and ROP

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Episode 212 | The Chloride Titration

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Episode 212 |The Chloride Titration

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Episode 211 |Cross-Linked Fluid Loss Control Pills

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Episode 211 | Cross-Linked Fluid Loss Control Pills

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Episode 210 | Lime and OBM/SBM

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Episode 209 | Logging

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Episode 208 | Product No Go’s

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Episode 207 | Acid Soluble Lost Circulation Materials

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Episode 206 | Particle Size Distributions and LCM

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Episode 205 | Green Fluids

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Episode 204 | Calcium Carbonate

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Episode 203 | Directional Indirection with LCM

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Episode 202 | Drilling Salt with OBM

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Episode 201 | Supply Chain Crisis

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Episode 200 | Supply Chain Crisis

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Episode 200 | Dewatering

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Episode 199 | Dewatering

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Episode 199 | AADE NTCE 2023 Recap

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Episode 199 | AADE NTCE 2023 Recap

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Episode 198 | Ditch Magnets

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Episode 197 | An Interview with Christian Grimes

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Episode 196 | Conferences

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Episode 195 | Third Party Products

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Episode 194 | Evaporation

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Episode 193 | Casing Drilling

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Breaking News: Justin and Matt Get Salty with A Directional Company

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Episode 192 | Drilling Surface

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Episode 191 | pH

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Episode 190 | Bentonite

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Episode 189 | Spears Well Cost Breakdown

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Episode 188 |Cold Weather

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Episode 187 | Fluid Traditions

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Happy Holidays 2022

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Episode 186 | What to Learn From Earnings Calls

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Episode 185 | Shaker Screens

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Episode 184 | Opening a mud plant with Zane Yastro

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Episode 183 | The Best Food I Ate at the Rig

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Episode 182 | The Larry Episode

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Episode 181 | Why Matt Hates Extreme Pressure Testing

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Episode 180 | Water Flows in LSND Muds

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Episode 179 | OBM Lubricants

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Episode 178 | Water Flows and OBM

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Episode 177 | FR vs ROP Enhancing vs Lubricant

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Episode 176 | Working Internationally

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Episode 175 | Safety Culture

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Episode 174 | Listener Question – Glycols

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Episode 174 | Listener Question - Glycols

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Episode 173 | Xanthan Gum

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Episode 172 | Warehouses & Mud Plants

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Episode 171 | A Conversation with Zach and Chuck from Oliva Gibbs

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Episode 170 | Why Matt Hates the Capillary Suction Timer

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Episode 169 | Deepwater Logistics

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Episode 168 | Internship Interviews

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Episode 167 | Offshore Circulating System

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Episode 166 | Circulating Systems

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Episode 165 | Making Nice With Your New Derrick Hand

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Episode 165 | Making Nice With Your New Derrick Hand

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Episode 164 | Volumes and Increments

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Episode 163 | Listener Request: Treatment, Trips, and Timing

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Episode 162 | WBM to OBM Displacement

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Episode 161 | OBM to WBM Displacement

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Episode 160 | Student Interviews from AADE Fluids Conference 2022

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Episode 159 | Mixing Brines

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Episode 158 | Interview with David Rathgeber, PhD Montana Tech

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Episode 157 | Retort Oil vs OWR

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Episode 156 | Daily Mud Report

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Episode 155 | Technical Conferences

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Episode 154 | Fluid Lightening

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Episode 153 | Why Matt Hates the Linear Swell Meter

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Episode 152 | Oil Prices

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Episode 131 | Casing Runs

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Episode 150 | Why Matt Hates Sweeps

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Episode 149 | Crew Change

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Episode 149 | My Relief Sucks

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Episode 148 | Interview with TAMU’s William Villalobos

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Episode 148 | Interview with TAMU's William Villalobos

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Episode 147 | Drilling Fluid Properties and ROP

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Episode 146 | Now that oil is no longer $-37

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Episode 145 | Mud Engineer Math

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Episode 144 | Formation Damage with Leigh Gray

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Episode 143 | Why Matt (Kind Of) Hates Aphrons

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Episode 142 | Waste Management

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Episode 141 | Fluid Shear

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Episode 140 | Trips & Mud Weight

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Episode 139 | ‘Tis The Season

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Episode 139 | 'Tis The Season

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Episode 138 | Total Cost of Ownership

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Episode 137 | HFLS Case Study

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Episode 136 | Electrophoresis

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Episode 135 | Reactive Additives in Drilling Fluids

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Episode 134 | Fine Grind Barite

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Episode 133 | Gas Hydrates

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Episode 132 | Mud Weight Adjustment

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Episode 131 | Social Octane & The Future of Oilfield Events

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Episode 130 | Conditioning Fluid for Cementing

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Episode 129 | Foaming

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Episode 128 | Cheap Base Oil

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Episode 127 | Rock Mechanics

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Episode 126 | Plant vs Rig Mud Mixing

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Episode 126 | Plant vs Rig Site Mud Mixing

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Episode 125 | Tool Failure

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Episode 124 | Hole Instability

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Episode 123 | Lost Circulation Pt.2

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Episode 122 | So, You’re Stuck

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Episode 122 | So, You're Stuck

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Episode 121 | Global Supply Chain, Freight, & Barite Markets with Rory Allen

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Episode 121 | Global Supply Chain, Freight, and Barite Markets with Rory Allen

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Episode 120 | Mudding Up Brines

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Episode 119 | Josh Young 2.0

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Episode 118 | Amines

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Episode 117 | What Does A Mud Engineer Do?

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Episode 116 | Temperature Modeling

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Episode 115 | Sampling

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Episode 114 | Relaxed Filtrate Systems

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Episode 113 | Brine Fluids Pt.II

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Episode 113 | Brine Fluids Pt.2

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Episode 112 | Surfactants

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Episode 110 | Gilsonite

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Episode 111 | PHPA

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Episode 111 | PHPA Mud

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Episode 109 |Interview with Nicolas Acuna

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Episode 109 | Interview with Nicolas Acuna

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Episode 108 | Mud Weight Window

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Episode 107 | Interview with Josh Nordquist

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Episode 106|Geothermal

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Episode 106 | Geothermal

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Episode 105| Scavenger Slurries

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Episode 105 | Scavenger Slurries

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Episode 104 | Interview with Alexander Davis

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Episode 103 | Case Studies

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Episode 102 | Interview with Leonel Lujan

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Episode 101 | 101st Episode Spectacular

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Episode 100 | Interview with Justin Disney

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Episode 99 | Drilling Fluid Selection

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Episode 98 | H2S Considerations

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Episode 97 |Nanotechnology

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Episode 97 | Nanotechnology

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Episode 96 | Energy Outlook

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Episode 95 | KPIs

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Episode 95 | Key Performance Indicators

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Episode 94 | Things To Forget

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Episode 93 | Automation and Mud Testing

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Episode 92 | Weird Mud Tests

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Episode 91 | Managed Pressure Drilling

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Episode 90 | Interview with Elizabeth McNeill

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Episode 89 | TRACERS

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Episode 88 | Merry Christmas

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Episode 87 | Interview with David Ramsden-Wood

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Interview with Josh Young, Bison Interests - Episode 86

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Interview with Gary Lankford - Episode 85

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Thanksgiving 2020 - Episode 84

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A Conversation with Tom Simons, CEO – Episode 83

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A Conversation with Tom Simons, CEO - Episode 83

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H2S - Episode 82

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Limiter Redesign: A Discussion with Fred Dupriest (Part II) - Episode 81

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Limiter Redesign: A Discussion with Fred Dupriest - Episode 80, Pt II

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Limiter Redesign: A Discussion with Fred Dupriest – Episode 80, Pt I

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Limiter Redesign: A Discussion with Fred Dupriest - Episode 80, Pt I

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Water Intrusions - Episode 78

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Formation Integrity and Leak Off Tests - Episode 77

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Yield Point - Episode 76

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INTERNATIONAL PODCAST DAY!

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International Podcast Day

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Liquid vs Dry Products - Episode 75

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Drill Bits with Sterling Robinson: Part II - Episode 74

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Drill Bits with Sterling Robinson: Part 2 - Episode 74

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Drill Bits with Sterling Robinson: Part I - Episode 73

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Drill Bits with Sterling Robinson: Part 1 - Episode 73

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Mud School - Episode 72

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TCC Rotomill technology with Andrew Morris - Episode 71

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Special Guest: Aylin Villalobos UTPB PE GRAD– Episode 70

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Transitions - Episode 69

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API - Episode 68

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API- Episode 68

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Retort Analysis – Episode 67

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Automation - Episode 66

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Stuck Pipe – Episode 65

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Stuck Pipe - Episode 65

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Suspension and Packer Fluids – Episode 64

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Suspension and Packer Fluids - Episode 64

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Montana Farnum: AADE Technical Paper Discussion - Episode 63

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Charles Welker: AADE Technical Paper Discussion - Episode 62

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Charles Welker: AADE Technical Paper Discussion - Episode 61

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ANDREW HEWETT: AADE TECHNICAL PAPER DISCUSSION - Episode 61

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Andrew Hewett: AADE Technical Paper Discussion

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Richard Toomes: AADE Technical Paper Discussion - Episode 60

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Richard Toomes: AADE Technical Paper Discussion

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Big Data - Episode 59

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Filtration Testing - Episode 58

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Aphrons - Episode 57

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DWOP: Offshore Edition - Episode 56

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A Conversation with James Strickland - Episode 56

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Air Drilling - Episode 55

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The Future – Episode 54

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The Future - Episode 54

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Logging & Fluids - Episode 53

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Logging and Fluids - Episode 53

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Engineering Basics – Episode 52

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Particle Size Analysis - Episode 51

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Weight Material: Episode 50

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Weight Material - Episode 50

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Organoclays - Episode 49

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Hydraulics - Episode 48

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Bridging: Episode 47

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Bridging - Episode 47

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Drilling in The Permian: Episode 46

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Drilling in The Permian - Episode 46

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Silicate Mud: Episode 45

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Silicates - Episode 45

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All Oil: Episode 44

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All Oil - Episode 44

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Tool Compatibility: Episode 43

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LCM Squeezes: Episode 42

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LCM Squeezes - Episode 42

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Coil Tubing: Episode 41

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Coil Tubing - Episode 41

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Rig Culture & Etiquette: Episode 40

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Rig Culture and Etiquette - Episode 40

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High Temp High Pressure - Episode 39

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Life in Operations, Onshore and Offshore - Episode 38

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MMH Technology - Episode 37

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Holiday Special 2019

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Holiday Special 2019 - Episode 36

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Solids Control with Derrick Corporation – Part III

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Solids Control with Derrick Corporation – Part II

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Solids Control with Derrick Corporation – Part I

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Solids Control: Discussions with Derrick Corporation Part I - Episode 33

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Cement Displacement – Ep 32

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Cement Displacement - Episode 32

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Direct Emulsions - Episode 31

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A Conversation with Richard Baxter – Episode 30

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A Conversation with Richard Baxter - Episode 30

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CO2 Contamination - Episode 29

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CO2 Contamination

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Lost Circulation - Episode 28

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Corrosion - Episode 27

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Sweeps - Episode 26

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Oil Based Mud Components – Episode 25

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Oil Based Mud Components - Episode 25

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Ballooning – Episode 24

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Brines - Episode 23

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Wellbore Instability – Episode 22

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Wellbore Instability – Episode 22

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Drill-In Fluids – Episode 21

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Drill-In Fluids - Episode 21

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Wellbore Strengthening - Episode 20

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Clay Free / Low Clay Systems - Episode 19

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Dispersed versus Non-Dispersed Muds - Episode 18

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Water Phase Salinity - Episode 17

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Water Phase Salinity

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High Performance Water-Based Muds - Episode 16

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High Performance Water-Based Muds: Episode 16

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Lubricants - Episode 15

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A Conversation with Steven Segrest – Episode 14

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A Conversation with Steven Segrest - Episode 14

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Commodities - Episode 13

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Mud Plants with Nate Castaneda - Episode 12

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Mudplants with Nate Castaneda - Episode 12

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Electrical Stability - Episode 11

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Sag and LSRV - Episode 10

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Drilling Fluid Density - Episode 9

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The Future of Drilling Fluids - Episode 8

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Viscosity - Episode 7

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Drilling Rig Roles – Episode 6

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Drilling Rig Roles - Episode 6

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The Drilling Fluid Circulating System – Episode 5

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Drilling Fluids Selection – Episode 3

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Drilling Fluid Description and Functionalities - Episode 2

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The Flowline Introduction – Episode 1

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A Conversation with James – Episode 4

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Drilling Rig Hierarchy - Episode 6

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Drilling Fluid Circulating System - Episode 5

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Interview with AES VP, James Strickland - Episode 4

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Drilling Fluid Description and Functions – Episode 2