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AES Drilling Fluids — 271 episodes

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Episode 339 | The 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 Consultant

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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 (RFP)

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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 Effects

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Episode 297 | Trucking and Logistics

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Episode 296 | Rig Count & Troubleshooting

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Episode 295 | AADE Technical Papers with Matt Offenbacher (High Powered Magnets)

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Episode 294 | AADE Technical Papers with Will Petty (Lubricant performance Evaluation)

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Episode 293 | AADE Technical Papers with Richard Toomes (Horseshoe Well Design)

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Episode 292 | Cheating on Cheese

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Episode 291 | X-Ray Diffraction

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Episode 290 | Economics of Drilling Fluids

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Episode 289 | Corrosion

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Episode 288 | Interview with Josh Young

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Episode 287 | Nano Particles

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Episode 286 | AADE

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Episde 285 | High Density Mud

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Episode 284 | Kill Mud

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Episode 283 | Fluid Compressibility

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Episode 282 | LNG

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Episode 281 | Low Density Muds

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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 268 | Underbalanced vs. Managed Pressure Drilling

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Episode 267 | Mixing Best Practices

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Episode 266 | Synthetic Oils – Paraffins & Olefins

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Episode 265 | Graphite

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Episode 264 | Blackwater

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Episode 263 | Spudder Rigs

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OBM Series – Ep. 3 | Filitration Control

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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 Cake

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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 Test

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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 | LCM

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Episode 230 | Happy 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 225 | Chrome and Chlorides

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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 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 | Dewatering

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Episode 199 | AADE NTCE 2023 Recap

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Episode 198 | Ditch Magnets

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Episode 191 | pH

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Episode 174 | Listener Question – Glycols

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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 153 | Why Matt Hates the Linear Swell Meter

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Episode 149 | Crew Change

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Episode 148 | Interview with TAMU’s William Villalobos

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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 140 | Trips & Mud Weight

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Episode 139 | ‘Tis The Season

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Episode 138 | Total Cost of Ownership

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Episode 135 | Reactive Additives in Drilling Fluids

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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 126 | Plant vs Rig Mud Mixing

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Episode 125 | Tool Failure

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Episode 124 | Hole Instability

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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 120 | Mudding Up Brines

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Episode 119 | Josh Young 2.0

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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 113 | Brine Fluids Pt.II

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Episode 112 | Surfactants

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Episode 111 | PHPA

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Episode 109 |Interview with Nicolas Acuna

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Episode 108 | Mud Weight Window

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Episode 106|Geothermal

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Episode 105| Scavenger Slurries

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Episode 102 | Interview with Leonel Lujan

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Episode 98 | H2S Considerations

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Episode 97 |Nanotechnology

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Episode 95 | KPIs

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Episode 94 | Things To Forget

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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 Gary Lankford – Episode 85

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Thanksgiving 2020 – Episode 84

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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 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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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 I – 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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Retort Analysis – Episode 67

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Automation – Episode 66

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Stuck Pipe – Episode 65

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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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ANDREW HEWETT: AADE TECHNICAL PAPER DISCUSSION – Episode 61

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Richard Toomes: AADE Technical Paper Discussion – Episode 60

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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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Air Drilling – Episode 55

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The Future – Episode 54

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Logging & 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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Organoclays – Episode 49

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Hydraulics – Episode 48

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Bridging: Episode 47

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Drilling in The Permian: Episode 46

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Silicate Mud: Episode 45

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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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Coil Tubing: Episode 41

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Rig Culture & 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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Direct Emulsions – Episode 31

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A Conversation with Richard Baxter – Episode 30

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CO2 Contamination – Episode 29

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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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Ballooning – Episode 24

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Brines – Episode 23

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Wellbore Instability – Episode 22

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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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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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Commodities – Episode 13

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Mud Plants 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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The Drilling Fluid Circulating System – Episode 5

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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