Drilling & Wells

slug meaning in oil and gas

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slug means literal term. 1. in drilling terms, a viscous pill (hi-vis pill) or quantity of highly viscous drilling fluid circulated through a well bore thus used to sweep cuttings from the annulus to clean the hole of…

1. in drilling terms, a viscous pill (hi-vis pill) or quantity of highly viscous drilling fluid circulated through a well bore thus used to sweep cuttings from the annulus to clean the hole of drilling and/or wellbore collapse debris<p> a. synonymous with sweep, clean the hole, slug the hole, hi-vis sweep

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