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Chemical barrel

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-000644

A drum-sized vessel holding tens of gallons, kept at the mud pits, that doses a liquid chemical into the circulating mud little by little. It has traditionally been used to add caustic soda or caustic potash solution at a slow, steady rate so that the mud pH stays in its target range. Because its volume is measured in gallons, it is far smaller than the hundreds of barrels held in a mud pit.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-000644
FieldOil and gas
SubjectDrilling Fluids
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-000644",
  "term": "Chemical barrel",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "A drum-sized vessel holding tens of gallons, kept at the mud pits, that doses a liquid chemical into the circulating mud little by little. It has traditionally been used to add caustic soda or caustic potash solution at a slow, steady rate so that the mud pH stays in its target range. Because its volume is measured in gallons, it is far smaller than the hundreds of barrels held in a mud pit.",
  "subject": "Drilling Fluids",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/chemical-barrel/"
}

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