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Mud anchor

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-002445

A joint or several joints of tubing with a closed lower end, hung below the intake of a sucker rod pump to act as a sump where sand, scale and other solids settle out of the produced fluid before reaching the pump. Its length sets how much sediment can collect between pulls. It differs from a gas anchor, which separates free gas from liquid at the pump intake.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-002445
FieldOil and gas
SubjectProduction Testing
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-002445",
  "term": "Mud anchor",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "A joint or several joints of tubing with a closed lower end, hung below the intake of a sucker rod pump to act as a sump where sand, scale and other solids settle out of the produced fluid before reaching the pump. Its length sets how much sediment can collect between pulls. It differs from a gas anchor, which separates free gas from liquid at the pump intake.",
  "subject": "Production Testing",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/mud-anchor/"
}

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