BP resumed pumping mud in an effort to plug the Gulf of Mexico oil leak. The company announced late in the day that it had suspended shooting heavy drilling mud into the blown-out well 5,000 feet ...

NEW ORLEANSNEW ORLEANS — BP says its engineers have begun pumping heavy drilling mud into the blown-out Gulf of Mexico oil well in hopes of choking it for good. BP spokesman John Barnes says crews ...

As oil and gas fields mature, operators must drill wells with large offsets, long laterals, and extended reach applications using rotary steerable systems, mud motors, and bottomhole assemblies that ...

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO-- In a significant step toward stopping the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, BP said Wednesday mud that was forced down its blown-out well was holding back the flow of ...

Journal of Coastal Research, SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 5. High Concentration Cohesive Sediment Transport (SUMMER 1989), pp. 195-205 (11 pages) In many cases maintenance dredging in harbors and access channels ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Engineers began pumping heavy drilling mud into the blown-out Gulf of Mexico oil well Tuesday in what they think is their best chance yet to achieve the ultimate goal in a delicate ...

BP may land the first blow of a planned one-two punch to seal its troubled Gulf of Mexico oil well for good within a week, the head of the federal spill response said Monday. Retired Coast Guard Adm.

Recent enhancements in relief well technology enable operators to drill into prolific reservoirs while maintaining a single relief well contingency plan. Blowout contingency planning is required by ...

So, post flood in Iowa as many know.<BR><BR>Basement was flooded and we have LOTS of mud and sludge down there.<BR><BR>Anyway, is there a hand pump that would be tough enough to pump sludge? (Like a ...

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Crews with Kehm Contractors, Inc. work on scaffolding while doing masonry work on the Minne Lusa pump station at the Metropolitan Utilities District's Florence Water Treatment Plant in Omaha, Neb., on ...