Drill Cuttings
Small pieces of rock chipped away by a drill bit while drilling a well, which are transported to the surface by drilling mud and screened out of the liquid mud system at the shale shakers. Also called rock cuttings or simply cuttings.
Small pieces of rock chipped away by a drill bit while drilling a well, which are transported to the surface by drilling mud and screened out of the liquid mud system at the shale shakers. Also called rock cuttings or simply cuttings.
