1. n. []
An oil mud designed and maintained with a minimum of colloid-sized solids, typically by omitting fatty-acid soap and lime, and minimizing organophilic clays and fluid-loss additives. Relaxed filtrate oil mud increases drilling rate. A disadvantage is that filter cake formed on sands is not tight, can quickly become very thick, and can cause pipe to stick by differential pressure.
Synonyms: low-colloid oil mud
See: differential pressure sticking, filtration, gilsonite, oil-mud emulsifier, organophilic clay