NEW COMPUTER MODEL OPTIMIZES SOLIDS CONTROL.

Increased drilling costs have prompted the development of a new computerized model drilling program. Solids Control Optimized Program for Equipment (S. C. O. P. E. ) is an innovative computer program which is used as a planning tool for optimizing the mud and equipment profile and as a basis for projecting well costs for mud and equipment. The program is used to determine what means of mechanical separation best meets the needs of a particular well site and to calculate water consumption and amount of mud to be jetted in anticipation of ecological requirements.