Industry Code: 09900
Employers engaged in hydrocarbon well/mud logging are included in this industry. Hydrocarbon well/mud logging is a procedure used in oil field drilling to log the strata and provide other pertinent details on a well during the drilling process.
Operation Details:
Drilling mud is a mixture of pulverized barite, clays, chemicals and other various substances. Mud tanks and pumps are used to circulate the mud down the well bore during drilling operations. In addition to bringing cuttings to the surface, drilling mud cools and lubricates the bit and drill stem, protects against blowouts by holding back subsurface pressures, and deposits a mud cake on the wall of the borehole to prevent loss of fluids to the formation.
A geological technician sets up at the drill site. Samples of drill cuttings and gas, entrapped in the mud, are analyzed and the data recorded. They also analyze drill bit performance, rate of penetration and other information related to the drilling operations as required by the oil company. Log data and details are turned over to the oil companies for further study, and decisions concerning the drilling operations are made.
Equipment used to conduct the analysis includes chromatographs, total gas analyzers, U.V. box (records ultra-violet light) and microscopes.
All employers in this industry are members of Energy Safety Canada (ESC). Safety associations represent the interests of employers and promote workplace safety through education and other initiatives. Improved workplace safety can result in fewer claims and help lower premiums. A portion of premiums collected is allocated to the association to support these initiatives.
Underwriting Considerations:
The set up and operation of mud tanks and pumping equipment is performed by the drilling rig personnel.
Often drilling mud sales companies refer to their field staff as mud technicians. These persons are responsible for ensuring the product sold is operating in the manner it was designed for. Such companies receive revenue from the sale of a product rather than from logging or recording services and are classified under industry 62303.
Premium Rate History:
Activities:
Logging - Hydrocarbon Well and Mud
Mud Logging
Rate Group History:
Industry 09900 was reviewed in 1995 and found to encompass two distinct activities. Consequently, the sale of drilling fluids was reclassified to industry 62303, Industrial/Oilfield Supply Stores and Mud Logging was moved to it's current rate group with engineering. These changes became effective in January of 1996.
Employers engaged in hydrocarbon well/mud logging are included in this industry. Hydrocarbon well/mud logging is a procedure used in oil field drilling to log the strata and provide other pertinent details on a well during the drilling process.
Premium Rate History:
Activities:
Logging - Hydrocarbon Well and Mud
Mud Logging
Operation Details:
Drilling mud is a mixture of pulverized barite, clays, chemicals and other various substances. Mud tanks and pumps are used to circulate the mud down the well bore during drilling operations. In addition to bringing cuttings to the surface, drilling mud cools and lubricates the bit and drill stem, protects against blowouts by holding back subsurface pressures, and deposits a mud cake on the wall of the borehole to prevent loss of fluids to the formation.
A geological technician sets up at the drill site. Samples of drill cuttings and gas, entrapped in the mud, are analyzed and the data recorded. They also analyze drill bit performance, rate of penetration and other information related to the drilling operations as required by the oil company. Log data and details are turned over to the oil companies for further study, and decisions concerning the drilling operations are made.
Equipment used to conduct the analysis includes chromatographs, total gas analyzers, U.V. box (records ultra-violet light) and microscopes.
All employers in this industry are members of Energy Safety Canada (ESC). Safety associations represent the interests of employers and promote workplace safety through education and other initiatives. Improved workplace safety can result in fewer claims and help lower premiums. A portion of premiums collected is allocated to the association to support these initiatives.
Underwriting Considerations:
The set up and operation of mud tanks and pumping equipment is performed by the drilling rig personnel.
Often drilling mud sales companies refer to their field staff as mud technicians. These persons are responsible for ensuring the product sold is operating in the manner it was designed for. Such companies receive revenue from the sale of a product rather than from logging or recording services and are classified under industry 62303.
Rate Group History:
Industry 09900 was reviewed in 1995 and found to encompass two distinct activities. Consequently, the sale of drilling fluids was reclassified to industry 62303, Industrial/Oilfield Supply Stores and Mud Logging was moved to it's current rate group with engineering. These changes became effective in January of 1996.