Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
lodo (singular)
English translation:
mud
Spanish term
United States
Translating into native U.S. English
Native in: English 
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English
lodo (singular)
Insufficient sludge weight?
| 4 +1 | mud |
Enrique Espinosa
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| 5 | sludge |
MarinaM
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| 4 | bentonite mud (Technical) |
slothm
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Sep 20, 2007 16:59: Salloz changed "Field" from "Other" to "Tech/Engineering"
Sep 21, 2007 02:01: Enrique Espinosa Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): Beatriz Galiano (X)
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Proposed translations
Earth Sciences translations
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
mud
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Note added at 29 mins (2007-09-20 16:38:33 GMT)
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Mud. A term that is generally synonymous with drilling fluid and that encompasses most fluids used in hydrocarbon drilling operations, especially fluids that contain significant amounts of suspended solids, emulsified water or oil. Mud includes all types of water-base, oil-base and synthetic-base drilling fluids. Drill-in, completion and workover fluids are sometimes called muds, although a fluid that is essentially free of solids is not strictly considered mud.
http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/Display.cfm?Term=mud
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Note added at 37 mins (2007-09-20 16:46:40 GMT)
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It also could be a slurry, but see this:
Slurry: A mixture of suspended solids and liquids. Muds in general are slurries, but are seldom called that. Cement is a slurry and is often referred to as such.
sludge
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Note added at 14 mins (2007-09-20 16:24:24 GMT)
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Sludge weight was cut by 40%. http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/publications/infosource/pub/ici/cadde...
raw sludge weight ratios 1:1..... http://www.springerlink.com/content/?k=sludge weight
Auxiliary fuel is fuel used to augment the fuel value of sewage
sludge. This includes, but is not limited to, natural gas, fuel oil,
coal, gas generated during anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge, and
municipal solid waste (not to exceed 30 percent of the dry weight of
sewage sludge and auxiliary fuel together). Hazardous wastes are not
auxiliary fuel.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/05may20041600/edocke...
bentonite mud (Technical)
Esa es la causa de que aparezca gas en el lodo si no hay sufieciente.
Si el trabajo que traduces es de información general, pon lodo solo.
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