AES Drilling Fluids

Everyone’s talking about AI. But what does it really mean for drilling, operations, and day-to-day workflows? Justin and Matt unpack the benefits… and the blind spots.

Happy Thanksgiving 2025, ya'll! Justin and Matt share their gratitude with everyone working in the field.

Bids come in all shapes and sizes. Justin and Matt discuss the challenges of preparing (and evaluating) a drilling fluids proposal.

Volume accounting is essential for a lot of reasons. What happens when the math doesn't work out? Justin and Matt discuss.

Not all wells are equal. Some require big budgets while others require smaller budgets. Tune into this episode of The Flowline as Justin and Matt discuss the differences and how mud programs are designed around these budgets.

There has been some interesting commentary from oil and gas market experts, and Justin and Matt discuss an interesting take from Arjun Murti and his insightful Super-Spiked podcast.

We've talked about mixing heavy mud, but what are the practical considerations for drilling with it? Justin and Matt talk mixing, equipment, and other challenges.

The IEA did an interesting thing lately - it acknowledged how important oil and gas investment will be for the future. Justin and Matt talk about the pivot and how the industry has a lot more work ahead of it to supply the world's energy.

There are a lot of challenging formations downhole, and many of those challenges start with clay composition. Justin and Matt walk through the basics of clay chemistry.

We drill a lot of laterals, but what about drilling more than one lateral from the same central wellbore? Justin and Matt discuss the different types and a few considerations that make multilaterals simple - or very complex.