INTRODUCTION :

Drilling fluids also known as drilling mud can be defined as a special type of fluid which is used in drilling
operation where it is continuously circulated and the pathway which it follows starting from mud pump
where it is pumped with certain pressure passes through discharge line which connects mud pump to
the standpipe , the running fluid passesthrough stand pipe and reaches rotary hose from where via kelly
it enters drill pipe and finally reaches to small orifice at drill bit. (Finger and Blankenship, 2010;
Chemwotei, 2011).