terms:circulate_out
The movement of drilling fluid from the bottom of the hole to the surface (without drilling) for one or more of the following reasons: to reduce levels of produced and/or liberated gas from the drilling fluid, to obtain a rock cuttings sample from a formation just penetrated, to check for high or excessive levels of hydrocarbons from formations just penetrated by drilling.
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