Suction line
Encyclopedia
A suction line is the pipe
work linking the mud tank
s/pits with the mud pumps. This may be gravity fed or charged by centrifugal pumps to provide additional volumetric efficiency to the mud pumps.
Pipe (material)
A pipe is a tubular section or hollow cylinder, usually but not necessarily of circular cross-section, used mainly to convey substances which can flow — liquids and gases , slurries, powders, masses of small solids...
work linking the mud tank
Mud tank
A mud tank is an open-top container, typically made of steel, to store drilling fluid on a drilling rig. They are also called mud pits, because they used to be nothing more than pits dug out of the earth....
s/pits with the mud pumps. This may be gravity fed or charged by centrifugal pumps to provide additional volumetric efficiency to the mud pumps.