Abstract: A method for controlling the dispersing of solids in drilling mud, consisting in that mud mineralization value is measured continuously until it stabilizes itself in the course of the dispersing, the variation of the mud mineralization value being used to determine the concentration of particles of the drilling mud solid phase.

Abstract: A method of continuously logging a borehole in the course of drilling with the use of a drilling mud. According to the invention, the drilling mud fed into the borehole is subjected to unipolar electric treatment, with simultaneous measurement of the oxidation-reduction potential of the drilling mud. This value is maintained substantially constant at a given magnitude. The value of the oxidation-reduction potential of the drilling mud returning from the borehole is continuously measured and compared with the given value of the oxidation-reduction potential of the drilling mud fed into the borehole. Using the difference between the two values, the mineralogic composition of the rock adjacent to the bottom of the hole is determined for a given moment, by comparing this difference with the known in advance normal oxidation-reduction potentials of minerals.

Abstract: A method for the determination of depth of a fluid-saturated stratum and type of a fluid, such as mineralized water, oil and gas released during drilling, comprising pretreating the drilling mud before feeding to a well so as to maintain the original value of its redox potential at a stable level. The supply of the drilling mud to the well is suspended upon a change in the redox potential indicating to the presence in the drilling mud of a fluid saturating the stratum. After a certain time lapse the supply of the drilling mud to the well is renewed. The time of restoration of the drilling mud supply to the well and the time of appearance of the batch of the drilling mud diluted with the fluid saturating the stratum are marked and are used to determine the depth of the stratum. The redox potential of the batch of the drilling mud saturated with the fluid is measured and compared to known normal values of redox potential to determine the type of the fluid.