Overall Overview of Mud Pump Development

The use of drilling mud pumps has been around 100 years. The function of early mud pumps was only to circulate mud, cool the wellbore, and carry rock debris. In the late 1940s, with the emergence of jet drilling and downhole power drilling tools, the functions and scope of use of mud pumps were expanded. In recent years, with the increasing exploitation of deep and ultra deep wells, high demands have been placed on the power and pressure of drilling mud pumps.