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MD

make up
make up a joint
MD
mechanical jar
MSL
mud
mud cake
mud line
mud weight

Measured depth. It is the current depth of the subsurface point as if determined by a measuring stick following the trajectory of the well. The corresponding vertical depth of the same point is called true vertical depth.