This is Russian?

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One of the really nasty aspects of Russian geological texts is the (for me) peculiar mode of expression that is sometimes assumed when describing strata and various rocks, e.g.,

Песчаники кварцевые разнозернистые массивные глинистые.

The best I can do and still try to make any kind of deadline is

Quartz sandstone exhibits grains of varying size and is massive and clayey.

Back to, um, the face of, um, the oil well.

Cheers...