Chemicals

• API 13A Bentonite
• Class G Cement for oil well cementing
• Corrosion Inhibitors
• Scale Inhibitors
• Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
• Calcium Chloride (CaCl2)
• Mud Additives / Chemicals
• Viscosifiers
• Dispersants
• Defloculants
• Fluid Loss Control Agent
• Lubricants
• Shale Stabilizer
• Specialty Products

Drilling Fluids are one of the backbones of drilling operations and serve a range of purposes. From controlling pressure to transmittal of data, properly designed and correctly maintained drilling fluids could bring superior drilling-fluid performance and resulting great cost savings, cost avoidance and lower total well cost.

Drilling Fluid, also called mud, serves many critical roles in drilling and completions. These include:

• Pressure control - preventing a blowout
• Lubrication and cooling of the drill bit and drill string
• Corrosion control
• Transporting drill cuttings away from the drill bit towards the surface
• Stabilizing formations by coating the walls and providing pressure
• Sealing permeable formations, called “Mud cake”
• Suspending drill cuttings when the drilling operation is paused (called circulating)
• Transmitting hydraulic horsepower to the drill bit and other down-hole tools - such as mud motors
• Drill string torque control in deviated wells

Using drilling fluid is the only way to control pressure inside an open well and avoid fluid flow or collapse of the well. The mud weight is adjusted by adding certain chemicals to achieve a pressure balance between the pressure inside the wellbore and the pressure exerted by fluids in the surrounding formation. An effectively planned and maintained drilling-fluid system can significantly increase the penetration rate when drilling, solve a number of technical well-related issues and can protect the reservoir from damage (e.g. from the invasion of fluids and solids into productive zones).