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Drilling Fluids Selection Guide
MAGMA FIBER: This specially formulated, extrusion spun mineral fiber and
coarse, long flexible fiber will give increased circulation by bridging and
plugging off voids, fractures, and all types of permeable formations. Certified
to NSF/ANSI/CAN Standard 60.
PUREGOLD CLEANDRILL: For drilling operations where clay-based drilling
fluids are restricted, and a biodegradable drilling fluid is recommended.
Industry standard for use in horizontal and vertical remediation wells.
QUAD POWER POWER-BASE: Highly concentrated, liquid, polymer emulsion
that serves as the base for QUAD POWER polymer drilling products. Used by
itself, POWER-BASE will produce a high viscosity solution; in water it can fulfil
the demands of most short bore length drilling applications. Certified to NSF/
ANSI/CAN Standard 60.
QUAD POWER POWER-CLAY: Concentrated, non-hazardous, proprietary clay
inhibitor that can either be used with bentonite fluids or added to other QUAD
POWER polymer drilling products. POWER-CLAY is an ideal additive for HDD
bores in reactive clay soils.
QUAD POWER POWER-SAND: Highly concentrated liquid polymer that can
either serve as a stand-alone fluid or be added to other QUAD POWER polymer
drilling products. Use with POWER-BASE to increase solids suspension.
POWER-SAND will produce a high-viscosity solution designed to suspend
sand, silt and fine gravel. Contains a combination of proprietary lost circulation
materials and can produce a thin filter-cake on the walls of a borehole, which
can prevent fluid from flowing out into porous formations.
QUAD POWER POWER-TERGE: Highly concentrated liquid surfactant/
detergent that can either be used with bentonite fluids or added to other
QUAD POWER polymer drilling products. Used with bentonite, it will help
prevent rod-sticking and seizing. When added to POWER-BASE, it can function
to create an extremely high-performance slurry for clay drilling. Since it's
highly concentrated, very little is used compared to most other detergents.
Certified to NSF/ANSI/CAN Standard 60.
REL-PAC: Natural cellulosic, granular polymer designed for building a lowsolids
drilling fluid with increased stability. Forms a tight, thin filter cake that
reduces fluid loss to the formation.
REL-PAC XTRA-LOW: Helps increase borehole stability by lowering filtrate and
fluid loss more effectively than other polyanionic cellulose (PAC) polymers.
Aids cleaning by not significantly raising viscosities and impeding flow.
Helps control reactive formations by reducing available water, and controls
unconsolidated formations by reducing whole fluid loss.
SUPER PAC: Multi-purpose, liquid polymer designed for minimizing fluid loss
to the formation. Enhances properties of bentonite drilling fluids and creates
optimum drilling efficiency through filtration control.
SUPER PAC XTRA-LOW: Low-viscosity polymer that aids in the control of
reactive and unconsolidated formations by reducing filtrate and whole fluid
loss. Assists hole cleaning in HDD work and increases penetration rates in
vertical wells by not significantly raising viscosities.
SUPER THIN: Highly concentrated additive engineered to reduce drilling
fluid viscosity and assist in settling solids. It offers immediate thinning action,
reduces gel strength and is more cost-effective than traditional thinners.
Certified to NSF/ANSI/CAN Standard 60.
SUSPEND-IT: Dry biopolymer used to increase suspension and removal of
larger drilling cuttings, gravel and cobble in difficult formations. Enhances gel
strength without significantly increasing viscosity.
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