Drilling fluid & drill mud
Premium blends. Globally proven products. Great value. Get the best performance from your drilling fluid or drill mud.
We provide drilling fluid solutions Mineral Exploration (underground & surface), Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD), Waterwell, Mining, Geothermal, Oil & Gas, Tunneling, Piling & Construction industries.
We work closely with M-I SWACO to deliver custom designed solutions, and on-site technical support, to ensure your drilling projects are as efficient and profitable as possible.
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Tim explains what bentonite clay is
Bentonite is a very reactive clay that shrinks or swells markedly in response to the removal or addition of water.
Bentonite clay
MI Swaco premium high yield Bentonite Clay is used in all drilling applications; to rapidly build mud viscosity, provide superior hole cleaning, control lost circulation, and promote hole stability.
We stock Max Gel, Max Bore HDD, and Kwik-Plug.
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Clay stabilisation / inhibition
M-I SWACO suite of clay products are refined for shale/clay stabilisation, friction reduction and borehole & tooling lubrication.
Polyplus & Polyplus RD offer great encapsulation
Ringfree is for breaking down clay issues such as bit balling and mud rings
Kla-gard is for inhibiting reactive / swelling clays
Our specially formulated detergent Platinum D-D performs as a wetting agent to penetrate and help spread clays
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Suspension enhancers
M-I SWACO Drilplex is used to extend the initial gel strengths formed by bentonite.
Duo-Vis a proprietary product is a premium Xanthan Gum.
Both of these products offer excellent suspension enhancement, carrying capacity and borehole cleaning.
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Lubricants
M-I SWACO Platinum Rod Ease that reduces torque and pullback forces, increases rate of penetration, prevents bit balling and inhibits rust on tooling. It’s a superior product for reducing the coefficient of friction increasing those benefits.
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Filtration Control Agents
M-I SWACO Unitrol, Polypac R and Polypac UL are high quality powdered filtration control additives.
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Lost Circulation & Weighting Materials
M-I SWACO Polyswell for lost circulation, Tiger Bullets to seal permeable formations and Barite used as a weighting material.
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Foam
M-I SWACO Platinum Foam Plus has a small and tight bubble formation that provides superior carrying capacity in all down-hole drilling operations.
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Biocides
M-I SWACO Nuosept 78 is a highly effective biocide for treating bacterial contamination in fluid systems. This is proactively used in fluid systems featuring additives that are subject to degrade under heat, or bacteria environments.
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Water Treatment
M-I SWACO Soda Ash is an affordable product that mixes with water - to reduce minerals (eg. calcium), and increase pH levels. This water base is the perfect start for building a great drilling fluid.
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M-I SWACO Drilling Fluid Technical Specifications
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Bentonite
Clay Stabilisation
Suspension Enhancers
Lubricants
Filtration Control Agents
Lost Circulation
Foam
Biocides
Water Treatment
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