Products

Description

We offer a wide variety of drilling fluids.

BAROID IDP was one of the first drilling fluid companies to apply its vast knowledge of drilling fluids to the industrial Horizontal Directional Drilling market.  Early on, it was obvious that conventional horizontal drilling wisdom from the oilfield was not applicable in the utility and river crossing business.

The unique physical and geologic environment of many utility bores, and all river crossings, require gel strengths and filtration control be optimized to achieve a successful horizontal bore.  Mother Nature, as always, dictates utility borings and river crossings require the optimization of different drilling fluid properties due to unconsolidated sands, reactive clays, gravels and cobbles that are commonly encountered in the horizontal environment.  Therefore, a primary focus in developing a drilling fluid for HDD is in the suspension of drill cuttings, combined with reduced viscosity, to ultimately allow for better maintenance of flow and effective removal of solids.  BAROID IDP maintains products specifically designed to meet the unique challenges of the HDD environment.

BENTONITE

Bentonite is an extraordinary natural clay that has proven to be a valuable asset industry-wide due to its numerous benefits and versatility. Formed from the weathering of volcanic ash, Bentonite is largely composed of the mineral Montmorillonite. Due to its layered structure, Bentonite is renowned in particular for its superior absorption, hydration, binding and swelling capabilities.

TUNNEL-GEL® PLUS

TUNNEL-GEL® PLUS viscosifier is a specially formulated, high-yield bentonite designed for use in tunneling and large diameter HDD operations and promotes rapid viscosity development while maintaining effective borehole stabilization and enhanced filtration control in most water-based drilling fluids.

The use of TUNNEL-GEL PLUS viscosifier assists and promotes the following:

• Enhanced viscosity development in freshwater drilling fluids
• Effective cuttings transport and suspension characteristics
• Enhanced filtration control and resulting borehole stability
• Effective lubrication fluid for microtunneling operations

Advantages

• Easy to mix and quickly reaches maximum viscosity
• Enhances fluid lubricity for reduction of required jacking forces
• Yields more than twice as much drilling fluid of the same viscosity as an equal concentration of API grade bentonite

Additional product information: TUNNEL-GEL PLUS

TUNNEL-GEL® MAX

TUNNEL-GEL® MAX is a specially formulated, high-yield bentonite designed for use in tunneling and large diameter HDD operations and promotes rapid viscosity development while maintaining effective borehole stabilization and enhanced filtration control in most water-based drilling fluids.

The use of TUNNEL-GEL MAX viscosifier promotes or assists the following:

• Viscosifies water-based drilling fluids
• Reduces filtration by forming a thin filter cake with low permeability, resulting in borehole stabilization
• Improves hole-cleaning capability of drilling fluids

Advantages

• Can provide lubricity
• Can mix easily and quickly reaches maximum viscosity
• Can be effectively used in a wide range of concentrations
• Can be effective in a variety of drilling applications.
• Provides the option of using a variety of additives

Additional product information: TUNNEL-GEL MAX

BARO-GEL™

BARO-GEL™ viscosifier, is an easy-to-mix, finely ground (200 mesh), specially selected sodium activated bentonite for the vertical drilling industry. BARO-GEL viscosifier imparts viscosity, fluid loss control, and gelling characteristics to freshwater-based drilling fluids.

Applications/Functions

• Mix with fresh water to form a low-solids drilling fluid for general drilling applications
• Viscosify water-based drilling fluids 
• Reduce filtration by forming a thin filter cake with low permeability Improve hole-cleaning capability of drilling fluids

Advantages

• Single sack product and cost-effective
• Can provide lubricity for drilling fluids
• Can mix easily and quickly reaches maximum viscosity
• Can yield more than twice as much drilling fluid of the same viscosity as an equal concentration of an API oilfield grade bentonite.

Additional product information: BARO-GEL

CEBOGEL® QSE PLUS

Just realised a new type of bentonite palettes. It is high quality sodium activated Ca bentonite palettes with very high swelling capacity – over 650%

CEBOGEL® QSE PLUS composes cylindrical pressed Bentonite rods made from 100% sodium-activated Bentonite and is characterized by its impressive water absorption capacity. CEBOGEL QSE PLUS is effectively used to restore drilled clay layers and to lower permeability of dams and dykes during restoration and construction. In HDD operations, a key feature of CEBOGEL QSE PLUS is its ability to rapidly swell when in contact with water, enabling the product to form a clay plug in the entry or exit pit, resulting in fast and efficient sealing. CEBOGEL QSE PLUS works effectively in slightly brackish water.

Advantages

• Restores clay layers
• Rapid sealing & swelling
• High water absorption capacity
• Easy to install

Additional product information: CEBOGEL QSE PLUS

POLYMERS

PENETROL® DRY

PENETROL DRY surfactant is used to assist in counteracting the sticking tendencies of encountered clay or shale during drilling operations.

PENETROL DRY is a free-flowing granular product and is easy to mix. It is effective at low concentrations and produces minimal foaming during high shear mixing. It is compatible with other Baroid drilling fluid additives and NSF/ANSI/CAN Standard 60 certified.

Applications /Functions

• Reduces and/or minimizes bit balling
• Improves drilling efficiency by preferentially coating the bottom-hole assembly and drill string
• Minimizes potential for accretion and agglomeration of cuttings

Advantages

• Free-flowing granular product  
• Easy to mix and readily dispersible  
• Effective at low concentrations  
• Minimal to no foaming produced during high shear mixing or surface agitation  
• Compatible with other Baroid drilling fluid additives  
• Low aquatic toxicity  
• NSF/ANSI/CAN Standard 60 Certified

Additional product information: PENETROL DRY

AQUA-CLEAR® PFD

AQUA-CLEAR PFD concentrated liquid polymer dispersant provides superior mud and sediment removal from the producing formation and gravel pack. This product is also a highly effective mud thinner. AQUA-CLEAR PFD dispersant contains no phosphates.

Applications /Functions

• Can disperse mud, sediment and clay from the producing formation and gravel pack in the screened interval.
• Can reduce viscosity and gel strength of drilling fluids

Advantages

• NSF/ANSI Standard 60 certified 
• Helps reduce development time 
• Helps increase well yield and capacity
• Safe to use on most plastics, rubber and metals
• Non-fermenting  
• Can reduce pumping costs

Additional product information: AQUA-CLEAR PFD

BARAZAN® D

BARAZAN® D viscosifier is a powdered Xanthan gum polymer used to viscosify fresh water, seawater and monovalent brines. BARAZAN D viscosifier is treated with a dispersant to help improve mixing and promote the yield of the product with reduced amounts of shear as compared to BARAZAN® viscosifier. BARAZAN D viscosifier can provide excellent suspension and sheer thinning properties and be used up to 250°F (121°C).

Applications /Functions

• Viscosify fresh water and brine-based fluids used for drilling, milling, underreaming, and gravel packing
• Operations Suspend bridging agents and weighting materials in fresh water and brine systems

Advantages

• Helps disperses easily in fresh water muds, and brines
• Helps provide thixotropic properties and non-Newtonian flow characteristics over a wide salinity range at low concentrations
• Helps provide excellent suspension without the need for clays 
• Stable to 250°F (121°C)
• Helps minimizes the potential for formation damage

Additional product information: BARAZAN D

CEBO DRILL-GROUT

Cebo Drill-Grout is a self-setting suspension used to completely fill annular spaces in HDD, Microtunneling and Vertical Drilling operations. Cebo Drill-Grout can also be used for other applications such as sealing holes of pulled piles. The product hardens into a plastic material with a low water permeability, preventing underground water layers from mixing. By using Cebo Drill-Grout, subsidence of the ground can be prevented, and steel pipes are protected against corrosion.

Cebo Drill-Grout is tested for use in groundwater by the “Hygiene-Institut des Ruhrgebiets”.

Advantages 

• Low water permeability 
• Easy to mix  
• Low mixing ratio
• High flowability

Additional product information: Cebo Drill Grout

CEBO DRILL-GROUT PLUS

Cebo Drill-Grout Plus is the most advanced product in our Drill-Grout range, ideally suited to operations requiring a higher end-strength and faster setting time.

Cebo Drill-Grout Plus is a self-setting suspension, used to completely fill annular spaces in HDD and Vertical Drilling operations. Cebo Drill-Grout Plus can also be used for other applications such as filling holes of pulled piles. The product hardens into a plastic material with a low water permeability, preventing underground water layers from mixing. By using Cebo Drill-Grout Plus, subsidence of the ground can be prevented, and steel pipes are protected against corrosion.

Advantages

• Fast setting time
• High end-strength
• Low water permeability
• Easy to mix
• High flowability

Additional product information: Cebo Drill Grout Plus

EZ-MUD® GOLDEZ-MUD® GOLD shale stabilizer is a 100% active synthetic dry polymer that acts as a reactive clay and shale stabilizer by inhibition the uptake of water. Because of its unique physical structure, EZ-MUD GOLD shale stabilizer is easily dispersed and mixed into a fluid with minimal shear and does not significantly increase the fluid viscosity. EZ-MUD GOLD shale stabilizer is suitable for use up to 300°F (149°C) in fresh water, sea water and monovalent brines.  High pH environments (> 10.5) can cause hydrolysis, particularly at elevated temperatures, and should be avoided.

Applications /Functions

• Enhances rheological properties of a low-solids drilling mud
• Promotes clay and shale stabilization to prevent swelling and/or dispersion
• Promotes borehole stability in water sensitive formations
• Minimizes rotational torque and circulating pressure
• Promotes enhancement of air-foam system capabilities
• Enhances core recovery in continuous wireline coring operations

Advantages

• NSF/ANSI Standard 60 certified
• Unique physical structure allows for easy dispersion and mixing with minimal shear
• Allows for use of increased concentrations to gain inhibition without excess viscosity production
• No petroleum distillates present
• Breaks down chemically with bleach (sodium hypochlorite)
• Compatible with other Baroid drilling fluid additives when added in proper sequence
• Non-fermenting

Additional product information: EZ-MUD GOLD

N-SEAL™

N-SEAL acid soluble lost circulation material is specially formulated, extrusion-spun mineral fiber. Due to its solubility in weak acids, N-SEAL lost circulation material is easily removed from production zones.

Applications /Functions

• N-SEAL material can be used as an additive for loss of circulation in concentrations of up to 70 lb/100 gallons (86 kg/m3).

Advantages

• NSF/ANSI Standard 60 certified
• Acid soluble
• Easily-wetted
• Inorganic and non-fermenting

Additional product information: N-SEAL

PAC™-L

PAC™-L modified natural cellulosic polymer provides filtration control in most water-based drilling fluids without substantially increasing viscosity. PAC-L polymer, when added to a QUIK-GEL® or BORE-GEL® bentonite slurry, yields a fluid system suitable for drilling in sandy formation. PAC-L polymer can be added to vegetable or mineral oil to provide an oil-based fluid suspension, which can be poured into drill string directly.

Applications /Functions

• Filtration control in fresh or brackish water-based drilling fluids
• Encapsulation of shale to prevent swelling and disintegration
• Borehole stability in water sensitive formations
• Minimized rod chatter, rotational torque and circulating pressure
• Improved hole cleaning and core recovery

Advantages

• Effective in fresh water, salt water and brackish water-based drilling fluids
• Effective in small quantities for filtration control
• Does not significantly increase fluid viscosity
• Non-fermenting
• Resistant to harsh environments and contaminants
• Free-flowing powder for easy addition
• Compatible with other Baroid drilling fluid additives

Additional product information: PAC-L

OTHER CHEMICALS

SODA ASH

Alkalinity Agent

Soda Ash alkalinity agent is a granular powder form of sodium carbonate primarily used to condition and soften make-up water and to raise pH.

Applications/Functions

• Treat out calcium hardness in make-up water 
• Raise pH 

Advantages

• Can eliminate calcium ions by converting to insoluble carbonate
• Can maximize the performance of bentonite and polymer products

Additional product information: Soda Ash

We are capable of developing bentonite, foam and hybrid mixtures for both vertical and horizontal drilling.
If you have doubts about the quality of the drilling mixture, we provide laboratory services directly on site and make appropriate adjustments during the work.