Chemicals and Additives
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Essential Chemicals for Oil, Gas, and Mining Operations
Our chemical and additive selection supports essential functions in oil and gas exploration and mining. Each product is carefully sourced and meets stringent industry requirements, ensuring safe, effective, and reliable performance. Here are some of the key chemicals we import and supply and their roles:
Asphaltic Resin (Soltex)
Description: Black powder, odourless.
Application: Low High Temperature and High Pressure fluid loss/filtrate.
Barite
Description: A dense mineral composed of barium sulfate, barite is commonly used in drilling mud. Heavy, fine-grain white or off-white powder.
Application: Its high density allows it to counteract high-pressure zones encountered while drilling, preventing blowouts. It provides hydrostatic pressure and helps stabilize the wellbore. Used as a weighting agent in drilling fluids.
Bentonite
Description: Bentonite is a clay mineral with a high swelling capacity, forming a gel-like substance when mixed with water. Off-white to grayish powder.
Application: In oil drilling, bentonite is used in drilling fluids to cool and lubricate drill bits, remove cuttings from the borehole, and prevent the well from caving in. It also serves as a filtration control agent, which is crucial for wells stability. Used for viscosity and filtration control in drilling muds.
Calcium Bromide
Description: Clear liquid or crystalline powder.
Application: Weighting agent.
Calcium Carbonate (20 & 40 microns)
Description: This naturally occurring mineral serves as a bridging agent in drilling mud. Fine white powder.
Application: Available in different particle sizes (fine, medium), it helps seal permeable formations, reduce fluid loss, and provide wellbore stability. It’s particularly useful in high-pressure environments. Bridging agent and density adjuster in drilling fluids.
Calcium Chloride
Description: A salt, CaCl2 is highly effective in controlling moisture. White, crystalline granules or powder.
Application: In drilling, it is used to increase the density of drilling fluids, stabilizing high-pressure zones. It’s also used as a desiccant to control moisture and helps reduce corrosion in wellbore equipment. Used for shale stabilization and controlling water activity in drilling fluids.
Calcium Hydroxide
Description: White powder.
Application: pH increaser, buffer.
Citric Acid
Description: White crystalline solid.
Application: Scale remover, pH reducer.
Dimerized Fatty Acid
Description: Straw-colored liquid.
Application: Promotes the dispersion and yield of Organophilic Clay. Enhance low shear rheology and gel strength.
Fatty Acid Blend
Description: Dark brown viscus liquid.
Application: Low shear rate viscosifier, Rheology Modifier.
Hematite
Description: Reddish-brown powder.
Application: Weighting agent.
Organophilic Clay
Description: Off-white to tan powder.
Application: Viscosifier.
Potassium Chloride
Description: KCl is a naturally occurring salt that reduces water activity in drilling fluids. White crystalline powder or granules.
Application: KCl prevents water-sensitive clay formations from swelling and collapsing, ensuring a stable wellbore. This is particularly important in formations prone to destabilization upon contact with water-based fluids. Shale inhibitor and water activity adjuster in drilling fluids.
Silica (Pure, blend or D124)
Description: Fine white or off-white powder.
Application: Used as a densifier or strengthening agent in cementing operations. Acts as a proppant in fracturing fluids. Improves the high-temperature resistance of drilling fluids.
Sized Graphite
Description: Dark grey-to-black powder.
Application: LCM materials, Lubricity and impermeable filter cake.
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (SAPP)
Description: White powder.
Application: Dispersant.
Sodium bicarbonate (70, 85, 160, 260, 300, 350 microns)
Description: White crystalline powder.
Application: pH adjuster, neutralizer.
Sodium Carbonate
Description: Known as soda ash, sodium carbonate helps control pH levels in drilling fluids. White, granular or powdered solid.
Application: It is used to treat water hardness and reduce the alkalinity of drilling fluids. This helps in improving fluid stability and preventing corrosion of drilling equipment. Used to increase alkalinity and precipitate calcium in drilling muds.
Sodium Chloride
Description: Common table salt, NaCl is used extensively in the oil and gas industry. White crystalline powder or coarse granules.
Application: It is used to inhibit clay swelling, adjust the density of drilling fluids, and stabilize shale formations in the borehole. NaCl’s properties make it essential in maintaining wellbore stability and avoiding formation damage. Used to reduce water activity and as a density adjuster.
Sodium Hydroxide
Description: Clear liquid or White solid (pellets, flakes).
Application: pH increaser.
Xanthan Gum (Truzan)
Description: A polysaccharide, xanthan gum is used in drilling applications due to its viscosity-enhancing properties. Light beige to white powder.
Application: It provides a thickening effect in drilling muds, helping to suspend solids and reducing friction within the borehole. This property also makes it valuable in maintaining wellbore stability and facilitating the removal of drill cuttings. Viscosifier and suspending agent in drilling muds.
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Other products we supply
Blacknite (Liquid Gilsonite)
Black viscous liquid
208L drums or 275-gallon totes or 550-gallon totes
Lubricant, loss circulation additive
Portland Cement (Class G)
Grey powder
50kg bags
Used for well cementing
Free Drill (Potassium Ashaltic Material)
Black granular material
22.7kg or 25kg sacks
Lubricant, shale stabilizer
Hydroxyethyl Cellulose (HEC)
powder
20kg multiwall paper sacks
Viscosity modifier
H₂S Scavengers
Liquid
20L pails, 205L drums or 1000L totes
H₂S gas removal
GlyPlus (Polyalkylene Glycol)
Viscous liquid
208L drums
Shale inhibitor, fluid loss reducer
Lube 100
Amber liquid
1 gallon jugs or 5 gallon pail or 55 gallon drums
Reduces torque and drag in drilling
Magma Fiber
Fibrous strands
25lbs. sacks
Lost circulation material
Mica (Aluminium Silicate)
Flake material
25kg bags
Bridging agent, lost circulation prevention
Modified Poly Anionic Cellulose (Mi-PACs)-(LV or HV)
White Powder
25kg bags
Added to drilling fluids to reduce filtration loss, stabilize shale formations and maintain boreholes.
Nut Plug
Granules (fine, medium, coarse)
25kg sacks
Lost circulation material.
PAL-FLC (Fluid Loss Control Agent)
Off white powder
25kg multiwall paper sacks
Fluid loss control.
Partially Hydrolyzed Polyacrylamide (PHPA)
White powder
25kg multiwall paper sacks
Shale stabilization, fluid loss control
Potassium Asphalt Sulfonate
Black powder
25kg multiwall paper sacks
Shale stabilizer, lubricant
TruGuard (Cationic Liquid Polyamine)
Light yellow liquid
25L or 200L plastic drums or 1000L IBC drum
Corrosion inhibitor, shale stabilizer
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More products we supply
Hose (1–4 Inch)
Flexible hollow tube
Carry fluids from one location to another
TruPlug
Flake material
Lost circulation material
TrueSeal
Fibrous material
Lost circulation material
Wec union/ Wing union (4 inch joints)
Composed of male and female subs with a wing-nut tightening mechanism
Provides a reliable, pressure-tight seal for connecting pipelines
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