Bentonite as Drilling Mud

Industry

Excavation Industry

Usage

As a lubricant for drill bits and to cool them.

Delivery & Storage
  • Valve type bags / PP or HDPE bags / Paper or customized palletizing facility available as per customer requirement like wrapped in Corrugated boxes, jumbo bags, & wooden boxes with SPECIAL packing material support so that bags will not be damaged during the transit
  • Big-bags Store in dry/aerated space: with laminated or with liners with customized palletizing
Recommendations:
  • Walls for Diaphragm and Cut-Off
  • Jacking Pipe
  • Muds Drilling
  • Bore, Grouting, and Piling
  • Under high pressure and high-temperature drilling conditions, it can be used.
  • Mix with water of decent quality
  • Using high-shear blenders
  • Often use Norm in drilling work
  • Ceramics, additives. So the use of Regular Bentonite is prudent.

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Bentonite as Drilling Mud

In Oil and Gas drilling operations it is required to carry rock cuttings to the surface and also lubricate and cool the drill bit. The drilling mud which is a heavy viscous fluid mixture serves the above purpose. The drilling mud, by hydrostatic pressure, also helps prevent the collapse of unstable strata into the borehole and the intrusion of water from water-bearing strata that may be encountered (courtesy: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.).

Test results of our Bentonite vis-a-vis standard set-forth by American Petroleum Institute API -13 A Section – 9

Physical Parameters

Parameter

Test Results

API-13A Section-9

Viscosity dial reading @ 600 rpm

32

30 Minimum

Yield point/Plastic viscosity ratio

2.62

3 Maximum

Filtration Loss, cc

14.57

15 cc Maximum

Wet residue>75 micron, % wt.

2.34

4% Maximum

Viscosity dial reading @ 300 rpm

25

No mention in code

Moisture, % wt.

2.60

No mention in code

Chemical Composition

Parameter

Units

Test Results

Test Method

Alumina as Al2O3, % wt.

%

16.15

IS:2000-1985

Sodium as Na2O, % wt.

%

2.47

IS:2000-1985

Calcium as CaO, % wt.

%

1.82

IS:2000-1985

Iron as Fe2O3, % wt.

%

13.59

IS:2000-1985

Magnesium as MgO, % wt.

%

1.86

IS:2000-1985

Silica as SiO2, % wt.

%

49.28

IS:2000-1985

LOI, % wt.

%

9.54

IS:2000-1985

Potassium as K2O, % wt.

%

0.86

IS:2000-1985

Titanium as TiO2, % wt.

%

2.05

IS:2000-1985

Specific Gravity

-

2.39

IS:2000-1985

Note:

The stated technical values and product specifications are indicative and are based on experiments carried out using distilled water under laboratory conditions. The above information should not be construed as a promise or guarantee of the properties of a product derived from natural materials, the original properties of which may differ depending on a variety of factors. Mixing the composition and purity of water also greatly impacts the properties and efficiency of the slurry. The above knowledge does not relieve consumers of any responsibility to carry out their own tests, and it is advised that any decision to use our goods should be based on the results of such tests.

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