Weighting Agent Barite For Drilling SG 4.1 With 325 Mesh
Quick Detail:
| Chemical formula | BaSO4 |
| Mineral composition | Barium sulfate with minuscule amount of strontium |
| Color | Colorless or multicolored (red, orange, yellow, white, and brown) |
| Hardness | 2.5 - 3.5 (on Mohs scale of hardness) |
| Specific gravity | 4.2 |
| Found in | Calcite, Cerussite, Dolomite, Quartz, and Gypsum |
| Tenacity | Brittle |
| Other names | Baryte, Heavy spar, Desert rose |
| Solubility | Non soluble in water, and inert to acids and bases |
| Toxicity | Non toxic |
Description:
> Product name: barite powder/ baryte powder
> Specific gravity:4.2
> Colors: white or Grey
> Particle size: 300 mesh
> PB content: 100PPM max
> Mercury content: 200PPM max
> Supply capacity:5,000tons/month
> Country of origin: China
> Water soluble alkaline earth metal as calcium: 150PPM max
Why do we us barite/ baryte in oil drilling area as drilling mud?
Reasons for barite’s use over other materials:
- Neutrality - chemically, physically and magnetically neutral
- environmentally acceptable from the standpoint of its disposal as part of the drilling fluid.
- Far less abrasive than other materials and does little damage to drilling equipment.
- Low cost
Applications:
- To be the weighting agent in oil well drilling industry
- To clean cuttings from the well bottom.
- Flush those cuttings to the surface.
- Cool and lubricate the drill bit.
- Deposit a “ filter cake’ layer on the well bore wall to prevent loss of the circulating fluid.
- Prevent formation fluids entering the borehole and mixing with circulating fluids.
- Support the walls of the well bore without damaging the formation.
- Control pressures under the surface.
Specifications:
| Product name | Barite/baryte |
| Specific gravity | 4.2 |
| Standard | API 13A grade |
| Application | Weighing agent/ drilling mud/drilling fluid |
| Place of origin | China |
