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90% BaSO4 Barite API 13A For Oil Drilling With Size Of 100 / 200 Mm
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, Sulfur, and Gypsum |
| Other names | Baryte, Heavy spar, Desert rose |
| Solubility | Non soluble in water, and inert to acids and bases |
| Toxicity | Non toxic |
Description:
>Product name: API grade baryte ore/ barite ore
>Colors: white to Grey
>Specific gravity: 4.2
>Supply capacity: 5,000tons/month
>Country of origin: China
>Lump size: 0-200MM
>PB content: 100PPM max
>Mercury content: 200PPM max
>Water soluble alkaline earth metal as calcium: 150PPM max
Applications:
- 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.
Why do we use 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
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