Mud Thin
Mud Thin is a mud thinner and deflocculant that provides the cleanest and most effective mud viscosity control.
ADVANTAGES
- Quick make-up and thinning action
- Non-foaming
- Functions over a wide pH range
- Contributes to fluid loss control
- Reduces mud viscositywithout mud dilution
PROPERTIES
Appearance Amber Liquid
Specific Gravity 1.3 g/cm³
Bulk Density 10.8 lb/ft³
pH 6.5-7.5
Temp. Stability >400°
Solubility Miscible
APPLICATION
Mud Thin enhances and improves filtration rate control, functions at virtually all pH levels, and is non-toxic it also contains no heavy metals. It prevents bit balling and mud rings it also reduces viscosity and gel strenghts.
MIXING
Bit Balling / Mud Rings
- ½ gallon to 1 gallon of Bore Thin per 500 Gallons
Thinning
- Slowly add Mud thin to mud until desired viscosity is achieved
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Bore Drill
Bore Drill is a multi-functional liquid polymer designed to improve drilling efficiency in both horizontal and vertical drilled holes through its rapid field mixing, viscosity development, and clay and shale inhibition.
ADVANTAGES
- Performance in fresh water to very heavy brines
- Shale stabilization
- Viscosity Modifier
- Supports fluid loss control
- Provides Borehole lubrication
PROPERTIES
Appearance Opaque
Degree of Charge, % medium to low
Specific gravity @ 20°C 1.02 – 1.05
Viscosity, as is, cps ~1500
Shelf life, months 6
Dosage 0.5-2.0 lb/bbl
APPLICATION
Designed for use as a drilling fluid polymer for improved viscosity, bit lubrication, and shale stabilization/inhibition. Can be mixed into bentonite slurries for use in vertical or horizontal drilling applications.
MIXING
Treatment
- ½ gallon of Bore Drill will treat 1000 gallons of water
Recommended Fluid Formulation for clay (Per 500 Gal)
- 2 LBS Soda Ash
- ¼ Gallon Bore Drill
- ¼ Gallon Bore Boost
Notes:
Bore Drill inhibits the swelling of clay. Bore Clean is used as a wetting agent to prevent clay from sticking to the product line and downhole tooling. May need to increase Bore Clean to 4 Qts per 500 gallons if clay is highly reactive (sticky) Add soda ash at a rate of 1 pt/100 gallons to treat water prior to mixing other additives. Soda ash will enhance the yield of your additives.
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Sand Pac
Sand Pac is an easy mixing, water soluble, polymer supplied as a granular powder. Sand Pac is designed for preparation of viscous earth-reinforcing fluids or slurries for a variety of drilling, trenching, and walling applications in the geo-construction industry.
ADVANTAGES
- Can be mixed directly in the borehole or excavation
- Stabilizes borehole while excavating; improves skin friction
- Non-gelling, even at high viscosities, facilitating settlement of fines, and maintenance of a clean fluid
- High cohesiveness to bind excavated soil and gravel
- Improves loading and removal of spoils
- Works well in both fresh and saltwater
PROPERTIES
Appearance: Solid. Powder. Dust.
COLOR: White
WEIGHT: NA
ODOR: Odorless or no characteristic odor.
pH: 6.5-8.0
APPLICATION
Sand Pac is ideal for slurry trenching, diaphragm walls, drilled shafts/bored piles, and tunneling.
MIXING
Treatment For 500 Gallons of Water
- 5lbs of Sand Pac will treat 500 gallons of water, use Soda Ash to lower water hardness
- Sand Pac should be used in addition to other Velocity Energy Services products
Excavation Treatment
Sand Pac should be mixed by sifting carefully into a stream of water directed into the excavation or an agitator mix tank. Make-up water should have a pH of 8-10; add 6 lbs SODA ASH per 1,000 gallons water.
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Bore Clean
Bore Clean is a liquid solution of nonionic surfactants formulated to lower surface tension and increase wetting properties of drilling fluids.
ADVANTAGES
- Assists in keeping the drill bit clean and prevents bit balling
- Designed to work in fresh or saltwater
- Mixes very easily
- Promotes settling of clays at the reserve pit/tank
- Reduces torque and drag associated with drilling in swelling clays
PROPERTIES
Appearance Viscous Liquid
Specific gravity @ 20°C .99 – 1.01
Solubility Instant
Flash Point >200°
APPLICATION
Designed to reduce the interfacial tension and inhibit the hydration and dispersion of clay and shale.
MIXING
Treatment
- ½ gallon of Bore Clean treats 500 gallons of water
Recommended Fluid Formulation for Drilling in clay (Per 500 Gal)
- 2 LBS SODA ASH
- ¼ Gallon Bore Drill
- ½ Gallon Bore Clean
NOTES:
Bore Drill inhibits the swelling of clay. Bore Clean is used as a wetting agent to prevent clay from sticking to the product line and downhole tooling. May need to increase Bore Clean to 4 Qts per 500 gallons if clay is highly reactive (sticky) Add soda ash at a rate of 1 pt/100 gallons to treat water prior to mixing other additives. Soda ash will enhance the yield of your additives.
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Bore Drill P
Bore Drill P stabilizing agent is a free flowing, water-soluble, easy mixing, 100% active, dry granular polymer. Bore Drill P stabilizing agent is a very high molecular weight partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (PHPA) polymer. When mixed with fresh water, a small quantity of Bore Drill P stabilizing agent can provide a clear, solid-free, viscous borehole stabilizing fluid for use in drilled shaft, auger drilling, horizontal directional boring, trenching excavation and reverse circulation (RC) rotary drilling. Bore Drill P stabilizing agent is not designed to be used in conjunction with bentonite based fluids (Gel).
ADVANTAGES
- Efficient shale/clay stabilizer and viscosifier
- Does not require solids control unit to clean the slurry
- Helps maintain a stable and gauge borehole
- Helps maximize skin friction and ultimate end bearing capacity for a drilled shaft
- Non-fermenting
- No petroleum distillates involved
- Can be broken down chemically with bleach (sodium hypochlorite)
PROPERTIES
Appearance white granular
Bulk density, lb/ft3 52
pH (0.25% solution) 8.5 to 9.0
APPLICATION
- Build a clay-free boring fluid
- Stabilize reactive clay and shale formations
- Enhance core recovery in continuous wireline coring operations
- Provide high cohesiveness to bind excavated sandy soil and gravel
- Removal of drilled spoils from augers and increase excavation rate
- Maximize load transfer for drilled shaft application
MIXING
Treatment
- 1-2 Pound of Bore Drill P will treat 100 gallons of water
Recommended Fluid Formulation for clay (Per 500 Gal)
- 2 LBS Soda Ash
- 5 LBS Bore Drill P
- ¼ Gallon Bore Boost
- ¼ Gallon Clay Stop