Drilling products, filtration additives, stabilizers and lubricants for mineral exploration
Mineral Exploration represents one of the largest and most challenging markets in Industrial Drilling.
Mineral Exploration Drilling Products
Mineral Exploration Drilling Products help to stabilize the borehole and prevent collapse, allowing for accurate and reliable core samples to be obtained. These drilling fluids also aid in removing cuttings from the borehole, improving drilling efficiency and reducing the risk of equipment damage.
Cebo Hybrid-Gel is a high-yield biodegradable fluid system, based on natural, non-toxic polymers, and is defined as our staple environmentally friendly drilling product. It has a relatively low mixing ratio and is ideal for all small-scale Core Drilling operations.
Cebo Hybrid-Gel is extremely versatile; it can be used as a single-sack solution to build viscosity and improve fluid loss, or alternatively used in addition to a polymer-based drilling fluid to stabilize and enhance existing properties.
Cebo Hybrid-Gel is an efficient clay and shale inhibitor and promotes effective solids suspension and transportation. Cebo Hybrid-Gel can be mixed in fresh, brackish, or saturated salt water.
Mineral Exploration Filtration Control Additives
Mineral Exploration Filtration Control Additives maintain borehole stability, minimize fluid loss, and improve drilling efficiency. This, in turn, helps reduce downtime and increase productivity, leading to cost savings.
QUIK-TROL® is an additive that provides filtration control in most water-based drilling fluids.
Mineral Exploration Clay/Shale Stabilizers
Mineral Exploration Clay/Shale Stabilizers are critical for preventing borehole collapse and maintaining drilling stability. These stabilizers help ensure a safe and secure work environment by preventing accidents and equipment damage.
EZ MUD® is a polymer emulsion, primarily used as a borehole stabilizer to prevent reactive shale and clay from swelling and sloughing.
Mineral Exploration Lost Circulation Material
Lost Circulation Material mitigate the loss of drilling fluids into fractures and porous formations, maintaining circulation and preventing wellbore instability. Lost circulation materials also reduce the risk of expensive and time-consuming remediation work, ensuring efficient and cost-effective drilling operations.
DIAMOND SEAL® is an absorbent polymer for lost circulation. The product absorbs hundreds of times its own weight in water. It is intended for use primarily as a lost circulation material in HDD.
Mineral Exploration Specialist Products
AQUA-CLEAR® PFD is a phosphate-free dispersant that provides superior mud and sediment removal from the producing formation and gravel pack.
Mineral Exploration Lubricants
Mineral Exploration Lubricants help reduce friction and wear on drilling equipment, including the drill string and the bit. This helps to extend the life of the equipment, reduce downtime, and increase drilling efficiency, saving time and money for the drilling operation.
Cebo Tunnel-Lube is a torque reducer that helps to provide friction reduction and improve lubrication characteristics of water-based drilling fluids.