Solutions for Drilling Fluids
A reliable drilling fluid program must support wellbore stability, cuttings transport, filtration control, lubrication, pressure control, and efficient solids removal throughout changing drilling conditions. GN New Chem provides drilling fluid chemicals together with the solids-control and mud-treatment experience of GN Solids Control, helping customers align fluid formulation with mixing, circulation, separation, recovery, and waste-management requirements.
Typical Customer Challenges
- Changing formation conditions, temperature, salinity, contamination, and drilled-solids loading.
- Unstable viscosity, excessive fluid loss, poor inhibition, high torque and drag, or lost circulation.
- Chemical programs that do not match the installed mixing and solids-control equipment.
- High dilution, fluid loss, disposal volume, and non-productive time caused by poor system integration.
GN Integrated Solution Approach
- Review of formation information, water chemistry, mud properties, operating temperature, solids loading, equipment configuration, and target performance.
- Selection of viscosifiers, rheology modifiers, fluid-loss additives, shale inhibitors, lubricants, lost-circulation materials, emulsifiers, weighting agents, defoamers, biocides, scavengers, and other additives.
- Compatibility testing and laboratory evaluation for water-based, oil-based, brine-based, low-solids, and project-specific drilling fluid systems.
- Integration with mud mixing systems, shale shakers, desanders, desilters, mud cleaners, decanter centrifuges, vacuum degassers, and waste-treatment equipment supplied by GN Solids Control.
- Field support for mixing sequence, dosage adjustment, solids-control optimization, fluid maintenance, and troubleshooting.
Value to the Customer
- More stable drilling-fluid properties under changing operating conditions.
- Improved wellbore stability, hole cleaning, lubrication, and filtration control.
- Better solids-removal efficiency and longer useful fluid life.
- Reduced dilution, chemical overuse, waste volume, and drilling-related downtime.
Typical Applications
Oil and gas drilling, horizontal directional drilling, geothermal drilling, foundation piling, trenchless construction, shield tunneling, and other circulating-fluid applications.
Send GN New Chem representative samples, available analysis data, current process information, equipment configuration, treatment targets, and operating constraints. Our team will review the application and propose a practical testing and evaluation plan covering chemicals, process conditions, equipment integration, and field implementation.