Oil & Gas Drilling Mud

Gilsonite is used in manufacture of drilling mud fluids and oil well cement because of its unique and stable composition for walls of oil wells. Other benefits of gilsonite in drilling are as follows:

- The addition of Gilsonite to oil well cement reduces slurry weight and there is no need to add large amounts of water
- Compatibility with other additives, and acid and alkali resistance
- Resistance against premature hydration of cement slurry
- Wide range of temperature performance
- Resistance against average water pressure
- Resistance against conglomerate over time and under pressure
- Sealing oil well cracks due to its plastic viscosity property