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| Halliburton's Innovert Drilling Fluid Eliminates Barite Sag HOUSTON, Texas - Baroid Fluid Services, a product service line of Halliburton’s Fluid Systems division, has introduced the new INNOVERT drilling fluid system for use in areas where paraffin/mineral oil is the preferred base oil. Derived from the proven barite sag-eliminating technology used in Halliburton’s award-winning ACCOLADE drilling fluid, the INNOVERT system obsoletes existing approaches for treating barite sag in paraffin and mineral oil-based fluids, while providing operators unparalleled technical and economic performance. The INNOVERT system bypasses other approaches that have been used to address the problem of barite sag. For instance, some existing treatments rely on the use of ultra-fine weighting agents to treat sag, which can lead to escalating costs and an increased likelihood of formation damage. The INNOVERT system has ended this reliance on fine particles by providing operators with a low-solid, non-formation-damaging fluid. The gel structure of INNOVERT drilling fluid also eliminates the need for excess thickening of the mud, while other approaches involve making the mud thicker, thereby causing new problems such as increased equivalent circulating densities (ECD). Beyond eliminating barite sag, the technologies used in these fluid systems are widely recognized by operators as providing dramatically reduced whole mud losses resulting in lower overall well costs. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |