Gel Stargel Premium
High Yield Wyoming Bentonite
Product Description
STARGEL PREMIUM viscosifier is a premium ultra-fine grind bentonite blended with special extenders, producing a product that will yield more than twice as much viscosity as API Wyoming bentonite. STARGEL PREMIUM is an easily mixed bentonite for freshwater and extended bentonite systems.
Applications
STARGEL PREMIUM is used to rapidly build mud viscosity and provide superior hole cleaning, as well as to help control lost circulation, formation sloughing and promote hole stability in unconsolidated formations. Typical uses are in: Potable-water wells, Mineral exploration, Horizontal directional drilling Construction and Gel-foam air drilling operations.
Advantages
• 93 % passing through 200 mesh grind specification ensures rapid hydration with limited mixing equipment
• Yields more quickly than API-standard bentonite
• Non-toxic and proven suitable for use in drilling potable water wells
• Increased penetration rates due to lower solids content than standard API bentonite systems
• Transportation and storage costs are reduced due to lower treatment requirements as compared to API bentonite
• Non-toxic and environmentally acceptable
• Makes an economical and simple drilling mud
• Assists to reduce seepage losses in porous formations.
Usage
Drilling Application kg / m3
Normal drilling conditions 15 – 30
In gravel or caving formations 35 – 40
Regular freshwater mud 5 – 15
To control seepage losses 35 – 50
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