Barite API Grade:
Description:
This product is a high quality drilling grade Barite ( Barium Sulphate ) used to increase the density of drilling fluids.it is the most widely used drilling weight material due to its high specific gravity. It meets API 13 A requirements.
Advantages:
- it does not react with other drilling fluids or hamper their functioning.
- it is chemically inert and insoluble.
Physical Properties:
Properties: Value
Appearance: Free Flowing Powder
Specific Gravity: ...
Water soluble earth alkaline metals as calcium..
Residue greater than 75 um....
Particles less than 6 um in equivalent spherical diameter:...
Packaging:
This product is packed in 1 MT-
1.5 MT Jumbo bags, if the customer requires any other packaging the same is also available.
Safety and Handling:
This product must be handled as an industrial chemical, wearing protective equipment and observing the precautions as mentioned in the MSDS.
Evaluation
| PEROPERTIES | UNIT | REQUIRED | Result | |
| Density | g/mL | 4.20 min | 4.22 | |
| Concentration of soluble alkaline earth metals as Calcium | ppm | 250 max | 185 | |
| pH before heating pH after heating | pH pH | 6.5 min 6.5 min | 7.5 7 | |
| Water soluble solids | % by wt | 0.1 max | 0.1 | |
| performance | Apparent viscosity before addition of gypsum Apparent viscosity after addition of gypsum | Cp Cp | 125 max 125 max | 98 105 |
| Wet screen analysis | Retained by no.200 sieve Retained by no.325 sieve | % by wt % by wt | 3 max 10±5 | 2.5 12 |
