Mining and water well fluids
Drilling solutions for industrial and municipal projects
SLB applies decades of drilling fluids expertise to mining exploration, water well construction, and industrial drilling projects. Our engineered fluid systems are designed to maximize drilling efficiency while maintaining borehole stability, minimizing formation damage, and improving hole cleaning across a wide range of geological conditions. Whether drilling for mineral resources, groundwater development, or infrastructure projects, SLB delivers fluid solutions that help operators improve ROP, reduce NPT, optimize well construction costs, and achieve secure, reliable drilling performance.
Backed by a comprehensive portfolio of polymers, viscosifiers, filtration-control additives, and lubricants, SLB provides tailored fluid design, technical expertise, and field engineering support from planning through project execution. For projects encountering increasingly complex drilling environments including severe fluid losses, reactive formations, wellbore instability, high temperature conditions, or other demanding operational challenges, SLB can leverage selected technologies from its aqueous fluid solutions (AFS) to develop fit for purpose solutions. By transferring proven technologies from some of the world's most technically challenging oil and gas applications, SLB brings advanced chemistry and engineering expertise to mining and water well operations, helping operators address complex drilling challenges with proven solutions.
| DRILPLEX HDD | Viscosifier |
| DUO-VIS and SUPER-VIS | Biopolymer viscosifier |
| M-I GEL SUPREME | Nontreated bentonite |
| KLA-GARD | Shale stabilizer and inhibitor system |
| KWIK PLUG MEDIUM | Bentonite sealing agent |
| Lost circulation material (LCM) | |
| PLATINUM D-D | Aqueous surface active additive blend |
| PLATINUM FOAM PLUS | Foaming agent |
| PLATINUM PAC | Cellulosic filtration control polymer |
| PLATINUM PAC UL | Low-viscosity cellulosic filtration control polymer |
| PLATINUM ROD EASE | Lubricant |
| POLYPAC R | Polyanionic-cellulose filtration-control additive |
| POLYPAC UL | Ultralow-viscosity polyanionic cellulose |
| POLY-PLUS | High-molecular-weight liquid clay inhibitor |
| POLY-PLUS 2000 | Liquid clay inhibitor |
| POLY-PLUS RD | Readily dispersible liquid clay inhibitor |
| POLYSWELL | Copolymer |
| RINGFREE | Polymeric thinner |
| ROD COAT B 700 | Drilling rod coating grease |
| ROD COAT L 1000 | Advanced drilling rod coating grease |
| ROD EASE | Rod lubricant |
| SMOOTH GROUT 30 | 30%-active-solids slurry grout |
| Soda ash | Sodium carbonate |
| SUPER PLUG | All-natural bentonite plugging material |
| TACKLE | Low-molecular-weight polymer additive |
| MD-2 | Dual-deck shaker |
| MD-3 | Triple-deck shaker |
| Mongoose Pro | Dynamic dual-motion shaker |
| MEERKAT PT | Dual-motion shaker |
| High-volume mud cleaners | |
| Duraflo | Composite screen |
| 518 HV | High-volume, high-speed decanting centrifuge |
| CD-250 | Centrifuge |
| 414 Centrifuge | Barite-recovery decanting centrifuge |
| CD-500 HV | High-volume, high-speed precision-balanced centrifuge |
| CD-500 XV | Centrifuge |
| Centrifuge rotating assemblies |
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