Lost Circulation Materials
Control downhole losses of drilling fluids
M-I SWACO offers the industry’s most extensive line of lost circulation materials (LCMs) engineered specifically to seal costly loss zones. Our comprehensive suite of LCMs includes an engineered approach to the design and application of plugs and bridging agents. Our lost circulation technologies include proprietary engineering software to determine the optimal particle size distribution of bridging materials.
We provide basic LCMs ranging from flakes and fibers to specially engineered families of crosslinking polymers designed to plug large fractures or vugular zones. Additionally, our thermally activated gelling agents generate viscosity and develop a gel structure once bottomhole temperature exceeds 140 degF [60 degC].
Products
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FybeCarb
High-efficiency, acid-soluble loss-prevention and remedial materialSeal fracture apertures of up to 1,000 um.
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M-I SEAL
Lost-circulation materialsEffective when drilling highly porous fractured or vugular matrix formations.
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M-I-X II
Ground cellulose plugging agentBridge and seal permeable formations in water-, oil-, or synthetic-based mud systems.
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NUT PLUG
Lost circulation materialsLost circulation for all types and densities of fluid systems.
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VINSEAL
Filtration control and electrical stability lost circulation materialBridges and seals permeable formations with minimal effect on electrical stability.
Pills
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FORM-A-BLOK
High-performance, high-strength lost circulation pillCure losses, from partial to severe, at temperatures up to 350 degF [177 degC].
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FORM-A-BLOK AS
Acid-soluble lost circulation pillWellbore strengthening across a host of lost circulation scenarios.
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FORM-A-SQUEEZE
High-solids slurryPrevent lost circulation in fractures, vugular formations, matrix, and underground blowout events.
