Drilling & Cementing
Overview
Flotek is a leader in chemical innovation, creating specialty polymers and surfactants that can boost performance in water- and oil-based drilling fluids. Our dispersants enhance cement slurry flow for efficient mixing and pumping, even at high densities. These additives alleviate pressure in unconsolidated sands or depleted formations, reducing the potential for lost circulation. With Flotek’s advanced drilling and cementing chemicals, you can improve fluid loss control, hole cleaning and fluid suspension, optimizing your operation’s efficiency.
Products
ANTI-FOAMERS
Flotek’s anti-foamers offer an effective solution to mitigate issues associated with foam formation and gas entrainment in oil and gas production, thereby enhancing efficiency and optimizing production processes.
CEMENTING GAS CONTROL
Spacers, fluids injected before cement to separate drilling fluids and cementing slurries, can enhance gelled drilling fluid removal and cement bond. Their design can be customized for various needs, including well control with weighted spacers or increased drilling fluid removal with reactive spacers.
CHEMICAL FLUID LOSS
Flotek’s fluid loss control additives enhance cement slurry performance by minimizing fluid loss to the formation, thus averting dehydration and gas migration that can compromise wellbore integrity.
CLAY CONTROL
Flotek’s advanced clay control solutions are engineered to counter formation damage, specifically fines migration and clay swelling.
COMPLEX NANO FLUIDS
Flotek’s advanced complex nano-fluid® solutions, derived from the strategic incorporation of nanoparticles, can offer significant improvements in terms of wellbore stability and thermal performance.
LUBRICANTS
High-angle and extended-reach wells often struggle with torque, drag and coefficient of friction (COF) challenges during completion operations. Flotek provides a portfolio of chemical products designed specifically to mitigate these issues in water- and oil-based drilling fluids.
RETARDERS
Polymers and surfactants are examples of dispersants used in managing cement slurry viscosity, enhancing fluidity and optimizing fluid-loss control for efficient displacement of drilling fluids. Their application is crucial in handling densified cement slurries and when dealing with unconsolidated sands or depleted formations, offering significant prevention against lost circulation.
SPECIALTY CEMENTS
Polymers and surfactants are examples of dispersants used in managing cement slurry viscosity, which may enhance fluidity and optimize fluid-loss control for efficient displacement of drilling fluids. Their application is crucial in handling densified cement slurries and when dealing with unconsolidated sands or depleted formations, offering significant prevention against lost circulation.
SURFACTANTS – DRILLING OPERATIONS
Flotek’s advanced surfactants can offer significant improvements to the efficiency and profitability of drilling operations. By reducing interfacial tension, altering wettability and stabilizing emulsification, these surfactants can help to increase oil recovery, even under challenging reservoir conditions.
VISCOSIFIERS
Viscosifiers are additives used to control the rheology of drilling and cementing fluids, helping achieve the right balance of thickness and flow. By increasing viscosity, they keep cuttings suspended, reduce settling during static conditions, and improve fluid stability under high shear or extreme temperatures. In cementing, they enhance slurry placement efficiency and help ensure a stronger, more reliable bond.
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STIMULATION
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REMEDIATION
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