Early polymer slurries struggled when drilling unconsolidated soils. Fluid-loss additives changed the game.

Don’t expect these common tools for testing fluids to have same results for high-solids, gelling mixes.

It helps if the whole company, from drillers to owners, knows the value of a good fluid for tricky, sticky geologies.

Changes to usability, suspension, dosage often driven by requests from HDD, other contractors in the field.

Yes, MMO behaves differently, but it can prove effective in unconsolidated formations.

Drillers can minimize frackouts, circulation loss by keeping fluids and slurries clean, above the water table.