Viscosifier
Description
QUIK-GEL® is an easy-to-mix, finely ground (200-mesh), premium-grade, high-yielding Wyoming sodium bentonite. QUIK-GEL® imparts viscosity, fluid loss control and gelling characteristics to freshwater-based drilling fluids.
Applications/Functions
Mix slowly through a jet mixer or sift slowly into the vortex of a high-speed stirrer. Approximate Amounts of QUIK-GEL® Added to Freshwater:
- Mix with fresh water to form a low-solids drilling fluid for general drilling applications
- Viscosify water-based drilling fluids
- Reduce filtration by forming a thin filter cake with low permeability
- Improve hole-cleaning capability of drilling fluids
- Mix with foaming agents to make “gel/foam” drilling fluids for air/foam drilling applications
- NSF/ANSI Standard 60 certified
- Single-sack product and cost effective
- Provides lubricity for drilling fluids
- Mixes easily and quickly reaches maximum viscosity
- Yields more than twice as much mud of the same viscosity as an equal weight of API oilfield grades of bentonite
Mix slowly through a jet mixer or sift slowly into the vortex of a high-speed stirrer. Approximate Amounts of QUIK-GEL® Added to Freshwater: