Barite
Barite (barium sulfate)
Barite is a colorless or white substance that turns into an impurity color if it has impurities. The main characteristic of barite is its very high specific gravity. Barite is a neutral substance with many uses. For example, high-purity white barite is used as a filler in the paint industry. Barite is also used in the plastics industry. Due to its high specific weight, barite is also used in construction concreting.
But one of the wide applications of barite is its use in oil and gas well drilling fluid. One of the most widely used and consumed materials in oil and gas well drilling is barite, and it is very important. Barite is used as a weighting or densifying agent in drilling fluids. By increasing the density and weight of the drilling fluid,
this neutral substance prevents the exit of gas and oil materials and the collapse of the well.For the use of barite in drilling mud materials, different characteristics can be desired by the user. But the most important feature of barite is its specific weight. Barite with a purity of more than 95% of barium sulfate has a specific gravity of 4.3 and above, and barite with a purity of more than 90% has a specific gravity of 4.2. Barite with a specific gravity of 4.2 and 4.1 is often used for drilling oil wells.
Barite powder with high purity has a bright color and other colors are due to the presence of a small amount of impurities in the material. Barite is often packed in 1.5 ton jumbobags with the desired specific gravity and sent to the storage of drilling rigs.
