Why It Matters
Drilling contractors and mud-engineering companies consume weighting agents, viscosifiers and fluid-loss additives by the truckload on every well, making it a large, recurring, container-scale procurement category. Mud chemistry has to simultaneously control formation pressure, build a sealing filter cake, and stabilize reactive shale, so operators buy the whole additive stack against a density and rheology spec
Solution Approach
Drilling contractors and mud-engineering companies consume weighting agents, viscosifiers and fluid-loss additives by the truckload on every well, making it a large, recurring, container-scale procurement category. Mud chemistry has to simultaneously control formation pressure, build a sealing filter cake, and stabilize reactive shale, so operators buy the whole additive stack against a density and rheology spec RawSource supplies the base chemicals that go into these programs. We can help with product selection, grade matching, and sourcing from multiple origins for supply security.
Typical Treatment Workflow
1
System Assessment
Characterize operating conditions—fluid composition, temperature, pressure, flow rates—and benchmark current treatment performance.
2
Chemistry Selection
Match base chemicals to your operating envelope. Factor in compatibility with existing programs, regulatory constraints, and downstream impacts.
3
Dosage & Delivery
Determine optimal treat rates through jar testing or field trials. Configure packaging (drums, totes, ISO tanks) to match consumption and storage logistics.
4
Monitoring & Adjustment
Track KPIs—coupon rates, residuals, separator performance, water quality. Adjust chemistry and dosage as conditions change.
Recommended Chemistries (6)
Barite (drilling-grade barium sulfate)
CAS 7727-43-7
Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Color / Pigmentation
1564 (BARIUM SULFATE) · Class High-specific-gravity (~4.2) inert weighting agent that raises mud density to balance formation pressure and prevent influx/blowouts; the core mud weight-up material. (source on demand)
Physical Description: Barium sulfate appears as white or yellowish od… Appearance: Fine, heavy powder or polymorphous crystals Odor: Odorless
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Bentonite
CAS 1302-78-9
Specialty Additives
Color / Pigmentation
Sodium montmorillonite clay that hydrates and swells to build suspension viscosity and lay down a low-permeability filter cake that limits fluid loss into the formation
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Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)
CAS 9004-32-4
Specialty Additives
Surfactancy
Anionic cellulose polymer that reduces API filtration/fluid loss and supplies viscosity in water-based muds without heavy solids loading
Solubility: Yields a viscous colloidal solution with water.… PH: Not < 5,0 and not more than 8,5 (1 % colloidal …
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Potassium chloride (KCl)
CAS 7447-40-7
Acids & Salts
Viscosity Modification
K+ ions exchange into swelling-clay interlayers to suppress shale hydration and stabilize the wellbore in reactive formations. (source on demand)
Physical Description: Pellets or Large Crystals; Pellets or Large Cry… Appearance: Colorless, elongated, prismatic, or cubical cry… Odor: Odorless
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Xanthan Gum, Food Grade (CAS 11138-66-2)
CAS 11138-66-2
Specialty Additives
Conditioning
Microbial polysaccharide that gives strong shear-thinning, low-end rheology for cuttings suspension and hole cleaning in low-solids and brine muds. (source on demand)
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Calcium Chloride
CAS 10043-52-4
Specialty Additives
Viscosity Modification
Densifies the brine phase and provides divalent-ion inhibition that helps stabilize cuttings and reactive clays in calcium-based mud systems
Melting Point: 782 °C Boiling Point: 1935 °C Density: 2.15 at 20 °C
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