Baroid’s PENETROL wetting agent is a water miscible, non-ionic surfactant designed to counteract the sticking tendencies of clay. Applications/Functions
- Reduce or eliminate bit balling
- Reduce surface tension of drilling fluid, which allows faster chip removal without continuously grinding the hard shale formations
- Improve drilling efficiency by preferentially coating the bottom-hole assembly and drill string
- Minimize differential sticking
- Increase bit life and reduce drill pipe and bottom-hole assembly wear
Advantages
- Easy to mix
- Effective in low concentrations
- Compatible with other Baroid drilling fluid additives
- Biodegradable
Typical Properties
- Appearance: Forest green liquid
- Specific gravity: 0.98
- pH (1%) solution: 9.5
- Flash point, TOC: >300oF, (149oC)