IMERYS - Graphite Drilling Fluid
IMERYS - Graphite Drilling Fluid
IMERYS - Graphite Drilling Fluid
Introduction to IMERYS
Logistic
Logistic
Consumer goods
43%
Construction
34%
Industrial goods
d Infinite usages
in industrial equipment
Refractory linings for high temperature industries (steel, aluminum making) Abrasives for polishing turbine blades Refractory minerals for investment casting Minerals for oilfield drilling fluids and cementing Pigments for industrial plastics,
23%
Group snapshot
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2010 Key figures
Sales
3,347 million
Operating margin
12.5%
ROCE
240 industrial
facilities
7 main research
centers
13.0%
Main competitors
AKW, Sibelco, Goonvean Almatis, Rio Tinto Saint-Gobain Washington Mills, Nacional de Grafite
World #1 in minerals for refractory applications World #1 in minerals for abrasives World #1 in fused zirconia World #1 in high performance graphite
World #1 in diatomite and perlite for filtration World #1 in minerals for breathable polymer films World #1 in mica for engineered plastics and high performance coatings
BASF, Huber, AKW Sibelco, Goonvean, Omya Eagle Picher, CECA Grefco
World #1 in kaolin for paper World #2 in ground calcium carbonate (GCC) for paper
(1)
26%
29%
5%
North America
21%
62%
Western Europe
48%
2001
* Sales by sales destination
2010
Sandersville (US)
Paper Pigments, Performance Minerals
St Quentin Fallavier
(France) Monolithic Refractories
Limoges
(France) Ceramic center
Lompoc (US)
Filtration
Bodio
(TIMCAL-Switz) Graphite/Carbon blacks
10
Ball Clay
Diatomite
Graphite
Perlite
Calcium Carbonate
Bentonite
Mica
Ball Clay
Bentonite
Carbonates
Diatomite
Graphite
Mica
Perlite
Ball Clay
Our product How it works
Benefits
1 m
Our Hymod Prima is a ball clay product that has been used widely in ceramic applications for many years due to its consistent quality It is widely used to simulate drill cuttings in laboratory mud formulations
Ball clays are mineralogically and morphologically similar to many types of shale Hymod Prima consists primarily of fine particle size disordered kaolinite, quartz, mica and some swelling smectites
Bentonite
Our product How it works Benefits
1 m
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ECCAgel, our bentonite is sourced from South Africa It is a non-treated (or natural) sodium bentonite API specification 13A/ISO 13500 section 11 (OCMA grade)
Bentonite provides viscosity and gelling characteristic to WBM Rheological properties: bentonite suspensions develop a yield stress and show strong shear thinning behavior
Viscosifier to suspend weighting agent and cuttings Filtrate reducer to decrease fluid loss from a wellbore fluid, forming a thin tough filter cake
Calcium Carbonate
Our products How it works Benefits
2% HCl 5 min
Calcium carbonates from Marble, Limestone and Chalk sources Dolomites (Ca/Mg CO3) Wide range of particle size distributions available worldwide Fully Acid soluble
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Prevent formation damage Control seepage and circulation losses Easily removed by acids or chelants
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Northern Europe
Middle East
Americas
Asia
Can be used as
Imercarb 2L
Fine
Imercarb 10L
Medium
D 110
D 110
Coarse
0.2
0.2
0.38
0.5
Mica
Our product How it works Benefits
1 m
Mica consists of high aspect ratio, flakeshaped particles Imerys has a range of controlled particle size distribution products
Coarser grades are effective to control losses, pumped as a pill treatment to plug fractures Fine grades pass through shaker screens, so they can be used as a pretreatment to control seepage losses
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ND300 ND500
PLM 2 PLM
60
Morvan, France
40
Suzorite 15-Z
20
Coarse
Boucherville, Canada
Spruce Pine, NC
USA
Graphite
Our product How it works Benefits
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Imerys offers a large range of natural flake graphite Our range includes a high degree of crystallinity, which equates to near theoretical true density, high thermal and electric conductivity
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Graphite particles bridge and block fractures Particles form a strong plug, but with sufficient flexibility to withstand changes in wellbore pressure Graphite is an efficient lubricant between drillstring and wellbore
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Reduce torque and drag in deviated wells Control lost circulation Strengthen wellbore by the stress-cage effect
PP10
PP25
PP44
M200
80x150
50x100 20x50
LSG 6
LSG 44
C-LUB 302
0,1
KS10 KS15
KS25 KS44
0,01 1 10
d50 ( m)
100
1000
Diatomite / Perlite
Our product How it works Benefits
Diatomite
Secondary Bed
Perlite
Primary Bed
Filter mesh
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Diatomite is a natural silica mineral made from skeletons of single celled organism called diatoms Our diatomite is calcined to remove impurities Perlite is volcanic glass which is expanded into bubbles, then milled to a powder of extremely low density
Diatomite and perlite are a natural filter aids thanks to their structure Combined with other materials such as organic fibers, they can be used as a pill or "squeeze" treatment.
Control of losses
Rapid bridging and shutoff of large loss zones