Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Chemical Family
- Fluids & Lubricants Functions
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Fluids & Lubricants Features
- Features
- Saponification does not appear to occur with calcium treated fluids as it does with some triglycerides, but it may depend on the pH.
- Foaming does not occur in low pH salt water fluids.
- It was designed to attract metal surfaces and reduce the sticking coefficient of clay particles.
- It is an ideal additive for any water-based fluid but is especially useful in completion fluids.
- It can be used to improve sliding operations for directional drilling and is very useful in this regard.
- Its purpose is to enhance the lubricity coefficient of water.
- 1 to 3% is ideal and adding more does not enhance lubricity.
- It is an oil and water-insoluble. Treat spills just like any other oil spill.
Applications & Uses
- Applications
- Compatible Substrates & Surfaces
- Fluids & Lubricants Type
- Fluids & Lubricants End Use
Properties
- Physical Form
Technical Details & Test Data
- Toxicity Test
It has passed the Microtox Toxicity Test and approved for use in Canada.
- An Extremely Slippery Fatty Acid Triglyceride Ester
- A test conducted on an OFITE Lubricity Tester was conducted with plain water and compared with 3% the product.
- The test was conducted at 60 RPM at various torque settings.
These are the Results:
Torque Plain Water Drillfast 150 31 6.4 250 50 10.7 350 Stall 15 450 -550 19.3 -600 23.6 25.4
- Field trials with the product indicate similar results in traditional water base fluids.
- Some years back, tests were conducted by Mondshine and printed in the Oil & Gas Journal.
- It is interesting to note that while diesel and sulfonated asphalt works well in water and Mud A, the combination does not work well in a conventional mud.
- Fatty acid works fairly well.
- The only lubricant that works well in all three systems is one formulated with a blend of modified triglycerides and alcohols.
- The product is a modified fatty acid triglyceride ester and conforms to previous tests.
- A copy of the test results found on page 401 of “Composition and Properties of Drilling and Completion Fluids” is reproduced below.
- Further testing can be conducted upon request and compared with other products if desired.
- Test Details
- Concentrations in pounds/bbl except for diesel, which is given in bbl/bbl.
- Mud A-15 g bentonite in 350 ml water; Mud B-15 g bentonite, 60 g Glen Rose shale, 3 g CLS, 0.5 g caustic soda in 350 ml water.
- It is assumed the values are based on the torque reading at 150 pounds of torque.
- Water is normally in the range of 32 at 150 pounds of torque.
- The product had a torque value of 6.4 at 150 pounds of torque and would not stall even at 600 pounds of torque.
Lubricant Concentration Water Mud A Mud B None 0.36 0-44 0-23 Diesel Oil 0-1 0-07 0-38 0-23 Asphalt 8 0-16 0-38 0-23 Asphalt & Diesel oil 0-1 0-23 0-38 0-23 Graphite 8 0-36 0-40 0-23 Graphite & Diesel oil 0-1 0-23 0-40 0-23 Fatty Acid 4 0-07 0-14 0-17 Long Chained Alcohol 2 0-16 0-40 0-23 Heavy Metal Soap 2
0-28 0-40 0-23 Heavy alkylate 4 0-17 0-36 0-23 Petroleum Sulfonate 4 0-17 0-32 0-23 Mud Detergent Brand X 4 0-11 0-32 0-23 Brand Y 4 0-23 0-32 0-23 Brand Z 4 0-15 0-38 0-23 Silicate 4 0-23 0-30 0-26 Commercial Det. 4 0-25 0-38 0-25 Chlorinated Paraffin 4 0-16 0-40 0-25 Blend of modified Triglycerides and Alcohols 4 0-07 0-06 0-17 Sulfonated Asphalt 8 0-25 0-30 0-25 Sulfonated Asphalt and Diesel Oil 0-1 0-07 0-06 0-25 Walnut Hulls 10 0-36 0-44 0-26
Packaging & Availability
- Packing
It is packaged in 55-gallon poly drums or bulk containers that are appropriately labeled.