QUIK-BORE high-yield boring fluid system
QUIK-BORE high-yield boring fluid system is specially formulated for use in horizontal directional drilling (HDD), primarily tunneling and micro-tunneling applications. QUIK-BORE high-yield boring fluid system is a proprietary blended product using Wyoming sodium bentonite.
Applications/ Functions
Advantages
QUIK-BORE high-yield boring fluid system is specially formulated for use in horizontal directional drilling (HDD), primarily tunneling and micro-tunneling applications. QUIK-BORE high-yield boring fluid system is a proprietary blended product using Wyoming sodium bentonite.
The use of QUIK-BORE high-yield boring fluid system assists or promotes the following:
Provides functional gel strength for cuttings suspension
Improves borehole stability
Reduces filtration by forming a thin filter cake with low permeability Lubricates pipe in micro-tunneling operations
High-yielding and easy to mix
Helps provide lubrication for pulling product line
Can be used in unconsolidated formations
Can provide gel strength to compensate for low annular velocity Can minimize the number of boring fluid products required
Disperses readily in water
Efficiently improves filtration control
NSF/ANSI Standard 60 certified
Appearance Variable colored powder (tan to gray)
Bulk Density, lb/ft3 68 to 72 (compacted)
Typical Properties
Recommended Add slowly and uniformly through a high-shear, jet-type mixer, or into the vortex of a high Treatment speed stirrer over one or more cycles of the volume of slurry. Continue to circulate and
agitate the slurry until all un-yielded bentonite is dispersed.
Recommended Treatment (continued)
Approximate Amounts of QUIK-BORE bentonite Added to Fresh Water
lb/bbl lb/100 gallons kg/m3
8 – 15 20 – 35 24 – 42
Packaging
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- Ideal make-up water has a total hardness (as calcium) less than 100 ppm (mg/L), chloride content less than 1500 ppm, chlorine content less than 50 ppm, and pH between 8.5 – 9.5.
- Pre-treat mixing water with Soda Ash (sodium carbonate), typically 0.5 – 1 pound per 100 gallons (0.6 – 1.2 kg/m3), to reduce total hardness to less than 100 mg/l and raise pH to 8.5-9.5.
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