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BAROID SALES COMPANY
837 JACKSON STREET LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
"A Complete Drilling Mud Service"
DISTRIBUTORS
California Gulf Coast Mid-Continent Export
Carl Ingalls, Inc. Beaumont Cement Sales Co. Bridgeport Machine Co. Oil Well Supply Co.
Oil We fell Supply Co. Lucey Products Corp. National Supply Co. National Supply Co,
Pfcden Company Oil Well Engineering Co.. Ltd.
PRODUCTS: Prevent building up thick filter cake on wall of hole.
Seal off minor flows of gas and water.
BAROID—Extra-Heavy Colloidal Drilling Mud Seal off flows of Artesian water encountered during drilling.
AQUAGEL—Trouble-Proof Colloidal Drilling Mud Insure landing, of long strings of casing.
Insure positive water-tight shutoffs in an admixture with cement
LEMCO MUD SCREEN—For Removing Cuttings and (U. S. Patent Re-issue No. 17,207).
Abrasive Material From Drilling Mud
STABILITE—A Chemical Mud Thinner. LEMCO MUD SCREEN
VISCO—Petroleum Emulsion Breaker. For Removing Cuttings and Abrasive Material from
Drilling Muds
BAROID Ground Space Required 4'0" x 6'0",
Extra Heavy Colloidal Drilling Mud Head Room 2'6" (slope 24° to 28°),
POWER UNITS SUPPLIED:
Baroid is a specially processed pulverized Barytes, manu- Motor: 1 H.P. 220/440 volts, 50/60 cycle;
factured and sold under U. S. Patent No. 1,575,945. It is a uni- or Steam Turbine: 1 H.P. at 220 Ibs. pressure, Pyle-National,
form, water-ground product of approximately 4.2 Specific CAPACITY WITH:
30B mesh screen cloth assembly—7SO gal. per minute
Gravity, almost twice that of ordinary clay, and is used for con- 30 mesh screen cloth assembly—630 gal. per minute
trolling oil, gas and water pressures encountered during drilling. 40 mesh screen cloth assembly—-550 gal. per minute
Baroid is compounded and processed so SUPPORTS—2" x 12" timbers
Shipping weight—Motor drive—800 Ibs., Turbine drive—900 Ibs.
that it has excellent suspending and wall-
building characteristics. Baroid will not The Lemco mud screen has been used for over three years
settle from the rnud, even though circula- and under many kinds of drilling conditions as a _ successful
tion is suspended for months. The fine means of eliminating sand and cuttings from the drilling mud.
In the motor-driven unit
particle size of Baroid, together with the
suspensoid incorporated during manufac- the vibrating mechanism is
ture, causes the building of a mud wall in directly connected to the
the uncased hole which prevents loss of motor; in the turbine-driven
fluid from the hole, prevents caving and unit the vibrators are driven through
prevents penetration of mud into the formation. This thin wall a reduction gear from the turbine.
Screen cloth assemblies are fur-
is quickly washed out when the well is ready to be put on
production. Baroid possesses excellent lubricating qualities and nished in 30B, 30A, 30 and 40 mesh, as
will greatly lengthen the life of equipment used in the circulat- drilling conditions demand. These assem-
ing system. blies are fabricated in our shops and the method
Where a drilling mud weighing between 75 Ibs. and 90 Ibs. of mounting is such as to insure a considerably
per cu. ft. (Sp. G. 1.20 to 1.50) is required, Baroid in sufficient greater life for the screen cloth than can be obtained in any
quantities can be added directly to the mud in the circulating other manner.
system. For preparing drilling muds heavier than 90 Ibs. per The foregoing screening capacities are for "average condi-
cu. ft. it is recommended that Baroid and water alone be used. tions," that is, for a mud of 80 Ibs. per cu. ft. and of 10
Purnpable muds weighing as much as 145 Ibs. per cu. ft. (19.4 centipoise viscosity. As the weight is decreased or the viscosity
Ibs, per gallon) have been prepared from Baroid. increased, this capacity will be reduced proportionally..
The removal of sand and cuttings from the mud will result
AQUAGEL in lower pump equipment maintenance costs, which will pay
Trouble-Proof Colloidal Drilling Mud for the screen installation many times over. Where weight-
material is being used in the mud, the Lemco screen will show
Aquagel is a specially selected and even greater economy due to prolonging the efficiency of the
prepared clay which contains a high mud by removal of both cuttings and gas.
concentration of gel type colloids. Nobody that has used a "Lemco" screen has ever been satis-
This type of earth is found in small fied to drill another well without one.
quantities in. all clays and is responsi-
ble for most of the desirable qualities STABILITE
of drilling muds. It is the gel-type Chemical Mud Thinner
colloids which give clays their wall- Stabilite is a liquid chemical compound, developed after sev-
building properties in the hole. eral years research and field tests, for reducing the viscosity of
Aquagel and water alone make drilling muds without destroying their wall-building properties.
an excellent drilling rnud which By reducing the viscosity of the drilling mud, the weight can
weighs 64 Ibs. per cu. ft. (Sp. G. be built up several pounds per cubic foot by adding ordinary
1.03) and has excellent sealing and clay without resulting in too great a viscosity. Stabilite is val-
wall-building characteristics. One uable whenever you want to thin your mud and is particularly
hundred forty to 180 barrels of valuable when mud becomes gas-cut. It can be quickly and
such mud can be prepared from easily added to the mud and is very economical.
each ton of Aquagel, this effecting
a great saving in initial cost of mud. VISCO
In cases where a mud heavier than the above is required, the Petroleum Emulsion Breaker
ordinary native mud made in the course of drilling usually
will provide adequate weight and when this is compounded with An improved chemical compound for
Aquagel, in quantities of from 2% to 3% by weight, an ex- the treatment of emulsified petroleum.
cellent drilling mud will result. There are a number of different for-
Aquagel, when properly used in drilling muds provides cheap mulas for the efficient treatment of the
insurance against costly fishing jobs. Aquagel is being used many types of cut oil and our field men
daily in practically all oil fields of the world to: will be glad to cooperate with you in any
Prevent Loss of Circulation. of your treating problems.
Prevent Caving. Visco Emulsion Breaker is used in the
Prevent Stuck Pipe and Casing.
Reduce Abrasion, with consequent saving in replacement of pump field in the same manner as other chem-
parts), etc. ical emulsion breakers, but works on an
Suspend Drilling Mud Solids. entirely different principle. Its use will
Seal Oi£ Fissures and Caves.
Prevent settling of mud solids and cuttings ia hole during suspen- materially reduce your treating costs.
sion of circulation. Fully protected by U. S. Letters Patent.
Write us for booklets descriptive of these products, or write us in detail with reference to your specific mud problems.
With service men in all important fields, we will be glad to give you the benefit of our experience free of charge.