DESCRIPTION
CETCO Insta-Vis Low Viscosity is an easy-mixing, water-soluble, polymer used in horizontal and vertical drilling applications. CETCO Insta-Vis Low Viscosity is certified to NSF/ANSI Standard 60, Drinking Water Treatment Chemicals – Health Effects.
RECOMMENDED USE
CETCO INSTA-VIS LOW VISCOSITY should be added to fresh or saltwater drilling fluids to increase cuttings returns and reduce torque and drag when drilling in reactive clay soils. This additive may be used in both HDD and Waterwell drilling applications.
CHARACTERISTICS
- Compatible with drilling fluids recycling equipment
- Eliminates clay and shale swelling, bit balling, and sticking problems
- Increases returns back to the surface
- Non-hazardous
- Quick mixing and rapid yield in freshwater
- Reduces torque and pullback pressures
- Stabilizes the borehole
MIXING AND APPLICATION
SUPER GEL-X/HYDRAUL-EZ systems: add 0.25 to 1 lb per 100 gallons (113 g to 0.45 kg per 450 liters) to stabilize reactive clay formations.
When using a non-clay freshwater system add 0.5 to 2 lbs per 100 gallons (227 g to 0.9 kg per 450 liters) to stabilize clay formations, increase returns to surface, and reduce torque, drag, and bit balling.
About CETCO
Minerals Technologies Inc. is a resource and technology based company that develops, produces and markets worldwide a broad range of specialty mineral, mineral-based and synthetic mineral products and related systems and services. The Company has four reportable segments: Performance Materials, Specialty Minerals, Refractories and Energy Services.
Originally founded to serve the environmental drilling service industry, CETCO developed a complete line of bentonite and bio-degradable additives to aid in remedial construction and protection of groundwater. The practice of installing monitor wells for regular periodic sampling has long been the standard practice, but like many industries has evolved over time. With the environmental drilling industry now including various vertical and horizontal drilling methods and a variety of barrier wall installation methods, CETCO has continued to create innovative products that are environmentally safe and on the forefront of technology.
