Colorado

  • A directional well encountered severe doglegs, with kicks out to 25° and returning to 8° within a drilled distance of 300'; high torque was observed. TORKease was added to the freshwater mud system, with a resulting immediate drop in torque and drag levels, and an increase in penetration rates. Reports from the project report included the following comment: "We have used TORKease in other applications and feel that it is one product that truly does its job. …It’s not your run-of-the-mill snake oil treatment that we have seen come and go. We feel it has its place as a proven mud additive that is environmentally safe."
  • In the Rangely Field, a 0.5% concentration of TORKease was utilized as a preventative treatment in a troublesome area. Rotary torque and drag were reduced significantly, and pump pressure dropped from 1400 to 1200 psi. Before pretreatment sloughing shales were encountered; after treatment there were no more sloughing shales. "TORKease brought more cuttings to top with better quality than ever before".
  • TORKease was added to a freshwater mud system, on a well encountering significant doglegs and high torque. An immediate drop in torque and drag levels was observed, as well as a corresponding increase in penetration rates.

Only TORKease remains stable and decreases torque in our geothermal slim-hole, diamond coring operations where existing formation temperatures
exceed 500°F 

-New Mexico

Without TORKease on location to provide lubrication for our high temperature geothermal exploration tests, we shut down! 

-Hawaii

If you improve TORKease any more, it will be so slick we won’t be able to keep it in the bucket!