Resources for Drilling Specialties are listed below.
Drilling Specialties Resources
Drilling Fluids Brochures
Drilling Fluids
- Filtrate Control Products – Part 1
- Filtrate Control Products – Part 2
- Defoamers
- Lost Circulation Materials – Part 1
- Lost Circulation Materials – Part 2
- Oil Mud Products
- Rheology Control Products
- Shale Stabilizer Products
- Viscosifiers Products – Part 1
- Viscosifiers Products – Part 2
- Viscosifiers Products – Part 3
- Inhibitors Products
ISO Certifications
Acronym Glossary
| API | American Petroleum Institute |
|---|---|
| BHCT | bottom hole circulating temperature |
| BWOC | by weight of cement |
| CF | chrome-free |
| CI | corrosion inhibitor |
| CM | continuous mix |
| CMC | carboxymethyl cellulose |
| CPChem | Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP |
| CX | crosslinker |
| DSCo | Drilling Specialties Company LLC |
| DSGA | Drilling Specialties gelled acid |
| FL | fluid-loss |
| FLA | fluid loss additive |
| HE | hostile environment |
| HEC | hydroxyethyl cellulose |
| HMTA | hexamethylenetetraamine |
| HTHP | high temperature / high pressure |
| HTP | high-temperature polymer |
| HTR | high-temperature retarder |
| LCM | lost circulation material |
| LPM | loss prevention material |
| LTP | low-temperature polymer |
| LTR | low-temperature retarder |
| NES | non-emulsifying surfactant |
| PAC | polyanionic cellulose |
| PV | plastic viscosity |
| RPM | rheological profile modifier |
| SBG Surfactant™ | Schmoo-B-Gone Surfactant® |
| SRB | sulfate-reducing bacteria |
| TD | total depth |
| WBS | water-based spacer |
| XL | crosslinker |
| YP | yield point |