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Oil & Gas Drilling

Omyadrill – High purity, marble-based Calcium Carbonate for use in drilling and completion fluid applications.

Drilling for oil and gas involves many complex operations where Calcium Carbonate and various other minerals play a crucial role as additives to the drilling fluids applied in the drilling process, primarily during the drilling, well-completion and cementing phases.

For the oil & gas industry, Omya Idwala SA has developed Omyadrill a range of Calcium Carbonate products meeting the technical challenges encountered in drilling and well operations.​

Omyadrill advantage:

Range of specially sized, marble-based Calcium Carbonate coming with high acid solubility, low attrition and high purity for use in drilling and completion fluid applications, such as:

  • Bridging Agent
  • Weighting Agent
  • Wellbore Stress Management
  • Loss Circulation Control

Omyadrill uses:

  • Drilling fluids
  • Reservoir drilling fluids
  • Drill-In fluids
  • Workover fluids
  • Packer fluids
  • Completion fluids
  • Cementing fluids

Read below to see the Idwala Calcium Carbonate range, as well as the Omya product range:

LOCALLY PRODUCED PRODUCTS

OMYA IMPORTED PRODUCTS

Calcium Carbonate

Omyaqua

Kuludrill 2, Kuludrill 5, Kuludrill 10,

Omyadrill

Kuludrill 15, Kuludrill 40, Kuludrill 200

Omya Optical

 

Neutrasorb

Calcium Carbonate

Kuludrill 2, Kuludrill 5, Kuludrill 10,

Kuludrill 15, Kuludrill 40, Kuludrill 200

Omyaqua

Omyadrill

Omya Optical

Neutrasorb