Cabot Specialty Fluids

Can you sea?

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

Offshore drilling is an integral part of today’s oil and gas industry. Many of the world’s seas have been explored, but do you know which ones? Find the correct ones and we'll donate to charity on your behalf!

Getting heavier with cesium brines

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

New research by Cabot Specialty Fluids (CSF) shows that the density ceiling of cesium formate brine can be raised significantly when blended with cesium acetate brine.

Salmuerasdeformiato.com

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

A Spanish-language version of Formatebrines.com is accessible at salmuerasdeformiato.com. It contains all the information of the English-language site, including a significant number of translated Formate Technical Manual section downloads, in Spanish.

Come and meet us

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

Over the coming months we're attending several conferences and exhibitions. Why not come and say "hello"?

28–29 September	World Oil HPHT Drilling & Completions Conference	Houston, USA
24–26 October	SPE/IADC Middle East Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition	Muscat, Oman
15–17 November	2011 International Petroleum Technology Conference	Bangkok, Thailand

Bridging the gap

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

Baroid deploys a novel formate-based perforating pill to solve a major fluid-loss problem.

New regional manager

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

David Farr, 33, replaces newly-retired Malcolm Cook as regional manager for Europe and the Caspian.

Pluto's secret

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

The oil industry can thank Pluto for the coiled tubing used today. We’re not talking about the loveable Disney character, but rather the WWII project with the acronym P.L.U.T.O.

Formate technical manual grows again

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

The Formate Technical Manual is developed further with the addition of ‘B12 Solubility of Minerals and Salts in Formate Brines’. This latest section studies the solubility of alkaline earth metal salts, clays, silicates, galena, hematite, ilmenite and calcium carbonate in formate brines.

The Norwegian decade - ten years of adding value and reducing risk with cesium formate

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

This year sees the tenth anniversary of the first use of cesium formate brine in Norway. It was Statoil that started the ball rolling by using cesium formate brine as a drilling fluid in its HPHT Huldra field.

World-record expansions improve well economics

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

Longest, hottest and deepest Expandable Sand Screen installations – formate brines have helped Shell and Saudi Aramco break six world records and improve well economics.