Drilling Fluids

1330 – Now NSF Certified as a Drilling Additive

Minex 1330 is specially blended to be used alone mixed with water as a drilling fluid. It is an excellent flocculant, viscosifier, shale stabilizer, and lubricant. 1330 carries the cuttings out of the drill hole and allows them to settle quickly out into the sump allowing the mud pump to recirculate clean water. It improves your drilling production rates. Minex 1330 has been used in core drilling for nearly 30 years, and now carries NSF certification, which permits its use in most states as a drilling additive. Mixed with water in a ratio of 400:1, Minex 1330 is your drilling mud for drilling in either hard or soft rock.

Benefits of 1330

Gauge drill holes
Rapid flocculation of drill solids
Torque and drag reduction on drill pipe
Reduce pump pressure
Minimal hole cleaning
Non-toxic, non-fermenting
Easy mixing with water
Reduce bit balling and mud rings
Consolidate core samples

Alcomer 120L

For many years, Minex has been a supplier of Alcomer 120L for core drilling. It is a polymer drilling fluid which can be used in a bentonite mud system and to complement other drilling fluids. Our customers find Alcomer 120L an excellent viscosifier, hole conditioner, and lubricant in a water based drilling mud. It is easy to mix in water, and helps to prevent bit balling and mud rings. It is economical to use, sold in 5 gallon buckets, and mixed 400:1 with water. Alcomer 120L is also NSF certified as a drilling additive. Whether you are using it for a complex mud system in the oilfield or a simple mud system for the small annulus of core drilling, you will find that the polymer Alcomer 120L is perfect for your needs.