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Systems and Equipment - 102<br />
Drilling Fluid<br />
JT5 Operator’s <strong>Manual</strong><br />
Drilling Fluid<br />
For productive drilling and equipment protection, use these recommended Baroid ® products, available<br />
from your <strong>Ditch</strong> <strong>Witch</strong> dealer. Use appropriate PPE Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) information,<br />
available at www.ditchwitch.com/safe.<br />
• Soda ash<br />
• Quik-Gel dry powder bentonite (p/n 259-804)<br />
• E-Z Mud liquid polymer (p/n 259-805)<br />
• Liqui-Trol liquid polymer suspension (p/n 259-808)<br />
• Quik-Trol dry powder polymer (p/n 259-809)<br />
• Bore-Gel drilling fluid (p/n 259-807)<br />
• Con-Det water-soluble cleaning solution (p/n 259-810)<br />
Guidelines<br />
Match drilling fluid to soil type. This chart is meant as a guideline only. See your local <strong>Ditch</strong> <strong>Witch</strong> dealer for<br />
soil conditions and drilling fluid recommendations for your area.<br />
Soil type<br />
smooth, flowing sand<br />
coarse sand or light soil<br />
heavy clay<br />
swelling clay<br />
rock<br />
Drilling fluid recommendation<br />
bentonite or Bore-Gel + medium chain polymer<br />
bentonite or Bore-Gel<br />
long chain polymer + Con-Det<br />
long chain polymer + Con-Det<br />
Bore-Gel<br />
Polymer<br />
This drilling fluid additive provides excellent lubrication and increases viscosity in average soils and heavy<br />
clay. In swelling clay, polymer can reduce swelling that traps pipe in the bore.<br />
There are two types of polymer:<br />
• long chain such as Baroid EZ-Mud<br />
• medium chain such as Baroid Quik-Trol<br />
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