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Description

BORE-GEL™ is a single sack, boring fluid system specially formulated for use in horizontal directional drilling (HDD) applications. BORE-GEL is a proprietary blended product using high-yielding Wyoming sodium bentonite. When BORE-GEL is mixed with fresh water, it develops an easy-to-pump slurry with desirable fluid properties for HDD. 
Applications/Functions

• Improve borehole stability in poorly consolidated/cemented sands and gravel formations
• Reduce filtration rate thus improving stability of water sensitive clays and shales
• Provide optimum viscosity with maximum clay platelets for hole cleaning
• Provide optimum gel strength for cuttings suspension and transport 

Advantages

• Minimizes the number of boring fluid products required
• Easy to mix and fast to yield
• Pumpable slurry with maximum amount of reactive solids for borehole stability
• Tolerant to moderate amount of hardness and low pH
• ANSI/NSF Standard 60 certified
• Provides lubricity for pulling product line 

Typical Properties

• Appearance - Tan to gray powder
• Grind size - 200 mesh
• Specific gravity - 2.6
• pH (4% slurry or 15 lb/bbl) - 10.2
• Bulk density, lb/ft3 - 68 to 72 (as packaged) 

Recommended Treatment

Add slowly and uniformly through a high-shear jet type mixer over one or more cycles of the volume of slurry. Continue to circulate and agitate the slurry until all lumps are dispersed. 

Packaging

BORE-GEL is packaged in a 50-lb (22.7-kg) multiwall paper bag. The bag is sturdy, moisture resistant and easy to handle, store and transport.