Investigation of mud density and weighting materials ...
May 01, 2016· Barite (BaSO 4) is one of the most common drilling fluids in hydrocarbon industry and then comes Calcite (CaCO 3), to less extent. In the first approach of study seven samples of the drilling fluids are prepared and Barite is added gradually to increase the mud density. The amount of added Barite ranges between and g .