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ViChem L-10 / Super L Lubricant

Product Description

ViChem L-10 is an organic based vegetable oil specifically formulated to perform as a lubricant, gumbo inhibitor and corrosion inhibitor. It is especially effective as an alternative to oil-based additives where environmental constraints preclude the use of hydrocarbon based chemical additions.

Super L Lubricant is specially treated for better miscibility and ease of use in some water based fluids.

Application Functions

Can be used to reduce torque and drag and to encapsulate gumbo type shales. It also protects polymers in the drilling mud so that they can continue to perform in higher temperature environments. it is especially effective in directional wells where torque becomes an issue when sliding with a mud motor.

Advantages

  • Is nonpolluting and biodegradable
  • Can be used in fresh / salt water and oil based muds
  • shale hydration and sloughing is reduced
  • Flows readily in cold environments
  • Increased rates of penetration
  • High film strength
  • Low coefficient of friction
  • Corrosion inhibitor

Typical Properties

  • Appearance - Viscous amber colored liquid
  • Flash Point - >250°
  • Specific Gravity - 1.056

Packaging

  • 275 / 330 Gallon Totes
  • 55 Gallon Drums
  • 5 Gallon Buckets

ViChem SuperL MSDS
ViChem L-10 MSDS

High Temperature Protection

ParameterBase Mud Base Mud + ViChem L-10 / Super L LubricantAfter 16 hours @ 400
600 rpm505258
300292935
200212125
100131314
691010
3777
10 seconds444
10 minutes654
Coefficient of Friction0.250.0120.012
PV212323
YP8612
Fluid Loss (cc)6.33.84.4
OBSERVATIONS:

No foaming was observed (by density check) during the ViChem L-10/Super L mixing with the mud. After heat treatment, the mud showed no signs of clumping or thinning. The mud had the characteristic appearance of a well-conditioned mud. ViChem L-10/Super L Lubricant was not adversely affected by the very high temperature.
 

PROTECTS DRILLSTRIING & CASING FROM CORROSION

The steel rods shown above were placed in a 25% (by weight) calcium chloride bath then removed and allowed to dry. This procedure was continued with for two hundred cycles. The two rods on the right side we initially coated with the ViChem L-10 / Super L Lubricant product.
 
 

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SYSTEMS & PRODUCTS

ViChem MHA Drilling Fluid System

Maxim-100 Mud System

CQ Bio-24 Biocide

ViChem L-10/Super L Lubricant

Haynesville Wells

 

MSDS

ViChem C-300 [pdf]

ViChem SI-60 [pdf]

ViChem Super L [pdf]

ViChem L-10 [pdf]

 

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