MX BORE
High Performance Super-Concentrated Drilling Formula
What Is It?
MX Bore Polymer is a 100% biodegradable; nontoxic; enviro friendly; multi-function; one sack fresh or salt water mud.
What Does It Do?
MX Bore Polymer is recommended for general drilling in all conditions, Does not damage return permeability and can be “burned off” with MX Breaker as required. Also provides stability and suspension in unconsolidated ground
What Are the Benefits?
• Highly thixotropic (i.e. pumps easily but has high carrying capacity)
• Very low fluid loss
• Excellent carrying capacity
• Clay inhibition
• Excellent suspension and shear thinning including in salt water.
Application
Inject into airstream as required to generate the required foam consistency.
NOTE: Straight high-volume air drilling is ideal for dry formation being drilled at speed, for example in Coal Bed Methane operations. Where direct venting of air/cuttings returns is disallowed, eg in built up areas, ask about Mudtech’s DELUGE system for cost effective total containment and disposal of air drilling spoil.
Safety
Biodegradable• Non-flammable – safe in use
Format
Liquid: 25, 60, 200, and 1000 kg containers
MX POLYMER
Ground Stablising Mud Viscosofier/Foam Additive
Features and Benefits
Salt water compatible – excellent pipe jacking lubricant and stabiliser for salt water sands and gravels
Very effective thickener for water based muds, slurries and jacking lubricants. Excellent carrying capacity – yet easy to pump because of its “shear thinning” characteristics – allows increased carrying capacity in the slurry at lower pump rates. This allows laminar flow behaviour and reduces risk of scouring. Recommended for:
Challenging HDD applications.
Wireline coring, especially continuous diamond coring where high quality cores are required.
Stabilises and supports sands, gravels, and weak strata: builds high gel strength when static and reduces risk of over/under mining.
Very low concentrations (1 to 3 kg per cubic metre) will give excellent slurry with superb face and loose wall stabilising properties. Depending on bentonite quality and water hardness, one to 3 sacks of MX will replace 1 tonne of bentonite.
Alternatively, MX may be used to supplement the viscosity profile (gel strength) of low cost bentonite slurry.
Biodegradable – non toxic.
Non-particulate: leaves no skin at the soil-grout interface.
Excellent transport properties allow easy suspension of solid additives such as barite, mica, technical sands.etc. Prevents settling-out of sands in long horizontal pipe runs.
Our best additive for thick foam.
Plug flow characteristic likely to give clean, abrupt interface between slurry and grout.
MX POLYMER is particularly recommended as a stabilising agent in slurry tunnelling to provide face support when sands, gravels, cobbles etc are encountered. Its main advantages are: high viscosity coupled with ease of centrifugal pumping – a combination not possible with bentonite alone; and ease of removal via centrifuge.
MX does not impede the effectiveness of on-site flocculation systems. 1 to 5 kg per cubic metre of water based slurry. Can be used in conjunction with bentonite etc. Use jet hopper or colloidal mixer for best results.
Ensure high efficiency sand separation for best results – please contact Mudtech regarding choice of equipment for efficient separation of thixotropic slurry.
How To Use
0.25 to 5 kg per cubic metre of water based slurry. Can be used in conjunction with bentonite – see details above (Use “straight” MX in salt water – bentonite will not work with salt water).
Use jet hopper or colloidal mixer for best results. If using paddle mixer, part fill the mixer with water, att all the MX, give it a good mix up then top up with water.
Safety
Biodegradable, non toxic, safe in use BUT always read the MSDS sheet before using for the first time. Note: Slippery when wet.
Format
Powder: 25 kg sacks
(Other formats available upon request)
