Oilfield Drilling Fluids
Oilfield Chemicals INEOS Oligomers offers a range of alpha olefin based drilling products to the oilfield drilling arena which include linear alpha olefins (LAO), internal olefins (IO), olefin blends and polyalphaolefins under the Amodrill® trade name. These clear, colorless, water-white mobile olefin LAO and IO liquids have been used in marine drilling environments for more than a decade and for several years for onshore drilling. Low density Amodril LAO fluids have led to improved penetration rates for onshore wells.
These products offer a number of positive environmental attributes, including:
- reduced exposure to fugitive emissions of aromatic compounds vs. diesel or mineral oil materials
- low volatility
- flash points above 100°C
- lower odor than diesel oil
- anaerobic biodegradation in marine envrionments
- low toxicity to both water column and sea floor invertebrates
- rapid biodegradation in soil
- low toxicity in soil to bacteria, plants and worms in soil