The oil industry consumes millions of pounds of starch every year as an environment-friendly drilling mud additive for water-based fluids. A specific native, modified or pregelatinized starch is selected depending on application, geological conditions and properties desired.

Use for

• Optimum drilling mud viscosity
• Fluid loss control (borehole wall sealant)
• Suspension of excavated mud
• Drill-in fluids, completion fluids and various brine systems
• Temperature stability
• Applications in combination with xanthan gum

Products

• Cargill Dry GL™ starch
• Cargill Gel-Instant™ starch
• Cargill Gum™ starch