Torkease

TORKease is a proprietary blend of potassium-based lubricants, compounded with surfactants and anti-caking agents to make it dispersible in all water based drilling fluids. This non-hydrocarbon compound is a natural lubricant, and the potassium (K+) salt ion binds with any reactive minerals of the formation being drilled, which also attaches the large lubricating molecules to the wellbore surface. Typical lubricants, PHPAs, and glycols do not have this effect with reactive formations. TORKease exhibits excellent temperature stability (>600°F), which makes it highly effectively in high temperature drilling and workover activities, to reduce torque and drag and to free stuck drill pipe. TORKease has been propelled into a leading role of providing environmentally sound, non-toxic, biodegradable lubrication for the drilling industry.