Product Overview
Tiger Ben is a premium grade sodium bentonite formulated to provide viscosity that meets API 13A test specifications.
Applications
Tiger Ben is a viscosifier with filtration control properties to aid in providing bore hole stability.
Advantages
- Provides quick viscosity and lubrication
- Cost effective
- Aids hole cleaning
- Reduces fluid loss
- Deposits thin filter cake on bore walls to improve borehole stability
- Compatible with most other Tiger Fluids additives
- Environmentally safe
Typical Properties
- Appearance
- Grey to tan powder
- pH (1% Aqueous solution)
- 8.0 – 9.0
Mixing & Dosage
Tiger Ben should be mixed slowly into the circulating system using agitation or a venturi mixer.
- Normal drilling conditions – 30 to 60kg/m³
- Unconsolidated formations – 60 to 80kg/m³
For optimum yield, pre-treat make up water with soda ash to achieve pH of 8 to 9 using approximately 1 to 1.25kg/m³.
Rates are a guide and vary with hole conditions, make-up water and formation. Confirm against the data sheet or call our technical team.
Packaging
Tiger Ben comes in 25kg sacks.