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Dictionary of Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Processing
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Dictionary of Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Processing

by Alireza Bahadori, Chikezie Nwaoha, Malcolm William Clark
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
478 pages
16h 29m
English
CRC Press
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Barite
Barite: (1) One of the many forms of the barium sulfate mineral. Barite is
used in drilling mud as a weighting agent and can produce a slurry of over
20 lb/gal in water. (2) Barium sulfate, a mineral frequently used to increase
the weight or density of drilling mud. Its relative density is 4.2 (meaning that
it is 4.2 times denser than water). See Barium sulfate, Mud.
Barite Plug: A settled plug made of particles of barite or even barite and
sand that is placed to seal off a zone or the wellbore.
Barium Sulfate (Scale): (1) Barium sulfate scale is produced in the well
and in facilities as the result of precipitation when incompat ...
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