FORTA’s Super-Sweep® Fiber is a drilling fluid additive, that when added to a drilling mud, increases the suspension and hole cleaning ability of the fluid. Introduced in a pill or slug form, Super-Sweep is a wellbore cleaning agent that does not increase viscosity.
Super-Sweep contains an estimated 850 miles of fiber per pound, that work to trap cuttings, metal fragments, sand, gravel, and drill solids.
After years of research, development, and actual drilling field trials, FORTA’s Super-Sweep Fiber has been proven as THE advanced hole cleaning agent for the drilling industry. Super-Sweep Fiber offers a quick and easy way to mechanically increase the carrying capacity of drilling fluids, without affecting viscosity.
Super-Sweep provides a cost-effective method of sweeping for all types of drilling operations without the hassle and complications of competitive products. Super-Sweep is a specially treated synthetic fiber, made from 100% virgin materials in a monofilament form. Super-Sweep is white in color, and is produced in uniform lengths to allow for rapid dispersion and uniform flowability in a wide range of fluids. Super-Sweep Fiber is also chemically inert and non-toxic, and is compatible with all water, oil, and synthetic fluids.
One of our favorite methods to demonstrate the effectiveness of Super-Sweep is to add a small amount of Super-Sweep fiber to a beaker containing water, disperse the fiber throughout the water and then suspend steel shot or glass marbles in the beakers. Once suspended, the marbles or steel shot stay suspended indefinitely!
The following four images illustrate each step of this experiment.
Super-Sweep is conveniently packaged in 15 or 30-pound easy-open bags, as well as 15-pound boxes. The plastic bag packaging also allows for a denser cube for pallets and containers, and maximizes freight and storage efficiencies. These bags can be quickly added to the fluid system in pill form through the hopper. Simply mix the desired concentration of Super-Sweep into a pre-determined volume pill and circulate while continuing normal operations. The Super-Sweep fibers and captured solids are easily removed by the solids control equipment.
Scores of actual field tests have proven Super-Sweep’s effectiveness in removing sand, silt, gravel, shale, and milled metal fragments. Unlike high viscosity polymer sweeps, Super-Sweep can be used as often as needed without the risk of increasing the viscosity of heavily weighted systems.
Shown above, Super-Sweep recovers additional metal fragments even after two high-viscosity xanthan polymer sweeps.
Consider the many benefits that make up the Super-Sweep Advantage:
