The Key Role of Barite Powder in Drilling Mud

In oil drilling operations, well control safety is of utmost importance, and the performance of drilling mud directly affects the stability of downhole pressure. Barite (BaSO₄), due to its high density, chemical inertness, corrosion resistance, and excellent physical properties, has become a widely used weighting agent for drilling mud.

The fineness, purity, and uniformity of barite powder are directly related to mud performance and drilling efficiency. Therefore, strictly controlling its quality and optimizing its application process are core steps to ensure the safety and efficiency of drilling operations.

Liming Heavy Industry's EPC Turnkey Solution Stands Out

To ensure the safety and cost-effectiveness of drilling operations, a large-scale enterprise plans to independently construct a barite powder processing production line, aiming to achieve stable supply of high-quality weighting agents. Faced with the customer's extremely high requirements for product stability and environmental protection standards, Liming Heavy Industry, relying on its profound technical accumulation and rich industry experience, launched an EPC turnkey solution centered on a production line with two MTW European trapezium grinding mills. After strict technical demonstration and on-site inspection by the customer, this solution successfully won the bid due to its professionalism, reliability and innovation.

Processing Material: Barite

Application: Weighting agent for oil drilling mud

Equipment: 2 sets of Liming Heavy Industry MTW European Trapezium Grinding Mills

Since the commissioning of this production line, the customer has achieved independent and controllable production of high-performance barite powder, reaping significant comprehensive benefits. The product quality far exceeds industry standards, and it performs excellently in the application of high-temperature and high-pressure wells, greatly enhancing drilling safety.

By optimizing the powder-making process, production costs have been significantly reduced while the stability of the supply chain has been improved simultaneously. The intelligent production system supports the overall improvement of barite powder production efficiency, laying a solid foundation for the cooperative enterprise to build stronger market competitiveness.

Full-Cycle Support for Efficient Commissioning of the Production Line

We provide full-process guidance from delivery to commissioning, fully meeting the customer's integrated needs.

Equipment Delivery & Commissioning Process

1. Equipment Delivery: Grinding Equipment Departs for the Production Frontline

MTW European trapezium grinding mill and supporting grinding equipment have departed from the factory. As the first step of the full-cycle support, this marks the start of the production line's establishment.

2. Precision Installation: Accurate Assembly & Connection to Build the Production Framework

Strict adherence to installation standards is maintained throughout the process. From equipment positioning to component connection, each part undergoes meticulous calibration to ensure that all links of the barite powder production line are accurately matched, operate in coordination, and run stably and efficiently.

3. Commissioning & Production Startup: Efficient Implementation to Enter the New Phase of Production

Based on the equipment status after installation, key parameters are adjusted, production processes are simulated, and detailed issues are identified and resolved. This promotes the stable trial production and official startup of the production line, realizing the closed-loop full-cycle support.

Liming Heavy Industry's MTW European Trapezium Grinding Mill Meets High-Standard Requirements for Barite Powder-Making

Liming Heavy Industry's MTW European Trapezium Grinding Mill aligns with the high-standard demands of barite powder production and boasts multiple core advantages: it delivers high finished product purity and precise particle size control, while achieving both energy conservation and consumption reduction as well as high intelligence. Moreover, it enables 24-hour continuous and stable production.

Meanwhile, it can meet users' diverse needs in terms of output, fineness, investment, and other aspects.

1. Innovative Design Reduces Investment Costs

Adopting a unique structural design that integrates multiple functions in one, the equipment occupies a small area, effectively reducing workshop construction costs. With stable and reliable operation, it significantly lowers long-term maintenance costs.

2. Efficient Grinding Ensures Product Quality

It can precisely control the particle size of finished products. The produced barite powder features uniform particle size and high purity, meeting the strict requirements for barite powder in different industries and helping customers explore the high-end market.

3. Intelligent Control Enables Convenient Management

Equipped with an intelligent control system, operators can remotely adjust the production process through a remote monitoring platform, reducing downtime and improving management efficiency.

4. Green & Environmental-Friendly to Fulfill Social Responsibility

It is fitted with a high-efficiency dust collection system, and the dust emission is far below the national standard, effectively reducing environmental pollution.

Barite Powder-Making Process and Equipment Selection

First, barite raw materials are uniformly conveyed to a crusher by a vibrating feeder. The crushed materials are then transported to the MTW European trapezium grinding mill via an elevator for grinding. During the grinding process, hot air generated by a hot air furnace enters the mill to dry the materials.

After grinding, the materials are carried by the system airflow to a classifier for classification. Fine powders that meet the particle size requirements are collected by a pulse dust collector, and then sent to the finished product silo through an air chute and an elevator. Coarse powders that do not meet the requirements are returned to the European-style grinding mill for re-grinding, forming a closed-circuit cycle to ensure the product particle size meets the standards.

Worry-Free Full-Cycle EPC Turnkey Services

The company is committed to building a high-quality brand of integrated solution providers for grinding systems, offering EPC turnkey services for powder-making projects. Adhering to the philosophy of "Our success lies in our customers' success", we have a professional design institute team that provides full-process oversight for customers, from the early project initiation to the final commissioning. We deliver customized grinding engineering solutions for barite powder-making projects based on customer needs, ensuring that their integrated requirements are met and that the project is efficiently commissioned and put into operation to achieve desired benefits.

The efficient commissioning of this barite EPC powder-making production line has helped the customer achieve a strategic breakthrough in independent and controllable supply of critical raw materials. In the future, Liming Heavy Industry will continue to increase investment in technological R&D in the field of grinding equipment, continuously enhance the intelligence and reliability of its equipment, and provide more efficient and environmentally friendly integrated solutions to strongly support the high-quality development of the global energy industry.