Oil & Gas Drilling
Drilling-mud weighting agent, completion fluids, EOR brines, workover salt — API 13B-1 spec salt plus API-grade barite, bentonite, magnetite and Class G oilwell cement. Per-lot CoA before B/L.
Salt and drilling consumables for oil & gas
Oil-field service companies, drilling-mud chemical formulators and EOR specialists use rock salt as a weighting agent in drilling muds, completion fluids, packer fluids and workover brines. Egypt Globe Group ships drilling-grade Egyptian salt — Siwa Oasis / Qattara Depression rock salt at ≥ 98 % NaCl and vacuum-evaporated North Sinai / Red Sea sea salt at ≥ 99 % — to oil-field service companies operating across MENA, Africa, the Caspian and the Gulf of Mexico basins, alongside API-grade barite, drilling bentonite, magnetite and API Spec 10A Class G oilwell cement from its Minerals and Construction divisions.
A mud engineer cannot tolerate a salt lot that dissolves slowly, carries insolubles into the shaker or brings iron to the casing. The group's Quality Assurance division assays every lot at the port laboratory and issues the Certificate of Analysis before the B/L; an off-spec lot is rejected at the loading port — never re-graded.
Industry requirements
| Requirement | Typical tender specification | How EGG verifies it | Evidence issued |
|---|---|---|---|
| NaCl | ≥ 97–98.5 % (rock); ≥ 99 % (sea, vacuum) — saturated brine density for completion fluids | Titration per lot | CoA before B/L |
| API 13B-1 compatibility | Drilling-fluid testing compatibility declared per SKU | Brine-density and filtrate check per lot | CoA citing API 13B-1 |
| Particle size | Fine 0.15–0.85 mm to coarse 1–5 mm per mud-engineer spec (faster dissolution at the rig site) | Sieve per lot | Sieve report |
| Insolubles | ≤ 0.10–0.30 % — protects shakers and pumps | Gravimetric per lot | CoA |
| Iron content cap | Low-Fe source — prevents corrosion of casing + downhole tools | ICP per lot | CoA |
| Moisture | ≤ 1.0 % dried rock; ≤ 0.3 % vacuum sea | Oven-drying per lot | CoA |
| Hardness / sulphate | Ca ≤ 0.10–0.20 %, Mg ≤ 0.05–0.15 %, SO₄ ≤ 0.2–0.4 % | Wet chemistry per lot | CoA |
| Weighting minerals | Barite SG ≥ 4.2 (API grade); magnetite Fe₃O₄ ≥ 95 %, density ≥ 4.9 g/cm³ | Pycnometer / XRF per lot | Assay report |
| Oilwell cement | API Spec 10A Class G HSR: C₃A ≤ 3.0 %, SO₃ ≤ 3.0 %, 8 h / 24 h strength at 60 °C ≥ 7 / ≥ 35 MPa | Mill Test Certificate per lot | MTC before B/L |
Matched supply
| Product | Grade / spec headline | Division | Standard | MOQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock salt — drilling mud medium 1–3 mm | NaCl ≥ 98.50 %, insolubles ≤ 0.15 %, Ca ≤ 0.15 %, SO₄ ≤ 0.30 % | Salt — rock | API 13B-1, ISO 9001 | 240 MT |
| Rock salt — workover brine coarse 3–5 mm | NaCl ≥ 98.00 %, ≤ 1.00 % moisture | Salt — rock | ISO 9001 | 240 MT |
| Sea salt — drilling mud fine 0.3–1 mm | NaCl ≥ 99.00 %, SO₄ ≤ 0.20 %, insolubles ≤ 0.10 % | Salt — sea (vacuum) | API 13B-1, REACH | 240 MT |
| Sea salt — industrial medium 1–3 mm | NaCl ≥ 97.00 % — bulk rig-site dissolution | Salt — sea | ISO 9001 | 240 MT |
| Rock salt — mine grade wholesale 5–50 mm | NaCl ≥ 97.00 % — bulk supply for rig-site dissolution | Salt — rock | ISO 9001 | 240 MT |
| Salt brine solution 26° Baumé | Pre-dissolved, ready-to-use brine for completion fluids | Salt — rock | ISO 9001 | 240 MT |
| Barite API grade 4.2 SG | Eastern Desert barite, SG 4.2 | Minerals | API grade | 100 MT |
| Sodium bentonite — drilling grade | Viscosifier | Minerals | ISO 9001, SGS | 100 MT |
| Magnetite powder ≥ 95 % Fe₃O₄ | Density ≥ 4.9 g/cm³, drilling-fluid weighting | Minerals | ISO 9001, SGS | 250 MT |
| Oilwell cement Class G — API Spec 10A | HSR, C₃A ≤ 3.0 %, ≥ 35 MPa at 24 h / 60 °C | Construction | API Spec 10A | 1,000 MT |
Loading ports: rock salt from El Dekheila (EGEDK), Alexandria (EGALY), Damietta (EGDAM), Ain Sokhna (EGSOK); sea salt from Al-Arish (EGEAR), Port Said East (EGPSE), Damietta, Ain Sokhna; Class G cement from Damietta, Ain Sokhna. Bagged (25 / 50 kg, 1 MT FIBC) or bulk vessel depending on rig logistics; FOB / CFR / CIF. HS 2501.00.99 / 2511.10 / 2523.29.
QA verification chain
| Gate | Control | Evidence | Who · frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Source | Mine-face assay at Siwa / Qattara; pan-brine assay at North Sinai / Red Sea; quarry assay for barite / magnetite | Source lab report | EGG QA · every lot |
| Processing | Drying, crushing, screening to mud-engineer sieve band; grinding for barite | Sieve analysis, dryer log | EGG QA · every batch |
| Port laboratory | NaCl, insolubles, Fe, hardness, moisture, sieve; SG / XRF for minerals; MTC for Class G | CoA / MTC before B/L; off-spec lot rejected | EGG port-side QC · every lot |
| Independent inspection | Sampling per ISO / API, draft survey or tally, witness test | PSI certificate | SGS, Intertek, TÜV Austria, Bureau Veritas · per shipment on request |
| Destination acceptance | Mud-lab check against CoA; spec guaranteed at port of loading | Buyer acceptance | Buyer · per shipment |
Destination markets & compliance
- MENA oilfield service companies (KSA, UAE, Iraq, Algeria, Egypt) — SASO / SABER where required, PAFTA origin
- Caspian basin operators; West African offshore drilling — SONCAP (Nigeria), Ghana conformity
- Latin American workover programmes — Brazil import guide
- Related: drilling-mud & workover salt · mining & other industrial · industrial salt overview
Standards & documentation
- API 13B-1 (drilling-fluid testing) · API Spec 10A (oilwell cement) · OCMA-DFCP grade compatibility · ISO 9001:2015
- Trade documentation · inspection · quality & compliance
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