Drilling Fluid Additives

Ascent Chemicals’ Sulfated Specialties are customizable sulfate surfactants designed for fast wetting, strong detergency, and rich foam. Their adjustable chain lengths and EO levels allow formulators to fine-tune solubility, viscosity, and performance across a wide range of systems. These surfactants support applications from industrial and institutional cleaning to textiles, vehicle wash, agricultural adjuvants, and general-purpose degreasing, offering a flexible way to meet specific wetting and cleaning targets.

Ascent Chemicals’ Corrosion Inhibitors protect metal surfaces by forming durable adsorbed films that resist acid, salt, and moisture attack. These cationic actives perform across a wide pH range and are used in systems such as metalworking fluids, descalers, industrial cleaners, and maintenance formulations. The portfolio includes amines, amidoamines, quats, and imidazolines that support strong corrosion resistance and broad electrolyte compatibility.

Ascent Chemicals’ Quaternary Ammonium Compounds are permanent cationic surfactants that anchor to surfaces to deliver conditioning, emulsification, and corrosion-inhibiting properties. Their tunable structures support broad use in fabric care, metalworking fluids, vehicle care, and select cleaning and processing systems. Options are available for targeted solubility, and foam control.

Ascent Chemicals’ PPG-based defoamers use polypropylene glycol and EO/PO chemistry to deliver reliable foam suppression while remaining clear and silicone free. They perform well in caustic or neutral systems and support applications ranging from cleaners to spray-wash and industrial processes. These bases offer low odor, clean rinsing, and broad compatibility with surfactants and solvents.

Ascent Chemicals' primary emulsifiers are built for HTHP applications, holding tight water-in-oil emulsions as circulating temperature rises. Designed to perform across diesel, mineral, and synthetic base oils.

Ascent Chemicals' secondary emulsifiers are built to hold oil-wetting of barite and drilled solids at temperature, where emulsion strength is hardest to maintain. In regular use today in Haynesville wells, preventing water-wet solids and supporting filtration control as solids load into the system.

SierraLube BIO CD and BIO SD provide high renewable content, excellent compatibility with oil-based fluids, and excellent water dispersibility, enabling reliable torque and drag control even in heavy-brine, high-temperature systems.

Ascent’s bio-based nonsilicone defoamers use plant-derived esters and natural oils to provide effective eco-friendly foam control. They support label-friendly claims and clear rinsing in paints and coatings, textiles, and water treatment. Choose for silicone-free, renewable content requirements.

Ascent Chemicals' Oil-based nonsilicone defoamers are designed for applications where silicone is unsuitable and needs rapid foam knockdown and sustained control in challenging environments. Preferred in pulp and paper, waste water treatment, and textile processing. Choose when persistence matters and clear concentrates are required.

Ascent Chemicals' Silicone Emulsions are water-dispersible PDMS defoamers that give fast knockdown at low dose and stable suppression under high pH, heat, and shear. Use in Clean-in-place (CIP), tunnel and spray washers, fabric finishing, waste water treatment, and drilling muds. Easy to pump and rinse. Good choice for clear aqueous systems needing reliable air release.