Case History Navigate TM Direct Emulsion Fluid Cuts Cost on Drilling Through Highly Unconsolidated Formations Challenge Drill through the challenging Woodford Shale Solution Customized, highly stable, Navigate direct emulsion drilling fluid system Results Completed project 33% under budget and 28% faster Woodford Shale, Oklahoma An operator drilling in the Woodford Shale play in Oklahoma was dealing with issues of high costs associated with oil-based mud losses. The operator desperately needed new technology that could compete with the performance of a traditional oil-based drilling fluid (OBM), but also lower the fluid-related costs. The operator sought an inhibitive fluid system to efficiently drill the vertical, curve, and lateral wellbore sections. Performance

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