Cabot Specialty Fluids’s formate brines meet or surpass the demanding environmental standards set by CEFAS (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science) in the UK, the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (SFT) and other environmental authorities throughout the world. Used in highly sensitive environments from the Barents and North Seas to onshore use in Germany and Alaska, formate brines reduce the environmental effect of hydrocarbon exploration. In fact, over the last few years formate brines have completely replaced hazardous zinc bromide as the completion brine of choice in the North and Norwegian Seas.