Formate Matters is the regular publication from Cabot Specialty Fluids that covers news and information on formate brines.
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Issue five: February/March 2010
- BASF shines the spotlight on the eco-efficiency of formate brines
- Outwardly mobile
- People
- Did you know? The revolutionary 'Colonel'
- Formate technical manual – building knowledge
- Technical forum – new method for monitoring buffer concentrations in formate brines
- Competition – spot the difference
- Meet us at
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Issue four: July/August 2009
- Formate brine passes six-year corrosion test in HPHT well
- Cesium formate reaches 10-year milestone
- Technical business
- Did you know? Was this the first 'oil man'?
- Agip KCO hits another six
- Less curiouser
- Overview of jobs using formate brines as packer fluids
- Competition – making a statement
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Issue three: February/March 2009
- New software analyses true brine costs
- DensiCalc does the work for you
- Formate manual news
- People – new Lab Manager
- Did you know? – was Superman on cesium?
- Curiouser and curiouser!
- Technical forum – independent tests show cesium formate increases ROP in deep HPHT wells
- Code breaker puzzle
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Issue two: April/May 2008
- Photoelectric effect of cesium formate gives surprising payoff – StatoilHydro gets better net reservoir definition and reservoir models with LWD and cesium formate
- Cabot publishes definitive work on formate brines
- People – Cabot adds new Business Development Manager in China
- People – new fluids engineer joins the team
- Did you know? – first place goes to China
- TXM experiences Hungarian Rhapsody – two records broken in extreme HPHT well
- New research sheds light on formate brine stability under hydrothermal conditions
- ‘Boxed in’ word puzzle
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Issue one: September/October 2007
- Statoil rewrites the rulebook – with record-fast HPHT completion, exceptional well control and noteworthy productivity levels, Statoil is setting new standards with Kvitebjørn
- Cabot goes east – new regional office in Singapore
- Report sheds new light on corrosion – formate brines and compatibility with metals
- People – formate expert to head R&D
- Did you know? – over a barrel
- TOTAL beats barite sag on Elgin/Franklin
- Technical forum – brine safety – it’s a burning issue
- Smooth operator word search puzzle
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