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Formate Matters
Formate Matters is the regular publication from Cabot Specialty Fluids that covers news and information on formate brines.  

 
 
 

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
Read more…

 
 

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
> Read more…
 
 
 
 
 

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
> Read more …
 




 
 
 
 
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
     
> Read more …

 
 


 
 
 

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
> Read more…

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