Case Study: Onshore Mexico Drilling Company cuts drilling costs with SLB’s POLY-PLUS additive

Customer replaces two competing products with one, saves USD 8,320 in four-rig program onshore Mexico

SLB worked with Onshore Mexico Drilling Company on an iron ore drilling program onshore Mexico, where the customer needed to maintain high viscosity and stress resistance while reducing costs. The company had been using a two-product mud mix, but performance degraded under drilling stress in hard rock and clay fracture zones, so it sought a simpler, more reliable alternative.

SLB recommended POLY-PLUS liquid additive to replace the two-product mixture and maintain the required drilling parameters under stress. The solution performed as needed, improved return properties, cut costs by 37.55% per wellbore, and saved USD 2,080 per bore, for total savings of USD 8,320 across the four-rig program.