Drilling mud is one of the important tools in the application of soil drilling to achieve the planned target. Initially, the process only used water to lift the cutting sand with the progress of the times drilling mud began to be used. This drilling mud works by circulating it using a powerful mud pump.

The main preparation before conducting soil drilling is to perform soil testing first. Testing is carried out to assess the soil structure, examine the components contained in the soil (rocks,sand, microbes), measure the groundwater pressure using instruments such as piezometers, and assess the environmental conditions around the work site.

The selection of drilling mud systems is closely related to the properties of mud that are appropriate for addressing the encountered problems in drilling. Drilling mud is an important factor in a drilling operation that affects drilling speed, efficiency, safety, and drilling costs. The functions of drilling mud are as follows:

Lifting cuttings to the surface

Forming a thin and smooth mud cake

Balancing formation pressure

Cleaning cuttings from the bottom of the borehole

Holding cuttings when circulation stops

Logging media

As an information medium

Supporting part of the weight of the drillstring and casing

Drilling mud is commonly applied in the rapidly growing industrial drilling sector worldwide, especially in Indonesia. Drilling systems are used for the extraction of petroleum, foundation construction techniques that utilize drilling machines as tools (bore piles), testing groundwater pressure by conducting drilling first and followed by testing using instruments. There are several types of drilling, including:

Onshore Drilling

Offshore Drilling

Straight Hole Drilling

Directional Drilling

Vertical and Horizontal Drilling

PT. Tohoma Mandiri is the exclusive distributor of Baroid-Halliburton, commonly known as Baroid Industrial Drilling Products (IDP). Baroid IDP has been well-developed and engineered to optimize performance and cost-effectiveness. Baroid IDP supplies a variety of products in drilling, grouting, and plugging, including:

Geotechnical Investigations

Environmental Monitoring Wells

Tunneling/Microtunneling

Shot Hole Drilling

Pipeline Bursting

Water Indepance and Pond Sealing

Water Well Drilling

Mineral Exploration

Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD)

Foundation/Drilling Shaft

Construction Applications

Geothermal Heat Loop Application

PT. Tohoma Mandiri has products such as Bentonite Tunnel Gel, Hole Plug, Benseal, Polymer EZ-MUD, and others. Here are the main functions of our products:

It can reduce resistance to the ground by providing effective soil reinforcement

It can reduce resistance to the ground by effectively providing soil stabilization

It can be applied as a void filler during the installation of instruments such as piezometers

It can serve as a sealant for locations with water volumes, such as ponds