• Natural graphite powder
• Excellent lubricity
• Easy to blend into mudding compound formulations
• Reduces torque and drag enabling operators to drill longer
• Inert chemistry
• No adverse effects on mud rheology
• Compatible with all mud systems, oil or water based
• Excellent high temperature and high pressure performance
• Consistent chemistry and sizing
• Increased service life of drill pipe and drill bit
• Thermally insulating
• Nontoxic
• Lower cost than crystalline flake graphite alternatives

Adverse affects on mud rheology from reactive graphite materials
Poor performance of graphite in high temperature or high pressure environments
Excessive wear on drill pipes and drill bits
High costs of mudding compounds from expensive graphite alternatives