Better filter

Completion fluids are expensive, high density, extremely clean fluids used to "complete" an oil or gas well.

In use, the fluid is placed in the well to facilitate final operations prior to initiation of production, such as setting screens production liners, packers, downhole valves or shooting perforations into the producing zone.
 
The need to effectively filter these expensive fluids is key in the oil and gas industry, particularly in offshore drilling where unusable fluids must be stored in holding tanks at a significant expense for the driller.
 
In the filtering process, it is important that as much debris as possible is captured because recycled completion fluids with high levels of debris eventually clog the routes by which the oil travels to the surface, shortening the lifespan of a well.
 
One company that is involved in the production of equipment for the recycling of such fluids is Houston, Texas-based Total Separation Solutions (TSS). It has recently specified DuPont's Hybrid Membrane Technology (HMT) media for filters in its separation units.