Drilling Fluid Services
Drilling Fluid Services
Smarter Mud Management. Lower Drilling Costs.
Biyaq's drilling fluid services are delivered through Black Gold Integrated Solution LLC (BGIS) — a 100% Omani-owned company founded in 2010 and a key member of the Biyaq Group. Black Gold operates the largest Liquid Mud Plant (LMP) in the GCC region, located at Nimr in South Oman, and currently conditions and recycles over 8,000 m³ of drilling fluid every month.
The Black Gold model transforms drilling fluid from a cost centre into a managed, recyclable resource — delivering substantial savings for operators while reducing environmental impact.
Fluid Conditioned & Recycled Monthly
Liquid Mud Plant at Nimr
Cost Reduction by Third Recycling Cycle
Cost Savings Through Fluid Recycling
Cost reduction on first-time fluid recycling.
Further savings on second-time recycling.
Greater savings with each additional cycle.
Facility Specifications — Nimr LMP
Main Tank Farm
- • 3,600 m³ total fluid storage capacity
- • 15 × 240 m³ tanks dedicated to OBM, WBM, brine, base oil, and water
- • 24/7 mixing and backload processing capability
OBM/WBM & Brine Mixing
- • 3 × 80 m³ OBM mixing tanks and 40 m³ brine mixing tank
- • Brine mixing with plug-and-play filtration package
- • Shearing unit for superior fluid rheology
Warehouse & Bulk
- • 2,000 m² dry chemical storage
- • Bulk silos with load cells for accurate monitoring
- • Barite injectors for direct fluid weighting from silos to mix tanks
Enviro Centre — Fluid Treatment
- • Centrifuge-based fluid treatment for LGS reduction
- • Two-stage barite recovery system
- • Dewatering system for both WBM and OBM using polymer addition and decanting centrifuge
- • Solids control equipment: shale shakers, centrifuges, vertical cutting dryers
Transportation & Storage Services
Black Gold also provides drilling fluid transportation and storage services via vacuum tankers and frac tanks, ensuring a seamless logistics chain from the LMP to the rig site and back.