Industrial Minerals


New source of drilling barytes

04 February 2010

by Jessica Roberts

Turkey's Oreko Mining plans to produce 20,000 tpa of 4.2 SG barytes

Keywords: Oreko, barytes, barite, drilling, oilfield services

Turkish exploration company Oreko Mining Inc., a subsidiary of investment group Berggruen Holdings, is looking to bring a new source of drilling grade barytes onto the market this year, the company told IM.

 

Dundar Ergunalp, Oreko's general manager,...