The journey of Saudi Aramco’s Exploration and Petroleum Engineering Center – Advanced Research Center’s (EXPEC ARC) date seed-based loss circulation material, ARC Plug, spans a full cycle of several phases from a simple idea all the way to commercialization.
The journey from inspiration, to research, scale up, field testing, and onward to a commercial product addresses the challenge of losing drilling fluids and mud in drilling operations, and is filled with people and local partnerships who brought this idea to life.
This new technology is an example of EXPEC ARC researchers’ commitments to come up with innovative solutions that will capitalize on our local products and replace imported materials.