Baritera is relatively a new company but its story goes over 60 years to the past,

Founder’s Word

• Barite is a familial heritage given from dad to son in my family my grandad was one of the founders of the barite in the industry in us during the oil boom, After a few amazing years there he decided to go back to he’s natal country where he worked as CEO of the main barite company on the country, then decided to build his empire starting he’s own company with over 100 mines and over 11 000 miners becoming the biggest barite supplier in the country.

• I believe that it goes to us to inherit and preserve this amazing foundation.

What are the characteristics of barite?

Baryte, barite, or barytes is a mineral consisting of barium sulfate (BaSO4). Baryte is generally white or colorless and is the main source of the element barium. The baryte group consists of baryte, celestine (strontium sulfate), anglesite (lead sulfate), and anhydrite (calcium sulfate). Baryte and celestine form a solid solution (Ba, Sr)SO4

Uses:

• In oil and gas drilling:

Worldwide, 69–77% of baryte is used as a weighting agent for drilling fluids in oil and gas exploration to suppress high formation pressures and prevent blowouts. As a well is drilled, the bit passes through various formations, each with different characteristics. The deeper the hole, the more baryte is needed as a percentage of the total mud mix. An additional benefit of baryte is that it is non-magnetic and thus does not interfere with magnetic measurements taken in the borehole, either during logging-while-drilling or in separate drill hole logging. Baryte used for drilling petroleum wells can be black, blue, brown, or gray depending on the ore body. The baryte is finely ground so that at least 97% of the material, by weight, can pass through a 200-mesh (75 μm) screen, and no more than 30%, by weight, can be less than 6 μm diameter. The ground barite also must be dense enough so that its specific gravity is 4.2 or greater, soft enough to not damage the bearings of a tricone drill bit, chemically inert, and containing no more than 250 milligrams per kilogram of soluble alkaline salts.

• In oxygen and sulfur isotopic analysis:

Baryte (salmon-colored) with cerussite from Morocco In the deep ocean, away from continental sources of sediment, pelagic baryte precipitates and forms a significant amount of the sediments. Since baryte has oxygen, systematics in the δ18O of these sediments have been used to help constrain paleotemperatures for oceanic crust.

The variations in sulfur isotopes (34S/32S) are being examined in evaporite minerals containing sulfur (e.g. baryte) and carbonate-associated sulfates (CAS) to determine past seawater sulfur concentrations which can help identify specific depositional periods such as anoxic or oxic conditions. The use of sulfur isotope reconstruction is often paired with oxygen when a molecule contains both elements.