At Chemstar, one of the projects we’re most proud of is the work we do for the Troll Platform. Located off the west coast of Norway, this natural gas drilling operation is tremendously important to the European economy. It’s also one of the first drilling projects to prove water-based drilling fluids can work for horizontal […]
We’re very excited about our new blog and sharing information about our starch polymers, which improve products and processes in numerous industries around the world. I’ve always believed it’s important to know who you’re dealing with, so we wanted to give you a better sense of our history and culture. My father, Paul Werler, started […]
In our previous post we discussed the reasons why starch-based tackifiers are a solid alternative to guar in the erosion control industry. But starch is used to replace guar in a variety of industries, including oil & gas drilling, mining and construction products, just to name a few. Many of these reasons are based on […]
Thank you for visiting our new blog – Strictly Starch. Our goal is to share insight into the science behind starch which provides environmental, cost and performance advantages for a variety of industries including environmental and erosion control, gas and oil drilling, construction materials, mining and more. Even though we’re focused on the science of […]
We often get calls from people in the erosion control industry looking for organic substitutes to guar tackifiers. They typically contact us for one of two reasons – either they’re always on the search for new and improved products, or they’ve experienced supply problems with guar tackifiers. While we can’t deny guar is an effective […]