Houston / Morgan City / Salvador / Iceland Japan Korea / Laredo / Norwalk / Brownsville / Includes California / Chatsworth / Aberdeen / Cartersville / Washington / DC / New Orleans / Dyersburg / Houma / Melbourne / /
Company
Baroid / Milwhite Company / Synthetic Based Muds Research Group / J.S. Herold Inc. / Minerals Inc. / Exploration Inc. / Newpark Resources Inc. / ExxonMobil Corporation / Smith International Inc. / John S. Herold Inc. / Halliburton Energy Services Inc. / Ambar Drilling Fluids LP / United States Mineral Resources / Carr D.D. / World Review Worldwide / Internet References Cited Other ExxonMobil Corporation / Baker Hughes Inc. / Schlumberger Ltd. / U.S. Clay LP / United Minerals & Properties Inc. / Arcillas S.A. de C.V. / Tyler / /
Continent
Europe / Africa / North America / /
Country
Switzerland / Netherlands / Myanmar / South Africa / Peru / Norway / Thailand / France / Japan / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Pakistan / Brazil / Canada / Slovakia / Korea / United Kingdom / China / India / Germany / Romania / Italy / Algeria / Tunisia / Laos / Mexico / Chile / Poland / Turkey / Malaysia / Russia / United States / Morocco / Argentina / Bolivia / Spain / Greece / /
Currency
GBP / USD / /
Event
Business Partnership / M&A / /
Facility
P&S Mine / mill BARITE / American Petroleum Institute / Three mine / Florida Institute of Technology / /
Holiday
Commonwealth Day / Corpus Christi Day / /
IndustryTerm
rst marketable product / energy demand / gas production / higher inconvenience foreign gas shipping cost / natural gas / radiation shielding cement / toughest energy challenges / Natural gas prices / energy source / oil and gas operations / chemical-grade barite / industrial product / oil and gas exploration / heavy metal / oil price changes / gas and oil exploration / natural gas price / chemicals / oil and gas extraction point source category / toxic chemical / transportation expenses / barium chemicals / followup telephone calls / oil-field grinding requirements / oil / energy options / heavy-media separation / oil-producing areas / gas-directed total / chemicals data / drilling sales and services / gas price trends / e −− / cement / oil equivalent / industrial barite subsidiary / gas drill rigs / natural gas price trends / gas and oil / oil well drilling / friction products / /
MarketIndex
North American / /
NaturalFeature
Mississippi River / Gulf of Mexico / Gulf Coast / Mediterranean Sea / Lake Charles/Westlake / /
Organization
Commonwealth of Independent States / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / Water / Engineering and Analysis Division / U.S. Bureau / Society for Mining / U.S. Department of the Interior / Petroleum Administration for Defense / Florida Institute of Technology / Oil Companies’ Materials Association / LP of Birmingham / National Academy of Sciences / American Petroleum Institute / U.S. Census Bureau / /
Person
Linder Roberts / Chad China Colombia Costa / /
Position
statistical assistant / major U.S. barite company / international data coordinator / /
BARITE By James P. Searls Domestic survey data and tables were prepared by Jeffrey A. Milanovich, statistical assistant, and the world production table was prepared by Linder Roberts, international data coordinator. Bari