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Reprint of an Oil & Gas Journal article describing a presheared, pelletized California chrysotile asbestos additive for drilling mud, with the shearing process developed by Union Carbide and the product distributed as Super Visbesto by Montello, Inc. It reports lab and field test comparisons against regular asbestos products on six Texas Panhandle wells, and includes electron micrographs comparing Canadian chrysotile and Calidria fibers. unreviewed
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- Author
- John L. Kennedy (Drilling Editor)
- Published by
- Oil & Gas Journal (reprint)
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-2575
- Date
- October 28, 1968
- Number
- Bates UCC 023596 to UCC 023597
- Rights
- A published article used as a document in asbestos litigation. Its copyright is not ours, so we describe it and link to it rather than host it.
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John L. Kennedy. "Preshearing, pelletizing improves asbestos fibers for drilling mud." Oil & Gas Journal, 1968.
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From John L. Kennedy (Drilling Editor).
- John L. Kennedy (author)
- Oil and Gas Journal (its organization)
- Montello (named)
- Union Carbide Corporation (named)
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Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · Texas Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.
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This is document UC-2575 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 2 pages. Production numbers UCC 023596 to UCC 023597.
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John L. Kennedy (Drilling Editor). “John L. Kennedy, "Preshearing, pelletizing improves asbestos fibers for drilling mud," Oil & Gas Journal.” October 28, 1968. Union Carbide documents, UC-2575, Bates UCC 023596 to UCC 023597. Oil & Gas Journal (reprint). AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-2575.
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