Mudex

Keep your eyes on the road in Victoria. But if you spot a Mudex-wrapped car cruising around, feel free to honk. Shaun's just hit the roads in our very first wrapped vehicle. This one's been a long time coming. For a company that's been doing the work since 2014, it feels good to finally be a bit more visible out on the road when visiting our customers. If you're in Victoria and you see it pull up on site or go past on the freeway, give him a wave. #Mudex #DrillingFluids #Victoria #MudexOnTheMove #AustralianMade #DrillingIndustry

Sticky clay killing your production? We got a call from Jason Bloomfield to get this hashed out. Clay blocking up pipes and hoses. Flow slowing down. Drilling slowing down. It's one of those problems that sounds simple but costs serious time on site. So we ran a trial with X Det 202 and Clay Breaker to test a solution. Early results are encouraging. No drama. No complicated process. Just a straightforward product combination doing what it's supposed to do. We'll be sharing more as the results come in. Stay tuned. If sticky clay is giving you headaches on site right now, reach out. We're happy to talk through what might work for your setup.

To the Mudex mums, past and present — thank you. Whether you are running logistics from the office, or holding the whole operation together behind the scenes, you show up every single day. And to every mum out there working on site, on the rig, or anywhere in between, the industry is better for having you in it. The women in the Mudex team don't just contribute, they set the standard. We see you. We appreciate you. Happy Mother's Day. 💛 To all the mums reading this — we hope you get a moment this weekend to rest and have a good break and get taken out for lunch! and shoutout team Wonbon Pty Ltd too ! #MothersDay #MudexFamily #WomenInMining #WomenInDrilling #DrillingFluids #Mudex #WomenWhoWork

Most drilling fluid problems start the same way. Cuttings settle. Hole cleaning suffers. The job slows down. XAN VIS is built to fix exactly that. It is a high-performance polymer that keeps cuttings in suspension and maintains effective hole cleaning efficiency — even in demanding conditions. Here is what it does in the ground: Strong suspension properties hold cuttings in your anulus, reducing the risk of stuck pipe. Consistent viscosity builds quickly and performs reliably across a range of formations and fluid systems. Compatible with fresh water, salt water and a range of other drilling fluid programs — which means fewer complications on site. Geotechnical, water well, mineral exploration and HDD — if hole cleaning matters on your site, this one is worth knowing about. Reach out to the Mudex team or visit mudex.com.au to find out more.

Dempsey headed out the back to give the team in manufacturing a hand! High vis on and Hands on the decanting line into our Eco Drums. There's something important about that. The people filling, preparing and manufacturing product for our customers do it day in, day out. It's physical, it's precise, and it keeps everything moving. When someone from another part of the business steps in to understand that work firsthand, it says a lot about the culture we're building at Mudex. No task is beneath anyone here. Every drum that leaves our facility in Canning Vale represents a commitment to quality. That starts long before it reaches a drill site. Good on you Dempsey. The guys out the back appreciated the extra set of hands. 👊 #Mudex #DrillingFluids #MadeInAustralia #TeamCulture #MiningIndustry #DrillingIndustry

Today we pause. ANZAC Day is a reminder that the freedoms we work, build and live within came at an enormous cost. To the men and women who served, and to those who never came home — we remember you. Lest we forget.

Nothing says thank you like a Friday Braai. Dempsey headed down to the Soil Mechanics yard last Friday to fire up the grill for one of our valued clients. No big agenda. No formal presentation. Just good food, good people, and a genuine appreciation for the support they have shown Mudex over the years. On the menu? South African boerewors. Arguably the best reason to fire up a barbecue on a Friday afternoon. Drilling is a people business. The partnerships that hold up long-term are the ones built on more than just product. They are built on trust, consistency, and the occasional braai. To the team at Soil Mechanics, thank you for having us. Your support means a lot to everyone at Mudex.

John was out on site recently and grabbed a few shots of our KLA BORE in action. We have been moving away from traditional drums across our entire product range for a while now, and the difference on site is hard to ignore. The buckets take up roughly half the space of a standard drum, because you can stack them inside of each other. rather than having it take up all the space around each other That means less room taken up in freight and less clutter around a busy drill site. And for crews working in remote locations where every square metre of freight space counts, that matters. And it is not just one product. This is how we are packaging across the board now. Smaller footprint. More room for more gear. While these pictures arent here to show the impact but is good to see them out in action :D Cheers guys.

The marsh funnel never gets old. Dempsey's out on site with the crew running through some standard fluid checks for the more solid drilling. Simple piece of kit. Funnel, cup, stopwatch. But what comes out of it tells you a lot about where your mud is sitting and what needs adjusting before the next run. No shortcuts. No guesswork. Just doing the basics right alongside the lads. Not every check needs to be complicated. The fundamentals exist for a reason and the drillers who respect them are usually the ones with fewer problems downhole. Good to see Dempsey out there keeping it real with the crew. 👊

If you want to understand what Mudex does in the field, start on the factory floor. When customers and procurement teams come down to our facility in Canning Vale, something clicks. They see how the products are actually made. They see the process from the ground up. We manufacture as much as we possibly can right here in WA. That matters more than it might sound. Because there's a direct line between what happens in our facility and what our mud engineers can do on a rig. When you know your product inside out — when you made it — you can engineer it in the field with real confidence. If the product isn't right, the service can't be right. It starts here. The market is busy right now. A lot of rigs going out. A lot of tenders coming through. Every time we get asked what makes Mudex different, manufacturing is where we start that conversation along with our service Want to see it for yourself? Come down. The floor is always open. #Mudex #DrillingFluids #AustralianMade #MiningIndustry #Drilling #ManufacturingMatters #DrillingSolutions

A client reached out when they were struggling with a challenging clayey-sand formation. They were losing flow, the bore was collapsing on the pilot, and they were hitting a wall just as they needed to open up for the second pass. The core issues? Hole stability and cuttings removal. When the ground won't cooperate, your fluid chemistry has to. We executed a two-step "recovery" plan: 1) What products do you have available right now other than your current mix. The answer was bentonite, Xan vis and liquid polymer. 2)We swapped the existing product for a high-performance bentonite-based mud. This built the necessary filter cake to "plaster" the walls and hold that sandy formation in place. 3) We introduced a small amount of Xan Vis (Xanthan Gum). This boosted the fluid’s ability to suspend and carry those heavy sand cuttings out of the hole, preventing "frac-outs" and saving the downhole tooling from excess wear. The Result: After a thorough sweep of the hole, we restored consistent flow and stabilised the bore. The client was back on track and ready for a smooth second pass. Sometimes the difference between a stuck pipe and a successful bore is just a few smart adjustments to the mud program. #DrillingFluids #HDD #HorizontalDirectionalDrilling #Bentonite

Heinrich out in Africa doing what he does best! He was out on site with the crew, hands on, working through a the mud program to make sure everything was dialled in. That's what 24/7 technical support actually looks like. A mud engineer standing next to your guys, running through the program, checking the mix, making sure the system performs the way it should. If your team is drilling in Africa and you want our kind of support behind you, let's talk.