<![CDATA[Industrial minerals are useful as drilling materials support such as; limestone(MgCaCOJ for filler, bentonite and barite for drilling mud and quart: sand for proppingagent. Until ncrw the benefit of thern has not been optimized because it is only as buildingmaterial, and still the mining -which cause environmental damage. Concerning the environmental care and to support the movement of using nationalproducts of oil and gas activities need innovations and creativities in taking the benefit ofthose minerals. The alternative that has been chosen such as the effort of the balancingbetween the national products and big investment in oil and gas. To rnake condition of bentonite as drilling mud was needed activation and change itto sodium bentonite to improve those mineral suspension by polymer added. Meanwhileindustrial development of silica sand as gravel packing and propping agent, have beenbetter within mining activity in Bangka Area. Average quality of silica sand consist Si O,up of 90 % to satisfy the requirements, but still was quality improved. In few regions inIndonesia overall industrial mineral can be used to support oil and gas activities. Key words: environmental, industrial minerals, upstream oil and gas activities.]]>
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