Drilling Fluids Technology

What Drilling Fluids Technology does

Drilling Fluids Technology (DFT) is a privately held US oilfield services company founded in 1985 and headquartered in Booker, Texas. The company supplies oil and gas operators with a packaged combination of custom-blended production and specialty chemicals, acidizing and pumping services, flowback equipment, fluid management, and in-house analytical laboratory testing. Its core technology stack is a custom chemical blending operation at its Kingfisher, Oklahoma facility combined with proprietary monitoring software and a full-service lab capable of FTIR, X-ray Diffraction, Mass Spectrometry, Gas Chromatography, and Thermogravimetric Analysis, with a fleet that includes acid trucks rated up to 10,000 psi, flowback tanks, vacuum trucks, frac tanks, and water transfer pumps.

DFT serves oil and gas operators across the full well lifecycle: drilling fluid additives, well completion chemicals (foamers, friction reducers, biocides, crosslinkers, breakers), and ongoing production treatments such as corrosion inhibitors, H2S scavengers, scale control, surfactants, emulsion breakers, and paraffin solvents, plus midstream chemical solutions. It commercializes four registered proprietary specialty formulations (Red Stripe, DCS Tricron, DFL-2020, SF-1009). The business model combines hardware/chemical sales (revenue from specialty oilfield chemicals sold in bulk, totes, drums, buckets, and custom packaging) with professional services revenue from flowback, acidizing, pumping, fluid handling, and laboratory work.

DFT operates an enterprise field sales go-to-market via eight physical offices spanning Texas, Oklahoma, and Utah, with active service territory covering Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Arkansas, and North Dakota, placing it inside the Permian, Mid-Continent, DJ, Powder River, and Williston basins. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is quoted per customer specification. The company holds no public funding events, no disclosed parent company, no M&A activity, and relies on a small workforce of 11-50 employees to deliver integrated chemical and field service operations.

Name

Drilling Fluids Technology

Legal name

Drilling Fluids Technology

Website

https://dftonline.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Drilling Fluids Technology is a privately held US oilfield services company that supplies oil and gas operators with custom-blended production and specialty chemicals, acidizing and pumping, flowback equipment, fluid management, and analytical laboratory services across nine US states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Oilfield Chemicals & Services

NAICS

Drilling Oil and Gas Wells (213111), Oil and Gas Field Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (333132)

SIC

Oil & Gas Field Services, Nec (1389), Oil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment (3533)

akta.pro primary industry

Drilling Fluids, Solids Control & Waste Handling (EUALABAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Production Services & Artificial Lift (ESP, Rod Lift, Gas Lift, Chemicals) (EUALABAH), Pressure Pumping & Stimulation (Hydraulic Fracturing, Acidizing) (EUALABAF)

Keywords

• Oilfield specialty chemicals
• Drilling fluid additives
• Flowback equipment services
• Acidizing pumping services
• Fluid management services

Headquarters

HQ city

Booker

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Production & Specialty Chemicals: Sale of specialty oilfield chemicals for drilling, completion, production, and midstream market segments including corrosion inhibitors, H2S scavengers, biocides, scale control, surfactants, foamers, friction reducers, and specialty blends
2. Service Operations: Flowback equipment services, acidizing & pumping services, fluid management services (vacuum trucks, frac tanks, water transfer), and laboratory testing services

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Drilling Fluids Technology is an oilfield services company that manufactures and sells custom-blended specialty oilfield chemicals (completion, production, drilling, and proprietary formulations) at its Kingfisher, OK facility, and delivers on-site services including acidizing and pumping, flowback equipment, fluid management, and full-service analytical laboratory testing to oil and gas operators across Texas, Oklahoma, Utah, and surrounding states.

Product overview

Drilling Fluids Technology (DFT) is a specialized oilfield service company offering a comprehensive portfolio of production chemicals and services for the oil and gas industry. Founded in 1985, the company provides five core service lines: Production & Specialty Chemicals (custom-blended completion, production, drilling, and specialty chemicals at their Kingfisher, OK facility), Acidizing & Pumping Services (acid treatment chemicals and high-pressure acid trucks up to 10,000psi), Flowback Equipment Services (well testing equipment including flowback tanks and flowback instrumentation), Fluid Management Services (vacuum trucks, frac tanks, and water transfer), and Laboratory Services (full-service analytical and technical testing capabilities). DFT operates across Texas, Oklahoma, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Arkansas, North Dakota, and New Mexico, with the ability to package complementary products and services to meet customer needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Red Stripe: Specialty chemical product
• DCS Tricron
• DFL - 2020
• SF-1009

Products and services

• Production & Specialty Chemicals Custom-blended specialty oilfield chemicals (completion, production, drilling, and proprietary formulations including Red Stripe(TM), DCS Tricron(TM), DFL-2020(TM), and SF-1009) manufactured at the Kingfisher, OK facility and packaged in bulk, totes, drums, buckets, or custom packaging for oil and gas operators.
• Acidizing & Pumping Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Industry-leading turnaround time for laboratory testing services
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Safeland USAminorOthersHealth, safety, and environmental (HSE) organization affiliation providing safety certification and compliance standards alignment for DFT's field operations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Newpark Resources: Mid-cap oilfield services company providing drilling fluids, completion fluids, and related services to North American E&P operators. Directly comparable to DFT in product mix (drilling fluids, specialty chemistries) and customer base (US onshore producers), though at significantly larger scale.
• CES Energy Solutions: Pure-play production chemistry and specialty oilfield chemicals provider serving North American operators. Closest peer to DFT's chemicals-plus-services model with overlapping product categories (corrosion inhibitors, scale control, H2S scavengers) and similar wellsite-focused distribution model.
• Tetra Technologies: Provides oilfield production chemicals, water management, and fluid services to US operators. Comparable to DFT in production chemistry offerings and US basin exposure, though with broader water treatment and industrial chemicals diversification.
• Flotek Industries: Provides specialty oilfield chemistry and data analytics to US E&P operators. Overlaps with DFT on production chemicals and adds a chemistry-plus-data platform similar to DFT's proprietary analytics software.
• Roemex Limited: Specialty oilfield chemistry company producing production chemicals, demulsifiers, and flow assurance products. Closely comparable to DFT in product categories and customer profile, focused on operator-customized chemistry solutions.
• BJ Services: Pressure pumping and stimulation services provider offering hydraulic fracturing, acidizing, and cementing to US operators. Directly comparable to DFT's Acidizing & Pumping Services line and overlapping customer base.

Broad incumbents

• ChampionX (SLB): Global leader in production chemistry and artificial lift technology, now part of SLB. Competes with DFT across virtually all chemistry product lines (corrosion, scale, biocides) at much larger scale, serving the same US onshore operators.
• Multi-Chem (Halliburton): Halliburton's production chemistry division offering specialty chemicals and wellsite services to global E&P operators. Direct overlap with DFT's production chemicals portfolio, though embedded within a much broader oilfield services platform.
• Stepan Company: Diversified specialty chemical manufacturer with an oilfield segment producing surfactants, foamers, and stimulation additives. Competes with DFT in select product categories but operates at significantly larger scale across multiple end markets.

Emerging players

• Aubin Group: UK-headquartered specialty oilfield chemistry company serving North Sea, Middle East, and select US operators. Comparable to DFT in product mix (production and stimulation chemicals) and customer-customized blending model, with limited but growing US footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dft_online

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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