The Location - Industrial Minerals | Coverage of key trends

Demand for Oilfield Minerals in the Middle-East, Africa & North

Sea Markets and Beyond

A History of Innovation and Reliability

Bentonite – Barite – Organoclays – Organolignites Oilfield Lab Equipment

Group of Companies Presented by: Dr. Ahmed Rasheed

The Location

RPMinerals Founder

Founder: Chem. Atef Rasheed Worked in Drilling Fluids Engineering, since 1963 Discovered the Western Desert deposits in 1986 Designed the first bentonite processing facility Founder of the 6 Companies within the

RPMinerals Group and is Group Chairman

RPMinerals Group Overview

• 1988, Egypt Mining & Drilling Chemicals Co.

• 1995, Egypt Bentonite Derivatives Co.

• 2000, Alexandria Mining & Oil Services

• 2002, Egypt Nano Technologies Co.

• 2005, International Development & Investment Co.

• 1997, Industrial Chemicals & Environmental Materials Co.

BENTONITE OPERATIONS EMIDC – EBDC – ENTC

Bentonite Deposits

Bentonite Deposit

Selective Bentonite Mining Operations

500+ Employees

Processing Facilities

• Raw Materials Store • Wet Activation • Drying • Milling • Screening • Packaging

• 200,000 TPA • QC and R&D Centers • Toll Processing

Oilfield Drilling Products

• RP GEL 9 (API Section 9) • RP GEL 10 (API Section 10, Non-

treated, Wyoming) • RP GEL 11 (API Section 11, OCMA) • Attapulgite • Sepiolite Available in Bulk, 1000 kg Big-Bags, 25 kg Bags

Markets Served

• Civil Work • Foundations, Piling • Horizontal Directional Drilling • Tunneling and Micro-tunneling • Diaphragm Walls

• Drilling • Oil and Gas • Water Wells

• Foundry Sand Binder • Papermaking • Animal Feeds, Cat-litter, Paints, …

BARITE OPERATIONS AMCO

Barite Deposits Location

Barite in Egypt

• Limited Reserve Ores • Specific Gravity > 4.2 • Meets all API Specifications • Used in oilfield application

• Large Reserve Ores • Specific Gravity ≤ 3.8 • High Iron Oxide Content • Upgradable by concentration techniques • Growth prospects are good

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Barite Processing Plant

Existing Facility • 2 Milling Facilities • Practical Capacity of

80,000 MT/Year • Utilizes Local and

Imported Barite Ores • AMCOBAR, API grade

barite

Barite Processing Plant

Under Construction Concentration Facility, Operational by Q2 – 2013 3rd Milling Facility, Operational by Q3 - 2013

ORGANOCLAYS – ORGANOLIGNITE OPERATIONS IDIC

85 Employees

Organo-products Plant

• Proprietary Batch Process • High Quality/Consistency Products • 24,000 MT/Year Practical Capacity

Organo Products

• Customer Driven Product Range • Bentoil® Range

100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 700 • Lignoil® Range

RG-HT, DRG-HTE, RG-10/20/40 • Attoil® • Sepoil®

FREE ZONE TRADE COMPANY ICEMCO

ICEMCO – Free Zone

• Contingency stocks of drilling fluid additives PAC, CMC, LCM, Emulsifiers, …

• Blending and Re-packaging Services (Liquids and Powders)

• Chemicals handling and storage

ICEMCO – Free Zone

• Fann® Official Distributor in Egypt and Africa

• Service Center for Fann® Laboratory Equipment

ISO 9001 – 14001 – 18001 Certified Group of Companies

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