Additives for aiding in the drilling of holes in the ground in the oil and gas industry, namely, mechanical lubricating beads, including dual density beads which consist of high density, spherical glass beads and low density, spherical co-polymer beads; polystyrene beads; fused silicon dioxide beads; polystyrene/silicon dioxide beads; dry flowing insoluble powders composed of a combination of platy aluminum silicate minerals, processed hydrocarbons, and graphite; natural plant fibers blended with calcium carbonate for bridging and sealing permeable formations; polyether polyol lubricants; environmentally safe, lubricating surfactants; chemical agents, and blends of finely ground and coarsely ground carbonic materials for sealing porous and fractured formations

Lubricants for aiding in the drilling of holes in the ground in the oil and gas industry, namely, mechanical lubricating beads, including dual density beads which consist of high density, spherical glass beads and low density, spherical co-polymer beads; drilling lubricants in the nature of polystyrene beads; drilling lubricants in the nature of fused silicon dioxide beads; drilling lubricants in the nature of polystyrene/silicon dioxide beads; and polyether polyol industrial lubricants