Products Markets Company Sustainability Career Contact search We know tools in oil and gas exploration Petroleum and natural gas are extracted using extremely high-performance tools. To exploit these scarce resources, engineers use cutting-edge technologies capable of drilling deep and penetrating increasingly hard rock formations. We develop customised powders containing tungsten for the manufacture of drill bits and shaped charges. A few facts about tools in oil and gas exploration Applications Roller cone bits Drill bits Shaped charges Advantages Hardness Wear resistance Improved design options Manufacture Tools in oil and gas exploration are manufactured with our customised matrix and/or tungsten metal powders. Our customers benefit from their tailor-made characteristics when manufacturing their tools. Tungsten carbide We offer you customised matrix powders for drill bit manufacturing. Go to our tungsten carbide product page Tungsten metal We provide you with high-quality tungsten metal powders for the shoulder section of drill bits and for shaped charges used in oil and gas exploration. Go to our tungsten metal product page Your contact at H.C. Starck Tungsten Powders contact@hcstarck.com Contact via email Privacy Legal Notice Contact Downloads © 2021 by H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH North America H.C. Starck Tungsten LLC Europe H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH Asia H.C. Starck Nonferrous Metals Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. Group Masan High-Tech Materials Partners ChemiLytics GmbH & Co. KG Headquarters Metallurgie Park Oker (MPO) Cookies and external media Here you will find an overview of all cookies and external media used. You can give your consent to entire categories or have further information displayed and thus select only certain cookies and external media. Your consent is voluntary and can be revoked by you at any time. You can find more information on data processing under the link "Privacy policy". Caution: Only by accepting all cookies and external media can the website be displayed correctly. Essential External media Accept all Save & close settings Accept essential cookies only Individual cookie settings Cookie details Privacy policy Legal notice