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Guar Gum usage continues to remain consistent and strong worldwide. Guar Gum is used across a broad spectrum of applications in the food, pharmaceutical, and oil & gas industries. In Oilfield applications it functions as a friction reducer, binding agent, thickener, stabilizer, and gelling agent.

Guar Gum North America Market continues to account for Guar Gum’s most significant market share. The oil & gas sector is busy in North America and leads the world market ahead of Europe and Asia-Pacific. The market for food-grade Guar Gum is expanding due to customer desire for natural ingredients as well as processed foods. Demand for industrial-grade Guar Gum is driven largely by hydraulic fracturing activity in the oil & gas industry. North America continues to dominate the worldwide guar market primarily due to demand in the oil & gas industry.

Sunita Hydrocolloids Inc. is a manufacturer of guar and a supplier of oilfield chemicals. Sunita services the Permian Basin, the Mid-Continent, South Texas, and the Haynesville from its facilities in Midland and Houston, Texas. Sunita Logistics & Transportation provides last-mile delivery to well sites in the Permian Basin and currently services Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. As a premier supplier of stimulation and cementing chemicals, Sunita provides high quality chemicals and customer service that meets and exceeds industry standards.