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Did you work with Montello Inc. asbestos-bearing oil and gas drilling additives? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Montello Inc. asbestos-bearing oil and gas drilling additives, sold from around the 1960s until the 1990s. Montello, Inc. was a U.S. supplier of oil and gas drilling additives including asbestos-bearing drilling-fluid materials supplied to the U.S. oil-and-gas industry through the asbestos era. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included Oil field workers, Drilling rig workers, and Drilling fluid technicians. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Montello Inc. asbestos-bearing oil and gas drilling additives and were later diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, or another asbestos-related disease, you may have a legal claim against the manufacturer. This is educational information from an independent publisher — not a law firm — and is not legal advice.
Product Description
Montello, Inc. was a U.S. supplier of oil and gas drilling fluid additives and related drilling-industry materials. Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos litigation that Montello supplied asbestos-bearing drilling additives — including chrysotile-asbestos-bearing drilling mud additives used as friction modifiers, lost-circulation materials, and rheology modifiers in oil and gas drilling operations across the U.S. petroleum industry.
Montello Inc. has been named as a corporate defendant in publicly filed asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation, including cases under the case caption “v. Montello, Inc.” in MO state court.
How Workers Could Be Exposed
Oil field workers, drilling rig workers, mud engineers, drilling fluid technicians, and bystander workers could be exposed to Montello asbestos-bearing drilling additives during handling, mixing, and pumping operations.