In November 2013 Graphene Nanochem announced it will soon start selling their graphene-enhanced PlatDrill drilling fluid. Today the company announced it signed the first contract to supply PlatDrill to a national oil company.

The initial deal is to deliver about 1,000 tons of PlatDril, and it is worth £1 million ($1.7 million). Scomi Oiltools helped winning this order. Graphene Nanochem says it is confident it will meet the market expectations for 2014, and they see "substantial revenue increases from 2015". The customer performed several stages of testing and validation of this new fluid to ensure successful deployment.

Researchers from India verified that when you barbecue meat, it produces all sorts of carbon nanoparticles, including graphene oxide. This led them to the conclusion that GO is probably safe to eat - as humans have been eating barbecued meat for thousands of years.

When meat is heated, the proteins undergo pyrolysis, which produces graphene oxide sheets and carbon nanoparticles via the condensation of five- and six-membered rings. Some of these particles are doped with nitrogen from the atmosphere, and GO is formed when plant matter is charred. GO is also present in several medicines such as gripe water and active coal powders.

Vorbeck Materials entered into a strategic investment and technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel, an independent strategic investment firm that focuses on innovative technology solutions for the US Intelligence community.

As part of the agreement, Vorbeck will adopt its graphene technologies and develop conductive compounds for IQT's customers.