About Us – Sun Specialty Products

Engineering
Solutions for Over
Five Decades

Based in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, Sun Specialty Products has built its reputation on innovation, integrity, and measurable performance.

Our solutions are designed to enhance operational economics, saving customers time, and money while providing better well performance.

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Our Mission

Our mission at Sun Specialty Products is to provide cost effective, value added, leading-edge technical solutions to down-hole challenges facing the exploration, production and stimulation industries worldwide. The company strives to provide the best products and services to increase operator efficiency and enhance reservoir performance.

Our Vision

Our vision is to lead the industry in high-performance specialty products that maximize production, lower lifting costs, and transform the way operators solve complex down-hole challenges. We aim to deliver measurable, repeatable results backed by innovation, engineering excellence, and unwavering customer support.

Core Values

Innovation

Always pushing boundaries in product solutions, chemistry, material science and their application.

Integrity

Doing what’s right, not what’s easy.

Partnership

Building long-term trust through accountability and collaboration.

Performance

Delivering measurable results, not promises.

1986 - 2026

Company Timeline

Provide timeline that explores the milestones that shaped Sun’s legacy, from early chemical innovation in the 1970s to today’s advanced nanocomposite and proppant technologies.

1977

Copolymer bead patent issued for Lubra-Glide drilling fluid lubricant. Lubra-Glide drill beads patented and commercialized.

1981

Sun Speciality Products introduces it’s first logo.

1986

Bead recovery technology introduced to improve operational efficiency.

1988

BlacKnite commercialized as the original liquid gilsonite product for wellbore stability.

1996

First copolymer reactor dedicated to oilfield production installed in the U.S.

1996

Our brand evolves with a new identity reflecting our expanding technologies and growing product portfolio.

1998

Acquisition of Coastal Superior Solutions expands product and manufacturing capabilities.

2001

Manufacturing methodology patent awarded for chain-entangled polymers and rapid-rate polymerization.

2009

Manufacturing capacity expanded with the addition of Reactors B and C at Belle Chasse, LA.

2010

Advanced manufacturing methodology patent issued for thermoset polymer processes and nanocomposites.

2017

Resiflex synthetic graphite product line introduced for wellbore stability.

2018

Our company rebrands to better represent our technology, products, and future growth.

2018

OmniProp neutrally buoyant proppant product line introduced.

2022

Lubra-Slide® product line added; bead recovery unit redesigned; UAE operations established.

2024

Reactor D added at Belle Chasse facility, increasing plant capacity by ~50%.

2026

Lithium sorbent manufacturing introduced.

The Experts Behind Every Solution

Behind every Sun Specialty Products solution is a team of engineers, chemists, and industry veterans with decades of hands-on experience. Our technical leadership is supported by PhD-level chemical engineers, material scientists and technical specialists who have been part of Sun’s extended R&D team for years.

This combined expertise has fueled more than 50 years of innovation, developing solutions that are tested, proven, and trusted in the toughest operating environments worldwide.

Our Team

Douglas Heller

Executive Chairman & Chief
Executive Officer

Douglas Heller

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Michael Cook

President and Chief Operating
Officer

Michael Cook

Damien Mandella

Chief Financial Officer

Damien Mandella

Roger De Spain

Vice President, US Sales &
Operations

Roger De Spain

Pete Kapak

Vice President of Business
Development for International
Regions

Pete Kapak

Harold Brannon

Vice President of Production
Enhancement

Harold Brannon

HSE & Commitment

At Sun Specialty Products, HSE is more than a requirement, it’s a commitment woven into every part of our business. Our engineered additives and enhancement technologies are developed and manufactured with strict safety controls, environmental stewardship, and operational integrity as guiding principles.

Our ISO-certified manufacturing facility operates under industry-standard Process Safety Management protocols, ensuring safe and reliable production. In the field, we partner closely with operators to maintain safe performance across all conditions and uphold the highest HSE expectations.

Manufactured
in the USA.
Proven Worldwide.

Our headquarters and manufacturing facility in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, house R&D, formulation, and quality control operations, ensuring every Sun product meets the highest performance standards before reaching the field.