Paraffin Control Products

Virtually all oil and gas produced contains varying amounts and types of paraffins. Paraffin is a solid hydrocarbon typically containing C16-C40 linear alkanes and are often observed >C40 when branched. The molecules are wholly soluble in the oil phase in untouched reservoirs.

Additionally, many wells producing oil and gas also contain asphaltenes. Asphaltenes are polar ring structured platelets containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur.

Paraffins and asphaltenes become problematic when external factors are applied during the completion and production of oil and wells. Depending on the makeup of the produced fluids and the lift method, any single or a combination of multiple factors can cause both to supersaturate and precipitate onto perforations, valves, pumps, gas-lift mandrels, down-hole and surface tubulars, separation equipment, and tank bottoms. When left untreated these deposits will limit and eventually stop production of the well/system.

Rather than using costly removal techniques, such as hot-oiling or mechanical removal, Specialty Intermediates offers a host of innovative, cost effective chemistries designed to either inhibit the formation of these paraffins and asphaltenes or keep them dispersed into the produced fluids before they can be deposited