Essential Maintenance Chemicals Every Oil and Gas Operator Should Know

How much time and effort are you putting toward maintaining your oil and gas operations? From discovery and testing to solution development to implementation to maintenance and monitoring, it's a complicated process - and it can often be too much for many operators to handle in-house. That's where Flatirons Chemicals can help. As experienced oilfield chemical providers, we specialize in custom-creating chemical solutions to help your operations tick.

In this post, we'll cover some of the key benefits of maintenance and some of the common chemicals in our mixtures.

Key Benefits of Maintenance Oil and Gas Chemicals

Oil and gas operators know they can't just extract these key resources from drilling sites and expect they're good to go. They need to be treated to facilitate any successful oilfield drilling operation. In addition to producing a high-quality blend, oilfield production chemicals offer other key benefits. These include:

• Corrosion protection: Maintenance chemicals help ensure your equipment runs better for longer, reducing maintenance costs and minimizing the risk of unplanned downtime.
  Microbial control: Enhance pipe integrity and prevent well souring by administering maintenance chemicals, which help protect against harmful microbial growth.
  H2S mitigation: Hydrogen sulfide buildup is common in the oil and gas industry - and if it's not controlled properly, this gas could be very hazardous. Though colorless, H2S is easily identified based on its rotten egg-like smell. It could pose a major safety risk if it builds up too much.
  Emulsion treatments: Emulsion treatments help remove water from oil and gas supplies to meet any crude specifications.

Essential Chemicals in the Oil and Gas Industry

At Flatirons Chemicals, we specialize in understanding the unique needs of our customers' oil well systems to create the exact mix of chemicals to help them realize all the benefits we listed above. There isn't a one-size-fits-all chemical solution, as many factors play into the chemical cocktail that's best for any operation. However, some regular chemicals are commonly found in our mixes. These include:

• Sodium silicate: This popular bonding agent can help seal formations and stabilize wellbores. It's often used with several other chemicals to help reduce and prevent formation damage. Some of these chemicals include ammonium chloride, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, and gypsum.
  Biocides: These chemicals help control and prevent microbial growth.
  Corrosion inhibitors: These chemicals help prevent corrosion in pipelines, tubular, and flowlines. They also prevent deposits from forming on pipelines and wells.
  Hydrogen sulfide scavengers: These specialty chemicals react with and work to remove hydrogen sulfide (H2S) to help enhance safety and minimize the risk of a fire on site.
  Paraffin: These versatile hydrocarbons can lubricate, emulsify, and seal. They can even help prevent corrosion and reduce viscosity.

These are just a sampling of the various chemicals often found in the mixes we create for our clients. As we noted, every mix is different depending on several factors. We specialize in using a data-driven approach to create custom blends for your oil and gas operations that exceed your expectations. Contact us today to learn more about our maintenance chemicals for the oil and gas industry.

Contact Flatirons Chemicals Today

At Flatirons Chemicals, we've produced more than 2.5 million gallons of treatments for our customers throughout the eight years that we've been in business. We specialize in taking the maintenance aspect off your hands so that you can spend more time and effort on producing gas and oil for your customers. For more information on our custom blends, how we determine the perfect chemical mixture when we make them, and to learn more about our process, contact Flatirons Chemicals today.