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Production Optimization

Chemicals to help dehydrate and desalt oil, deliquefy gas wells, degas fluids, improve flow, and clean produced water

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SLB production chemistry solutions help mitigate the effects of emulsions and foaming, improve operational efficiency, maximize clean oil production, minimize water quality issues (e.g., in produced water for disposal or reinjection and in industrial water), and reduce environmental impact throughout the lifetime of your system.

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  • Heater treaters where demulsifiers, heat, and electrostatic fields separate water and salt from crude oil.
    Chemical Demulsifiers
    For crude oil dehydration and desalting using tuned emulsion breaker chemistry

    Optimally dehydrate crude oil and clean aqueous discharge streams. View

  • Technician holding bottle of clear water, showing impact of water clarifiers on produced water.
    Water Clarifiers for Oil and Gas
    Efficiently clean produced water

    Remove oil and insoluble matter from aqueous production streams. View

  • Foam bubbles depicting foamers, which remove unwanted liquids from the well and restore gas production.
    Chemical Foamers for Gas Well Deliquification
    Liquid and solid technologies

    Unload water and condensate from gas wells. View

  • Degassing vessel in an oil train.
    Defoamers: Antifoaming Agents for Oil and Gas Production
    Counteract foam formation and promote degassing of fluids

    Defoamers are highly cost efficient, working at injection rates of just a few parts per million. View

  • Pipeline crossing some hills, depicting function of crude oil flow improvers, which reduce fluid viscosity.
    Crude Oil Flow Improvers and Viscosity Reducers
    Improve production performance

    Reduce energy needed for artificial lift, surface boosting, processing, and pipeline distribution of crude oils. View

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Product Sheet Production Chemicals Optimization on Delfi

Monitor at 1-minute frequency to optimize ESP corrosion and scale management by autonomous chemical injection.

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Video On-Demand Tech Talk—Digital Control of Corrosion and Scale

Edge and cloud intelligence inform continuous autonomous optimization of chemical treatment for ESP wells.

Case Study Operator Minimized Deferred Production and Workover Costs with Digitally Optimized Chemical Injection

Effective corrosion and scale treatments more than triple ESP run lives.

Case Study Custom-Engineered Demulsifier Enhances Oil Dehydration, North Sea

Eliminating periodic buildup of interfacial layer in the oil-water separator improves oil and water quality.

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