Oil samples taken during the project with signs of sodium stabilised soap emulsion.
Long-term operational support – production chemistry and chemical management
Reaction of organic acids with bicarbonate rich produced water causing the formation of metal carboxylate soaps.
Due to the complexity of process fluids being handled, site specific monitoring test methods were created to analyse the process fluids.
Oil Plus’s production chemists worked with the client and their operations personnel over a two year period, assisting with common process issues such as; inorganic scaling, wax control, produced water incompatibility, soap characterisation, microbial fouling, and chemical evaluation. A Chemical Management Programme (CMP) was set up that allowed successful control and cost-effective mitigation of all the flow assurance issues.