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MULTI-CHEM CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING

OF SHAFTER LOCATION

 

SHAFTER, Calif. (April 1, 2010) - Multi-Chem®, a global provider of oilfield production chemicals, celebrated the grand opening of its new West Coast location in Shafter, Ca. on Wednesday, announced Harold Johnson, Vice President of Global Business Development.

Multi-Chem hosted over 100 people at the grand opening event held at the new facility on Wednesday, which included lunch, tours of the laboratory and an address from Multi-Chem President and Chief Executive Officer, James Archer.

The facility consists of 3,000 sq ft of office space, a 1,600-sq-ft laboratory and a 4-acre storage yard.  It will provide service, sales support, technical analysis and delivery of specialty production chemicals for the oil and gas industry throughout Kern, San Luis Obispo, Tulare, Kings, Ventura, Los Angeles, Fresno, Merced and Madera counties, the largest producing area in California. The Shafter office is the third Multi-Chem location on the West Coast. Other offices, laboratories, blend plants and warehouses are located in Ventura and Meridian. 

The facility’s operations will be managed by Regional Operations Manager, Mark Wade, who has over 25 years of industry experience in production chemicals within California.

According to Wade, Multi-Chem strategically places offices within a 100-mile radius of its customers’ fields to provide focused local service.

“Superior local service is one of Multi-Chem’s fundamental objectives so that we can provide technical analysis and product support that is specific to the area and the technical challenges our customers are facing,” Wade said.

 

ASPHALTENE TREATMENT PRODUCTS

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Benefits

  • Reduce the precipitation of asphaltenes from crude oil
  • Reduce asphaltene deposits in vessels
  • Reduce or eliminate emulsions at separator interfaces caused by asphaltenes
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Symptoms

  • Agglomerated asphaltenes in pigging returns
  • Asphaltenes present in production vessels
  • Decreased or complete loss of production
  • Emulsions stabilized by solids at the separator interface
  • Increase in production pumping pressure
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Root Cause

Asphaltenes destabilize and precipitate when produced fluids drop during oil production. The colloidal solids that precipitate can form deposits in pipelines and settle in vessels. These deposits can reduce the production residence time in vessels and reduce production throughput. Asphaltenes can also destabilize and fall out of solution when incompatible production fluids such as condensates and heavier crudes are comingled. These asphaltenes agglomerate with one another, forming solids that can rapidly reduce production flow. These solids can produce plugs that will completely block a pipeline, shutting down production.

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Solutions

Multi-Chem offers asphaltene inhibitors, dispersants and solvents to treat asphaltene-induced deposition problems. Solvents can be used to dissolve deposits that have formed prior to chemical intervention. Multi-Chem asphaltene inhibitors work by holding colloidal asphaltenes in solution thereby preventing their agglomeration and precipitation. This prevents the solids from forming a deposit. Multi-Chem will perform a system survey to determine which type of asphaltene product is best suited for your application. Multi-Chem’s asphaltene treatment products can be customized to meet production challenges such as capillary/umbilical delivery, cold climates and systems requiring combination products.

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Next Steps

How can you determine if Multi-Chem asphaltene control products can help you? The following information will help Multi-Chem to determine the proper treatment method for your production challenge:

  • Production data
  • Temperature profiles
  • Pressure profiles
  • Crude oil analysis
  • SARA analysis
  • Current treatment regime

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