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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.

 

Benefits

  • Prolong useful well life by prevention or minimization of scale deposits
  • Reduce downtime for mechanical and/or acid/chemical cleanout
  • Allows for steady production by maintaining near well bore formation porosity and cleanliness of perforations
  • Increase lifetime of well equipment by minimizing deposits that can cause excessive wear
  • Maintain flow capacity of various flowlines associated with surface equipment
  • Polymer type scale inhibitor traceable with a simple field test
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Symptoms

  • Production declining more rapidly than predicted
  • Loose or flaky solids observed in equipment during routine maintenance
  • Plugging of surface flow lines containing water, particularly in constrictions or smaller diameter tubing
  • Excessive turbidity of produced water
  • Increased solids precipitation in produced water upon standing
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Root Cause

Scale formation is a complex process affected by many factors.  Produced waters with high total dissolved solids (TDS) content are prime candidates for scale deposition during the production process as temperatures, pressures and pH change.  Another major cause of scale formation is the commingling of waters from different zones that have vastly different chemistries.  Introduction of oxygen can cause the formation of iron oxide scales of various types.  Iron sulfide scales can be formed where there is sour production.  The introduction of incompatible water during water flood operations can also be cause of scale formation.

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Solutions

Multi-Chem offers a variety of scale inhibitors including phosphate esters, phosphonates, and polymers.  Scale inhibitors work via several mechanisms.  Many scale inhibitors function by absorption on the surface of an incipient crystal, distorting the crystal lattice and hindering further growth.  This type of inhibition is referred to as “threshold inhibition” and occurs at quite low inhibitor concentrations.  A second mechanism of inhibition is via the prevention of the agglomeration of crystals already formed and their adhesion to surfaces such as pipe walls, etc.  Some scale inhibitors are effective on a broad range of dissolved ions while others are more specific for certain ions.  Very difficult scaling situations are often treated with specific inhibitors known to be most effective against those particular scales.

 

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Next Steps

How can you determine if Multi-Chem scale control products can help you?

The following information will help Multi-Chem to determine the proper treatment method for your production challenge:

  • Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
  • Temperature profiles
  • Pressure profiles
  • Water analysis
  • Production data

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