17 Sept 2019

Clariant Oil Services launches breakthrough WAXTREAT^™ SubZero Pour Point Depressant technology for cold climate regions at SPE ATCE 2019

The high-performance, winterized Pour Point Depressant, with innovative customization capabilities, is helping oil production customers’ improve operational efficiency
WAXTREAT SubZero nominated as “Best Oilfield Fluids and Chemicals Award” finalist at the 2019 World Oil Awards
Clariant Oil Services to present scientific paper on the treatment of challenging waxy crudes in cold regions at SPE ATCE event in Calgary, Canada

Houston, TX, September 17, 2019 – Thousands of Oil & Gas professionals will gather at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in Canada from September 30 till October 2, where Clariant Oil Services will unveil its new WAXTREAT SubZero Pour Point Depressant (PPD) technology. This novel innovation will help oil production companies, especially operating in cold climate regions, overcome the challenges associated with the transportation of waxy crude oils and the mitigation of wax deposition.

WAXTREAT SubZero is a winterized PPD with innovative customization capabilities, enhancing performance, while mitigating paraffin build-up, in crude oil pipeline systems, at the same time reducing OPEX requirements associated with pipeline cleaning. This product has recently been selected as a finalist in the “Best Oilfields Fluids and Chemicals” category at the 2019 World Oil Awards.

Anton Kaiser, Head of Strategic Innovation, Clariant Oil & Mining Services, will present a paper on the new technology at SPE ATCE, entitled ‘Customizable Synergistic Polymer Micro-Dispersions for Treating Challenging Waxy Crudes in Cold Regions’. “We developed a series of higher active winterized polymer micro-dispersions to overcome issues commonly found in cold climates,” he comments. “Inhibitors and dispersants are viable solutions to minimizing organic precipitations and fouling in pipelines and storage tanks. Unfortunately, those PPDs are part of the challenge that customers are currently facing, due to their high product pour points. There is a real product offering gap in the market.”

Both laboratory and field data demonstrated that the micro-dispersed polymers in WAXTREAT SubZero can perform at significantly lower dose rates when compared to the alternative, winterized polymers in solution, to help contribute to an easier flow of oil.

The product remains stable and pumpable in cold storage, eliminating the need for heated tanks and lines while reducing operation and capital expenditures.

“Customers here in Canada, and in regions such as Russia and other colder oil producing basins like the Rockies, face oil production and transportation challenges every winter”, said Al Ferguson, Clariant’s Regional Business Lead for Canada. “This breakthrough PPD is available to them now and can greatly reduce those challenges, improving flow assurance, reducing unplanned operational downtime and maintenance costs.”

Some field trials are ongoing, in Canada, with very positive initial results, demonstrating early success in lab-to-field deployment. Join Anton Kaiser during the SPE ATCE Flow Assurance Challenges and Remediation technical session on Tuesday October 1^st, from 08:30-11:55am, where he will outline the research methodologies and lab and field trials undertaken to develop WAXTREAT SubZero. Clariant’s presentation is from 09:45-10:10AM, and visit Clariant’s booth: 2153.

For more information on Clariant’s WAXTREAT SubZero please visit www.clariant.com/waxtreatsubzero.

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Clariant is a focused and innovative specialty chemical company, based in Muttenz near Basel/Switzerland. On 31 December 2018 the company employed a total workforce of 17 901. In the financial year 2018, Clariant recorded sales of CHF 4.404 billion for its continuing businesses. The company reports in three business areas: Care Chemicals, Catalysis and Natural Resources. Clariant’s corporate strategy is based on five pillars: focus on innovation and R&D, add value with sustainability, reposition portfolio, intensify growth, and increase profitability.

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Clariant Oil Services is the fastest growing supplier of specialty oilfield production chemicals and services to the oil and gas industry. Our product offerings has an impressive reach extending from Enhanced Oil Recovery, Offshore and Deep Water, Conventional and Unconventional Oil & Gas, Heavy Oil, Pipeline Cleaning, Well Services Additives to VERITRAX™, our Intelligent Chemical Management System. Our global presence provides a unique position from which to address and resolve customer challenges anywhere in the world. We use chemistry, systems and experts to understand our customers’ needs, then create high-value, innovative solutions that help our customers win. We strive to develop and deliver the most economical solutions with an unwavering commitment to high standards for health, safety and the environment and work to implement your custom chemical program with the utmost respect to the workforce and community.

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Clariant Oil Services launches breakthrough WAXTREAT SubZero Pour Point Depressant technology for cold climate regions at SPE ATCE 2019.
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