Good chemistry gets good results

摘要

As operators limit drilling due to budget constraints they are seeking ways to increase production from existing wells. One good question, then, might be what new methods for increasing production have come online since the last petroleum industry downturn? Programs involving effective use of chemical treatments can have a real impact in increasing production, or at the least, keeping it steady," said Steve Szymczak, BJ Services product line technology manager, citing advances that include use of water-wetting corrosion inhibitors, improved paraffin inhibitors, and foamers injected through capillary lines as a means to wellbore deliquification.