Global Oilfield Solutions

Performance Chemicals
for Production
High Performance Chemicals
for Production Services

Imagine enhancing your engineering services with solutions

from the world’s leading chemical company. When it comes
to production services, BASF offers one of the most
­comprehensive chemical portfolios in the industry.

Our proven strengths are innovative, sustainable solutions Performance Chemicals for
with consistent product quality. Best-in-class well site opera- production services
tions are essential for maximizing the recovery of oil and gas
reserves while minimizing the impact on the environment. Flow assurance
Specialty chemicals that impart unique capabilities and • Paraffin inhibitors / pour point depressants – help prevent
functionality are an integral part of this goal. precipitation of paraffin crystals
• Scale inhibitors – inhibit inorganic deposits
BASF provides a broad range of high-quality chemicals to help • Gas hydrate inhibitors – low dose kinetic gas hydrate
service companies meet their technical challenges in produc- ­inhibitors delay the formation of gas hydrate crystals; an
tion services. By constantly improving the quality and reliability ­economically sound alternative to alcohol or glycol injection
of our chemical solutions, we help service companies meet the
industry’s overall drive for greater efficiency and productivity. Oil / water separation
• Demulsifier bases – help make efficient formulations that
quickly separate produced water from oil
• Water clarifiers / deoilers – remove oil from produced water
• Defoamers – mitigate foam problems

Asset integrity
• Corrosion inhibitors – protect steel parts for all production
equipment and pipelines
• Cleaning agents – effectively remove organic deposits
from all equipment parts
• Biocides – keep bacteria growth under control
• H2S scavengers – effectively reduce levels of toxic hydrogen
sulfide (H2S) gas to meet safety standards and tight pipeline
specifications
Discover your
possibilities
with BASF.
 Production Function Chemistry Recommended products
Flow Paraffin inhibitors /  Modified polycarboxylates Basoflux ® PI types
assurance Pour point depressants Polyacrylate  / Polyvinylester blends Basoflux ® RD types

Scale inhibitors Polycarboxylates Basoscale

Low dose gas Vinylcaprolactam-based polymers Luvicap® types

hydrate inhibitors

Cleaning agents Alcohol alkoxylates, alkylpolyglucosides Basoclean, Basopon LGC

Oil / Water Demulsifiers Resin alkoxylates, amine alkoxylates, Basorol ® types

separation polyethyleneimine alkoxylates,
ethyleneoxide-propyleneoxide block
copolymers

Water clarifiers High molecular weight charged Alcomer® types, Basomin types,
(Deoilers) polymers Basorol® types

Asset Corrosion inhibitors Amine blends, ammonium derivatives Basocorr™ types

integrity
H2S scavengers Glyoxal Basolon® types
Triazine

Biocide Glutaraldehyde Myacide®, Protectol®

Please note that not all product versions and types may be available in all regions.
How BASF Performance Chemicals
can contribute to improved
oil and gas production

Flow assurance Oil / water separation

Wax precipitation poses a major challenge to oil production. It Separating oil from water can be very time critical because of
can cause numerous issues such as decreased flow rates and residence time, especially on offshore platforms. In addition,
even pipeline blockage. The Basoflux™ portfolio comprises the separation process onshore must be optimized and there-
specialty products from different chemical classes. Injection of fore needs effective demulsifiers. BASF offers more than 40
Basoflux™ either helps prevent plugging of production or trans- demulsifier bases from a variety of different chemical classes to
portation lines due to paraffin precipitation, or it is applied to help our customers make efficient and tailor-made formulations.
improve rheological properties of highly viscous, paraffinic crudes.
The demulsifier bases of the Basorol® portfolio are especially
Inorganic depositions of Ca, Ba, Sr or Fe salts can be prevent- designed for specific properties: fast water dropping, excellent
ed with BASF’s powerful BasoscaleTM scale inhibitors based overall treatment and dehydrating /desalting.
on polycarboxylic chemistry. In addition, once the deposition
has already occurred, BASF can offer Basosolve™ products For removing residual oil in produced water, BASF offers a range
that help dissolve these deposits. of water clarifiers (deoilers). Based on different chemistries, the
products work by different mechanisms: flocculation and /or
In offshore operations, gas hydrates can be a threat to gas coagulation. Basomin™ SK and Alcomer® 7109 are coagulants
­production. Kinetic gas hydrate inhibitors (KHI) play a growing whereas Alcomer® 216 works as a flocculant.
role in preventing these gas hydrates. They are effective at low
dosages and provide a sound a ­ lternative to alcohol or glycol
injection. BASF’s Luvicap® portfolio prevents hydrate formation
up to sub-cooling temperatures of about 10 °C.

Basorol® demulsifier bases

help make efficient and
tailor-made formulations.
Asset integrity

Corrosion is a large cost factor for the oilfield industry. Corro- Cleaning contaminated equipment is often a challenge. Here,
sion inhibitors are mostly complex, tailor-made formulations for BASF’s cleaning products are efficient solutions. Wherever
individual corrosion problems. BASF’s Basocorr™ products ­environmentally advanced products are needed, BasocleanTM
are key components to address a larger variety of corrosion en- is a powerful surfactant based on nonionic chemistry for the
vironments. removal of organic deposits.

Sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) are one source of reservoir

souring. Biocides are mainly used to prevent extensive growth
of these bacteria. BASF offers the Protectol®/ Myacide®
­portfolio to manage and suppress this prevalent microbial i­ssue.

Achieving low concentrations of H2S in oil and gas production

is essential for many operators. The amount of H2S present in
the field will dictate the method of removal, but high capital
expenditure is usually not justified for smaller fields. Here,
chemical methods are dominant. BASF offers efficient H2S
scavengers for this challenge under the tradename Basolon™.

A portfolio to meet your customer’s

expectations on reliable flow assur-
ance, efficient oil / water separation
and long-term asset integrity.
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