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The formation of foam in your production system can be a problem for any oil and gas production, causing pump cavitation, fluid carryover in your gas flow lines, reduced separator efficiency, loss of pump efficiency and capacity, as well as erratically produced fluid flow. It can be caused by such things as pressure drops from the presence of contaminants, such as drilling mud, sand or wax, which aid in the stabilization of gas bubbles. These bubbles entrap the gas and cause foam to form, hampering your production.
Multi-Chem’s defoamer solutions bind to the nucleation sites of these contaminants and reduce their ability to generate foam. They do this by promoting small bubbles to coalesce into larger ones until they destabilize and collapse, causing gas separation and displacing the surface active component on the bubble and making it instable while promoting the fluid component of the foam to drain away.
If you feel you have a problem with foaming in your production, Multi-Chem can perform a system survey to determine which type of defoaming solution is best suited for your operations and help you improve your overall pump performance to keep your asset running smoothly.
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Defoamer Chemical Solutions to Aid in Oil & Gas Production
To help curb the problem of foaming in your pipeline and equipment, Multi-Chem offers a variety of foam control products - or defoamers- that can act as antifoam agents against foamers for both aqueous and oil-based fluids and help keep your oil and gas production system running at full capacity.
- Reduce oil or condensate in gas flow
- Improve separator efficiency
- Reduce produced water foaming
- Improve pump capacity and efficiency
- Improve produced fluid flow
- Reduce pump noise and vibration
The formation of foam in your production system can be a problem for any oil and gas production, causing pump cavitation, fluid carryover in your gas flow lines, reduced separator efficiency, loss of pump efficiency and capacity, as well as erratically produced fluid flow. It can be caused by such things as pressure drops from the presence of contaminants, such as drilling mud, sand or wax, which aid in the stabilization of gas bubbles. These bubbles entrap the gas and cause foam to form, hampering your production.
Multi-Chem’s defoamer solutions bind to the nucleation sites of these contaminants and reduce their ability to generate foam. They do this by promoting small bubbles to coalesce into larger ones until they destabilize and collapse, causing gas separation and displacing the surface active component on the bubble and making it instable while promoting the fluid component of the foam to drain away.
If you feel you have a problem with foaming in your production, Multi-Chem can perform a system survey to determine which type of defoaming solution is best suited for your operations and help you improve your overall pump performance to keep your asset running smoothly.