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Hydrate plugs can be a serious problemto any production system and can shut down an operation and threaten pipeline integrity. These gas hydrates can form quite rapidly where water and light hydrocarbons are present atrelatively low temperatures and high pressures. Once formed, they produce plugs that can completely block a flowline, shutting down production. Hydrate plugs are very difficult and dangerous to remediate and should be avoided at all costs
Multi-Chem has become a leader in LDHI technology, working to develop technologies and application methods that are new to the industry and proven in the field, such as:
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Low Dosage Gas Hydrate Inhibitors Help Maintain Production and Flowline Integrity
Multi-Chem’s effective Low Dosage Hydrate Inhibitor (LDHI) programs are designed to control hydrates and reduce the risk of problems caused by hydrates in gas production systems, such as line blockages and plugs.
- Extend well life beyond that achievable with methanol or glycol based inhibitor applications
- Lower dosage rates than traditional methanol or glycol based inhibitors, therefore lowering logistics costs, such as delivery, storage and pump requirements
- Reduce start-up time on systems with a large number of tiebacks
- Eliminate refinery problems with methanol in production fluids
Hydrate plugs can be a serious problemto any production system and can shut down an operation and threaten pipeline integrity. These gas hydrates can form quite rapidly where water and light hydrocarbons are present atrelatively low temperatures and high pressures. Once formed, they produce plugs that can completely block a flowline, shutting down production. Hydrate plugs are very difficult and dangerous to remediate and should be avoided at all costs
Multi-Chem has become a leader in LDHI technology, working to develop technologies and application methods that are new to the industry and proven in the field, such as:
- AA (Anti-Agglomerate): Allows for hydrates to form, but prevents them from adhering to each other by keeping the hydrate crystals in a slurry that can be flushed out with the remaining fluids.
- KHI (Kinetic Hydrate Inhibitor): Keeps hydrates forming for a period of time – or holds them static for a period of time. If the residence time of the fluids in a pipe is shorter than the hold time, there will be no hydrates.