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Wax Treatments and Other Chemical Solutions to Help Maintain Pipeline and Flowline Integrity

Multi-Chem offers paraffin treatments, such as crystal modifier type inhibitors, dispersants and solvents, to help control deposition thus keeping your production running smoothly.

Benefits

Wax deposits form when the temperature of the produced fluids falls below the wax appearance temperature of wax present in the oil. The crystals that solidify increase fluid viscosity and can form deposits on your pipeline walls and settle in vessels. Once accumulated in your vessels, they form tank bottoms and pads at fluid interfaces. If unchecked, this wax deposition can rapidly produce plugs that will choke off production tubing or pipelines, increase your pumping pressure or slow down or stop your production.

Multi-Chem’s wax treatments products are all focused on reducing or eliminating wax deposits in your production systems and can be customized to meet your production challenges and delivery, including the use or combination of:

• Wax inhibitors, which alter the wax crystal structure and prevent them from forming a deposit.
• Dispersants, which keep the wax solids suspended in produced fluids, prevent it from settling in vessels and interfaces.
• Solvents, which dissolve deposits that have formed prior to a chemical application.

A specialized wax control program designed by Multi-Chem will help to eliminate wax deposition, maintain your pipeline integrity and keep your production systems flowing at optimal levels.