FlowSolve™

Solving challenges with oil flow 

FlowSolve technologies help you do just that: overcome challenges with oil flow. In oilfield, every project or application is as unique as its geographical location. Whether exploring deep-water, or onshore, we are dedicated to boosting oil flow and minimising deposits. The FlowSolve range comprises novel technologies that can be formulated to improve performance in virtually any environment and maximise production throughput.  

FlowSolve is used within two key areas:

Asphaltene inhibition 

• Asphaltene inhibitors prevent the aggregation of asphaltene molecules so the chemical treatment can be as an injection into the wellbore
• Asphaltene inhibitors also commonly work as asphaltene dispersants (ADs), thereby dispersing ready-formed asphaltene agglomerates. Therefore, the treatment products will also perform when injected into pipelines and will improve crude oil transportation. 

Paraffin inhibition

• Waxes are made up of long hydrocarbon chains from and occur naturally in crude oils, causing many flow assurance problems. Challenges in both production and transportation of crude oils include wax deposition, flow problems and gelling, which are most evident in subsea and deep-water operations
• Like asphaltenes, the formation of waxes can be caused by a change in temperature, pressure, crude oil surge or when there is high gas to oil ratio
• We explore both wax inhibition and pour point depression characteristics of our FlowSolve range and have products that can help with each of those areas.  

Solving challenges with marine fuel -
FlowSolve M

The innovative FlowSolve M, ashless chemistries, improve fuel stability and prevent incompatibility issues when different fuels are blended together to meet the stringent sulphur targets.  FlowSolve M functions in a range of fuel oils, important due to variations in the global fuel supply chain, offering excellent fuel flexibility.

The excellent asphaltene handling performance of the series has been demonstrated in six heavy fuel oils sourced from around the world, of varying asphaltene content. This is done by measuring the reserve stability number (RSN) of the additive/fuel oil blend and then comparing this to the RSN of the fuel oil alone.