Oilfield Chemicals
High Performance Chemicals for Oil and Gas Production
BASF provides a broad range of high-quality chemicals to help service companies meet their technical challenges in production services. By constantly improving the quality and reliability of our chemical solutions, we help service companies meet the industry’s overall drive for greater efficiency and productivity.
Flow assurance
- Paraffin inhibitors / pour point depressants - improve cold flow behavior and help prevent deposits of paraffin crystals
- Scale inhibitors- control inorganic deposits
- Gas hydrate inhibitors - delay the formation of gas hydrate crystals
- Dispersing / Cleaning agents - effectively remove organic or inorganic deposits from pipeline and equipment
Oil / water separation
- Demulsifiers- 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
- Biocides - keep bacteria growth under control
- Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) scavengers - effectively reduce levels of toxic (H2S) gas to meet safety standards and tight pipeline specifications
Application areas and recommended products
| Production | Function | Chemistry | Recommended Products |
| FLOW ASSURANCE | Paraffin Inhibitors / Pour Point Depressants | Modified polycarboxylates
Polyacrylate / Polyvinylester blends |
Basoflux® PI types
Basoflux® RD types |
| Scale Inhibitors | Polycarboxylates | Basoscale | |
| Low Dose Gas Hydrate Inhibitors | Vinylcaprolactam-based polymers | Luvicap® types | |
| Dispersing / Cleaning Agents | Alcohol alkoxylates, alkylpolyglucosides | Basoclean 80 |
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| OIL / WATER SEPARATION | Demulsifiers | Resin alkoxylates, amine alkoxylates, polyethyleneimine alkoxylates, ethyleneoxidepropyleneoxide
block copolymers |
Basorol® types |
| Water Clarifiers / Deoilers | High molecular weight charged polymers | Alcomer® types, Basomin types, Basorol® types | |
| ASSET
INTEGRITY |
Corrosion Inhibitors | Amine blends, ammonium derivatives | Basocorr™ types |
| H2S Scavengers | Glyoxal
Triazine |
Basolon® types | |
| Biocide | Glutaraldehyde | Myacide®, Protectol® |
