OIL & GAs
Drilling
Before extraction, oil and gas operations start with drilling processes. Evonik has a wide range of chemistries that can be used within drilling muds and as cementing additives.
Drilling
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What Evonik brings to the Application
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Chemistries
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Cement Additives
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Thixotropic and anti-setting additives for cementing.
Cement reinforcement additives.
Encapsulated chemicals.
Superplasticizer to improve workability and compression strength of cement. |
Fumed silica dispersions |
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Fumed silica Precipitated silica |
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Ether methacrylates and methacrylic acid |
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Corrosion Inhibitors
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Additives to be used in formulations of corrosion inhibitor chemistries.
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Alkanolamides Amine
Alkoxylate Amphoacetates Imidazoline Performance additives Quaternary amines |
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Defoamer and Defoamer Agents
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Additives for water treatment, drilling and fracturing fluids. |
Precipitated silica |
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Fumed silica |
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Rapid wetting anionic surfactant for use in production wells. |
Polyether siloxanes Dispersible defoamer based on organo- modified siloxanes |
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Anionic surfactant |
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Emulsifiers
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Additives to be used in preparation of oil-based drilling muds. |
Quaternary amines |
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Additives for preparation of Pickering emulsions for oil and water based drilling muds and chemicals. |
Ester quats |
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Fumed silica |
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Candidate additives to be used in preparation of oil-based drilling muds. |
Imidazoline |
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Fluid Loss Agents
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Building blocks to make polymers that prevent the loss of fluid to the formation.
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Alkyl methacrylates,
aminofunctional methacrylates
and methacrylamides
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Foamers &
Foaming Agents
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Chemistries (additives and finished products) to be used downhole as a foam stabilizer/ wetting agent in hard water, for drilling muds, foam enhancement in foam fracturing and oil displacement.
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Amphoteric surfactants
including capramidopropyl betaines and amine oxides
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Free Flow / Anti-Caking Agents
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Additives to help prevent formation of lumps and improve flow of powders.
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Fumed silicaPrecipitated silica
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Gas Separation
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Efficient gas separation membranes for generating N2, removing CO2, recovering H2 and recovering/upgrading He.
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High performance polyimide
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Gelling Agents
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Agents to assist with gel texture, including in hydrochloric acids.
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Aminofunctional methacrylates,
hydroxy methacrylates and
methacrylamides
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Liquid to Powder Conversion
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To convert difficult-to-handle liquids (freezable, very viscous, hygroscopic) into powders.
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Fumed silicaPrecipitated silica
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Loss Control
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Superabsorbents for loss control applications.
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Superabsorbent polymer
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pH Buffering in Brines
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Additive to provide an alkaline pH and to prevent the pH from fluctuating as a consequence of acid or base influxes into the brines.
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Potassium Carbonate
Potassium Hydrogen Carbonate
Potassium Hydroxide Solution
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Rheology Modifiers and Viscosifiers
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Additives to support the development of polymers and alter rheological properties including control of sagging, settling, stability and processability of liquids and powders.
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Fumed silicaPrecipitated silica |
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Superabsorbent polymer |
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Aminofunctional methacrylates, ether methacrylates and methacrylamides |
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Shale Control
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Building blocks for the production of shale control polymers.
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Aminofunctional (cationic)
methacrylates and
methacrylamides
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Swelling Agent
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Superabsorbents for general solidification and absorbing applications. |
Superabsorbent polymer |
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Swelling agent for swellable packers. |
Superabsorbent polymer |
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Wetting Agents
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Additives to help reduce the surface tension of a liquid, causing the liquid to spread across or penetrate more easily the surface of a solid.
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Ammonium chloride products
Organo-modified siloxanes |
