Problems for E&P Companies
Build-up of deposits in tubing and pipeline
- Decrease oil production
- Increase downtime of operation
- Downtime – $1MM lost per day
Wasteful chemical usage
Don’t know chemical performance until a problem happens
- Overtreatment
- No real-time monitoring
- Burden for downstream refining
- High Opex.
Excess Labor Expense
- Remote locations
- Difficult to access
- Field support
- HS&E risk