VISCOPLEX® Flow Assurance Additives are designed to treat petroleum streams such as crude oils, refinery streams (gas oils/fuel oils/bunker fuels) and gas condensates.
Petroleum streams are a complex mixture of components, often containing long-chain paraffins that form waxy and asphaltic deposits at specific temperatures, resulting in severe issues related to oil flow, storage and pipeline restart.
VISCOPLEX® additives are designed to modify these wax crystal structures to achieve a reduction in wax deposition, viscosity and pour point, reduce restart pressures and prevent paraffin deposits in pipelines/transport vessel surfaces.
Typical Applications
- Paraffin inhibition
- Pour point depression
- Viscosity Reduction in petroleum streams such as crude oils, refinery streams (gas oils/fuel oils/bunker fuels) and gas condensates
- Asphaltene mitigation products for the prevention of asphaltene deposition in petroleum production processes
Benefits at a glance
- Reducing paraffin deposition, pour point and viscosity in petroleum streams
- Dispersion products with high actives content in low viscosity formulations for easier application
- Treatment of petroleum streams ultimately results in ease of handling and reduced logistics for customers