Capabilities

Maxoil has a proven track record when it comes to onshore and offshore heavy oil projects via various activities such as:

• Overseeing fluid characterisation studies (including rheological properties) and sampling campaigns to gain an understanding of the anticipated problems
• Providing design and operational assurance for oil dehydration and separation systems
• Define the impacts of all production chemistry issues that are related in the processing of the heavy oil fluids
• Perform troubleshooting and health check surveys
• Develop specifically catered chemical management strategies

Organic fouling of production systems is an issue that has been tackled by Maxoil for many years.  Our capabilities in this area include:

• Modelling of wax and asphaltene onset conditions and deposition rates (downhole and subsea)
• Overseeing fluids rheological, wax and asphaltene related properties characterisation for design basis purposes
• Giving operational and design assurance for systems when commingled production streams are incompatible with asphaltene
• Troubleshooting of existing systems with wax and asphaltene problems
• Design of organic fouling management strategies including application of suitable chemicals

For offshore and onshore greenfields, Maxoil has the proven ability to assess the production fluids for the risk of either Calcium naphthenate fouling solids or Carboxylate soap emulsions formation.  Our capabilities also include the proven ability to design naphthenate and soap management facilities, including separator/heater/cooler/coalescer hardware, produced water handling systems, naphthenate control chemical injection systems and oil storage tanks affected by soap sludge accumulation, such that these production issues can be properly and cost-effectively managed.

Maxoil can perform acid gas management projects for clients including:

• Model simulations of H₂S and CO₂ mass balance and partitioning within subsea and surface production facilities
• Concept selection feasibility studies for acid gas treatment facilities
• Development of chemical management strategies for reducing H₂S and CO₂ in gas, hydrocarbon liquids and water streams
• Gas sulphur removal process plant commissioning and troubleshooting of existing acid gas handling plants operational problems.

Glycol recovery systems have a number of key operational problems and Maxoil has years of experience in troubleshooting such systems so as to optimise these systems with respect to improved glycol recovery.  The types of problems solved by Maxoil cover:

• Mechanical design and operational issues that include improving the design and performance of the pre-treatment facilities
• Selection and optimal application of production chemicals that are compatible in the system
• Control of scaling and corrosion
• Improving the separation characteristics and the removal of other contaminants that create additional problems, such as fouling

Maxoil has the capability to perform assessments for the risk of hydrates formation in greenfield subsea production systems, as well as the ability to define hydrate management strategies (including the use of suitable hydrate inhibitor chemicals) and also to troubleshoot existing systems with hydrate problems.

From the United States to the Middle East, Maxoil is building a growing knowledge base regarding Flow Assurance and Production Chemistry management of unconventional resource production systems.  We have performed a number of projects to give assurance with regard to cost-effective management of issues via both on-site and office based project work, such as:

• Water handling
• Paraffin deposition control
• Acid gas treatment
• Scale control
• Corrosion management
• Overall production chemical management

Should you be unable to find the area of concern you are presently facing listed above, please feel free to contact any of our offices for more information.