Petrochemicals

Petrochemicals refer to all those compounds that can be derived from the petroleum refinery products and natural gas.  

They cause certain production issues in oil companies such as:

• Lubrication and hydraulic systems will foul from degraded oil treatment chemicals and other product ingress.
• Some units will become contaminated with high and low boiling point hydrocarbons that generate high levels.
• The capacity of some pumps couldn’t remain consistently good, even when temperatures are high or very low.
• Specific corrosion problems will occur of sulfur compounds, naphthenic acids, hydrogen gas, hydrogen attack, naphthenic acid corrosion and polyphonic acid corrosion.
• Leakage of volatile organics from valves, pump glands, flanges, and other process equipment.
• The possibility of fouling the oil units with heavy high molecular species that will damage completion systems and pumps.

• Secondary Recovery When the natural pressure drops below the minimum level, reservoir exploitation can be made by an artificial process of ‘’ water injection ‘’ . Sea water, river, brackish or recycled water can be used for this operation, but necessary treatment should be used to solve related problems.
• Chem provide specific products for each type of treatment.