Paper: A Unique Method Of Paraffin Control In Production Operations

Many oil-producing areas suffer from troublesome paraffin deposition in production and transportation operations. The use of paraffin inhibitors, which are sometimes referred to as wax crystal modifiers or pour point depressants, have been effective at reducing plugging caused by paraffin deposition. To be effective these materials must be applied at a point before the paraffin falls out of solution and they must be present on a continuous basis. This presentation describes a technique for squeezing inhibitor into the reservoir rock matrix to get a slow consistent return of inhibitor provide an extended treatment for controlling deposition