Look what happens when you combine silicate chemistry with an active imagination. Why many of our customers pump our product right back into the ground. And what's in it for you. "Back to nature" isn't just a trendy slogan around here; it's the product life cycle for several members of our sodium silicate family After all, they begin when natural materials like soda ash and sand meet in a PQ furnace. And end when somebody usually somebody employed by an oil company puts them right back into the ground. It may seem an ignominious end, no doubt, but it has economic purpose—it's a natural solution to the problem of how to push every drop of oil that we can out of the ground. INPUT WELL ,
mix out at another. That's good for about another 20%. Then it's time for tertiary, or enhanced, recovery And one of our sodium silicate combinations. Due to its alkaline nature, the silicate will react with acidic components of a crude to form an in-situ surfactant, reducing the surface tension between water and oil, and enhancing the recovery And the soluble silica? That's a bit trickier. We know it helps, because crude oil yields are greater than when straight caustic soda is added
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Oil Recovery: Stage III Oil does not leave the ground of its own accord; it has to be pushed. When you first strike oil, natural gas does the pushing for you; hence the gushers that movie-makers are so fond of. But the natural gas loses its push just about when you have 10 to 20% of the oil out. So now you have to push, usually by pumping water in at one spot and taking an oil-water
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The theory is that the Si0 2 acts as a sacrificial agent to improve rock wettability and reduce surfactant retention in reservoirs, thus increasing surfactant effectiveness. Dont do it yourself If your oil well has been a bit sluggish lately please don't just dump any old sodium silicate you may have around down the well. Because if you add the CIRCLE
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wrong combination, you could get the opposite of the results you want. Contact us. We have experienced people who know that different strata and different oils call for different materials and techniques. They can save you a lot of trial and error. If you don't have an oil well of your own, you can at least take solace in the knowledge that U.S. oil producers can now recover a lot more U.S. oil. After 150 years, we're still finding new uses for our silicates and other basic chemicals. And, after 150 years, we're still delivering them with consistent quality, at competitive prices. That's why you can rely on PQ.
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