Flow Assurance Services

Flow Assurance Services for Exploration and Production:

Intertek provides flow assurance solutions for deep water and cold climate drilling and production. Hydrate and paraffins tests are designed to ensure the most economical solutions are employed when operating in high pressure and low temperature environments. Successful flow assurance requires multi-disciplinary expertise. Intertek has the experienced staff and essential equipment to perform experimentation and evaluation work required to handle all areas of flow assurance.

Flow Assurance services include:

Flow Assurance Scaling Prediction, Prevention and Remediation Expertise:
Intertek Westport evaluates scaling tendencies throughout the life of a reservoir. Capabilities include sampling, analytical testing, research and predictive models. Services include:

• Onsite sampling and analysis
• Re-equilibration of brines at reservoir conditions to 400F
• Compositional analysis to ppb levels with ICP-MS
• Reconstruction of brine contaminated with drilling fluid
• Geochemical modeling
• Compatibility assessment
• Waterflood design
• Remedial options
• Inhibitor selection, multi-functional inhibitors research
• Drilling/completion fluid design
• Low temperature applications
• Additives options, Novel intervention methods