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Ship Surfactant Chemicals

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Surfactants are some of the most useful oilfield chemicals. Without them, oil drilling and fracking would be way less profitable and productive. Surfactants help in oil recovery from the ground. A feat that would require many more complex processes to achieve without these crucial chemicals.

But the use of surfactants transcends the oil and gas industry. These industrial chemicals are so important that they have critical uses across various fields. We use surfactants in soaps and detergents, lubricants, anti-fogging liquids, adhesives, fabric softeners, herbicides, emulsifiers, pharmaceutical formulations, cosmetics, and inks. Even the human body produces its surfactants.

Here in this article, you’ll learn everything you need to know about this widely useful chemical, including:

What Are Surfactants?

The name “surfactant” was originally coined from “Surface Active Agent”. This name suggests that surfactants act on surfaces. And in this case, the surfaces that surfactants act on are two phases that would normally not mix (like oil and water). It reduces the surface tension between the two phases so that the phases are more likely to mix.

You have surfactants in your house, and you probably don’t even know it. Most detergents, shampoos, lubricants, and other everyday chemicals usually have surfactants in them.

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Surfactant pipe and valve close up next to an aboveground oil producing tower

How Surfactants Work

Surfactants have unique properties that make them useful for various purposes. The molecules of the chemicals have two distinct parts; water-soluble and water-insoluble. This property allows surfactants to fit perfectly in between different phases, lower their surface tensions, and make it more likely for them to mix.

Have you tried washing an oily plate with just water? Or tried to wipe a spilled jar of mayonnaise clean? The plate still ends up oily because the water just washes over the surface of the oil. But when you add a detergent that has a surfactant in it, it makes the oil mix better with the water, making it easy to wash off.

Now, scale it up to the level of cleaning up oil spills at oilfields. With the help of surfactants, oil recovery becomes enhanced and less wasteful.

Benefits of Surfactants

You may already have an idea about the benefits of surfactants from what now know about what the chemicals are and how they work. But here are more detailed benefits of surfactants.

1.    Surfactants Boost Cleaning Effectiveness

Cleaning agents, such as detergents, have surfactants in them to make cleaning more effective. Without surfactants in them, detergents would not mix with water, and cleaning would be stressful.

2.    Eases Lubrication

Shaving creams have surfactants in them to reduce friction and ease the movement of the razor over the skin while reducing irritation. Lubricants in car engines also use surfactants to prevent particles from accumulating on the engine parts.

3.    Saves Costs on the Oilfields

The use of surfactants in oilfields may be one of the most important uses of the chemicals. Cleaning up oil spills and recovering oil from the ground would require a lot of complex processes to complete without surfactants. And the more the processes are, the more oil companies spend.

Are surfactants Safe for the Environment?

All oilfield chemicals are subject to this question from the ever-scrutinizing hands of the environmental conservationists. And this is not surprising, as the oil drilling process involves a lot of processes and the use of chemicals that are not environment-friendly. But what about surfactants? Are they safe for the environment?

Thankfully, the American Cleaning Institute has invested time and resources into shedding light on this age-long debate. This investment is just another on the long list of contributions the body has made over years in a bid to promote environmental sustainability. They do this by inventing and improving approaches and tools to manage industrial chemicals, such as surfactants.

During the research, over 250 studies were carried out on the environmental toxicity and properties of four key high-volume surfactant classes. These surfactant classes are mostly used in various cleaning and personal care products. The conclusion was a positive one. The authors of the research paper concluded “that risk assessments demonstrate that these substances, although used in very high volume and widely released to the aquatic environment, have no adverse impact on the aquatic or sediment environments at current levels of use.”

How to Ship Surfactants

As it is with other chemicals, the shipping of these chemicals is just as important as the chemicals themselves. No one can use them if there aren’t ways to ship the surfactants from the manufacturers to the end-users. And so, the need for an appropriate shipping system for surfactants cannot be overemphasized.

Depending on the quantity of surfactants being shipped, the shipping methods of surfactants vary. Shippers tend to make use of drums or IBC totes to ship and ensure the long-term storage of small quantities of surfactants in liquid form. But the liquid bulk shipping of surfactants for industrial uses may use liquid bulk tanker trucks.

During this liquid bulk surfactant shipping, thousands of gallons of the chemicals are loaded into Stainless Steel Insulated (SSI) tanker trucks. And the trucks are manned by liquid chemical drivers who have adequate experience in safely transporting the chemical to their destinations. However, this sort of transport comes with its complications.

Challenges of Shipping Liquid Surfactants in Bulk

The major challenge that confronts the shipping of bulk liquid surfactants is the fact that surfactants are classified as hazardous materials. And the transport of hazardous materials comes with a lot of regulations and complications. These regulations are necessary because an accident involving hazardous surfactants could have severe impacts on the environment.

For instance, surfactants in their raw forms have negative reactions when they come in contact with human skin. And the reactions could worsen if consumed. So, this classification of surfactants as hazardous materials is an attempt by the United States to make the transport of the chemicals as safe as can be under the guidance of rules and regulations.

It however takes an experienced liquid chemical carrier to successfully transport the chemicals to their destinations hitch-free. The liquid chemical carrier needs to have the proper hazardous material certifications, a sixth sense familiarity with the regulations, and the proper hazmat transport training and equipment. Without these, the carrier and the chemical owners are liable to penalties from the bodies in charge of the shipping.

Only a few liquid bulk carriers qualify to handle this delicate task of shipping these highly dangerous chemicals, and Total Connection liquid bulk tanker carriers are among the few.

Ship Your Surfactants With Total Connection

Ship surfactant chemicals with Total Connection

Total Connection is a logistics company with over 20 years shipping oilfield and industrial chemicals all over the world. We have forged partnerships with the world’s leading distributors of surfactants, oil companies, and other industries to minimize your shipping costs by shortening your supply chain.

In our two-decades-plus of experience shipping surfactants, we have handled different complications and challenges, and we have mastered the job to the point of perfection. All you need is to fill the quote form below and our industrial chemical shipping experts will be in touch with you.

Oilfield Chemicals Shipping: Drilling Fluids and Additives

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There is a major dilemma surrounding drilling and fracking for oil and gas. On one hand, humankind can hardly survive without this source of energy. Our survival hinges on it. But on the other hand, the oil drilling and fracking processes have many adverse effects on the environment. All sorts of drilling chemicals are injected into the ground to boost the production of oil, degrading the environment around the drilling site. And this has got environmental activists going on and on about these detrimental effects.

There is a major dilemma surrounding drilling and fracking for oil and gas. On one hand, humankind can hardly survive without this source of energy. Our survival hinges on it. But on the other hand, the oil drilling and fracking processes have many adverse effects on the environment. All sorts of drilling chemicals are injected into the ground to boost the production of oil, degrading the environment around the drilling site. And this has got environmental activists going on and on about these detrimental effects.

Amongst these oil drill-optimizing chemicals are drilling fluids and additives. In this article, you’ll see:

Drilling Fluids and Additives: What They Are Why We Use Them

oilfield drums stacked and filled with drilling fluids.

Drilling fluids, or drilling muds, are oilfield chemicals that help to ease the drilling of wellbores deep into the ground. And as the name suggests, operators add drilling fluid additives to drilling muds to help to boost the effectiveness of the drilling fluids. The combination of drilling fluids and additives makes the oil drilling process more efficient, while mitigating the environmental impacts and ultimately saving costs.

The needs of each oilfield are unique, depending on location, size of the operation, how challenging the job is, and many other factors. As a result, the fluid and additives used in oil production are numerous to help cater to these various needs in the oilfield.

The Different Types of Drilling Fluids and Additives

There is a long list of drilling fluids and additives types, with each serving a unique purpose in the highly complex drilling process. The following are the different types of drilling fluids and additives we use in oilfields.

Fluid Loss Control Agents

When drilling fluids are injected into wellbores to force oil out of fractures, the turbulence down there could lead to the loss of fluids. This is bad because uncontrolled fluid loss bears grave consequences on the environment. As a result, it is important to use fluid loss control agents to control the escape of drilling fluids into places they shouldn’t get to.

Defoamers

Some unwanted gases try to escape to the surface during the oil drilling process. These gases could drop the effectiveness of drilling fluids by a huge margin when they mix with the fluids. The muds then begin to foam to show that a lot of gases have been trapped within. That is why there is the need for defoamers. Defoamers are mud additives used to release the trapped gases in the drilling mud to send unwanted gas up to the surface.

Drilling Fluid Additives

Not only is oil drilling complex, but it’s also delicate. Too much alkalinity or acidity could ruin the entire process. That’s what oil producers invest in drilling fluid additives which help to adjust and regulate the pH levels of the drilling fluids. These chemicals keep the acidity and alkalinity of the drilling muds under control.

Alkalinity Control

Alkalinity control chemicals are similar to drilling fluid additives. They also help to regulate the pH level of the drilling muds. Examples of alkalinity control chemicals include citric acid, soda ash, lime, lime O, magnesium oxide, sodium bicarbonate, potassium hydroxide, caustic soda, and more.

Emulsifiers and Wetting Agents

Injecting drilling fluids at high rates could cause a lot of instability in the wellbores if there aren’t some chemicals in the drilling fluids. Examples of such chemicals are emulsifiers and wetting agents. Emulsifiers and wetting agents help reduce the surface tension in drilling fluids to improve their penetrating and spreading properties.

Pipe-Freeing Agents

Friction in pipes is also another problem that might have caused a lot of problems for oil drilling companies if there weren’t pipe-freeing agents. The drilling fluid could stick to some parts of the pipe and reduce fluid flow until it completely blocks the pipe. This is especially common in pipes that are angled in deviated wellbores. To combat the situation, oil companies use pipe-freeing agents. Examples of pipe freeing agents include soaps, glass beads, oils, surfactants, soda lime, cationic polyacrylamide, and many more.

Lubricants

It’s no news that friction could be a major oil drilling problem if untended. Fortunately, there are many oilfield chemicals that help to combat it. An example of such chemicals are lubricants. Lubricants help to reduce drag and torque in the drill bit, thereby putting all the generated horsepower to effective work. Examples of lubricants include diesel oil, different kinds of vegetable oils, fatty acid esters, graphite powder, asphalt blends, soaps, air-blown asphalt colloids, and many more.

Oilfield drilling lubricants

Temperature Stabilizers

Oilfields in high-temperature regions always need to maintain thermal stability. There is also the need to boost the stability of the filtration and rheological properties of the drilling fluids. We use temperature stabilizers in oilfields for these two main reasons.

Viscosifiers

There are some drilling situations where high viscosity drilling fluids are needed. And this often happens when there are rock cuttings to float to the surface from the wellbores. Since rock cuttings might not float well in low viscosity fluids, viscosifiers are needed to increase the viscosity of the drilling fluids. A common viscosifier example is clay. Some fluid loss control agents may also double as viscosifiers.

Surfactants

The use of surfactants is similar to that of emulsifiers and wetting agents. Surfactants reduce the interfacial tension between water and the surfaces it comes in contact with inside the wellbore, including oil, air, and solids.

Friction Reducers

Friction reducers help to reduce the high friction pressures that are generated from the rapid and powerful injection of drilling fluids into wellbores. There is so much more about this oilfield chemical. Our article on friction reducers tells you everything you need to know about them.

Shipping Bulk Drilling Fluids and Additives for Oilfields

These drilling fluids are very important in the oilfield, and oilfields cannot do without them. A drilling site has to have these chemicals ready for use because millions of dollars could be lost otherwise. And that is why oil producers often knit close partnerships with the oilfield chemical logistics companies.

Challenges of Shipping Liquid Bulk Fluids and Additives for Oil Fields

Every oil company wants one thing amongst many others: a comprehensive logistics and distribution management system that helps them optimize cost and reduce out-of-stock situations. But this is a major challenge for the oil companies, as achieving this aim is easier said than done. There are just so many parties involved in the coordination of these supply chains. For instance, a supply chain would need inventory supervisors, site foremen, purchasing directors, third-party freight managers, carriers, shipping warehouse managers, and that’s just naming a few.

Another challenge that confronts oil companies is the usually vast sizes of the oilfields, with some being hundreds of miles wide in size. This is a problem because oil and gas drilling has not evolved to a level of complete technological automation. Everything has to be done manually.

And operators carry out so much chemical monitoring manually, they have to rely on their field experience and tools that are prone to error from years of use. But with nothing but their experience and these inaccurate tools, operators have to monitor chemical stock levels, injection rates, chemical supply, and production rates. These responsibilities are hard to lay on the shoulders of experience alone, as production rates are often inconsistent and forecasting becomes difficult.

Without putting proper planning and a reliable oilfield chemical logistics company in place, the consequences would be dire. A timeout of a few hours on the part of the logistics company could lead is too much time to waste. That is why it is best to partner with an experienced and reliable oilfield chemical logistics company, such as Total Connection.

Shipping Your Oil Fields Drilling Fluids and Additives with Total Connection

Total connection offers you something many other logistics companies struggle with. One of them is experience. We aren’t just talking about general logistics experience. Anyone can offer you that. We’re talking about hardcore experience in shipping oilfield chemicals to drilling sites effectively, efficiently, and reliably on a routine basis. Total Connection has almost three decades of experience in that. And in that time, we have worked with budding oil companies to the largest oil production companies with sustained success.

From experience, we are already familiar with all the possible challenges that may befall your oil production company. And we have the skills and networks that foresee and minimize your risks because of these challenges. With these skills and networks, we have forked out significant opportunities that remain unknown to other logistics companies, to save you costs while minimizing the likelihood of out-of-stock situations.

Let us know how we can help tighten up your oilfield drilling fluid and additives supply chain. Start by filling out the quote form below. We’ll be glad to partner with you.

Shipping Friction Reducers

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Shipping friction reducers are integral to the drilling and stimulation process an oilfield requires. The are part of a diverse oilfield chemicals ecosystem and necessary to operate a successful drilling or fracking operation. Friction reducers are one of the most important oilfield chemicals in this oil-drilling process. It would be next to impossible to conquer friction in wellbores without them.

This article helps you understand shipping friction reducers, what friction reducers are, why they are so important, and how to ship these chemicals.

What is a Friction Reducer?

During the drilling of oil reservoirs like shales or coal beds, massive volumes of water are pumped into the wellbores. And the rate at which this water is pumped leads to the generation of high friction pressures resulting from the turbulent flow of the fluid. This high friction pressure further leads to product losses. To combat this wastage, we use friction reducers.

Just as the name suggests, a friction reducer reduces the friction in wellbores while stimulation and drilling processes are ongoing in shales and coal beds.

Upward view of oil site utilizing friction reducers for drilling.

Any extraction process in environments with high levels of friction needs friction reducers to cut down on product losses and inefficient mining. That is why drilling sites are never short of friction reducers.

How Does a Friction Reducer Chemical Work?

Usually, friction reducers are made of a low concentration polyacrylamide polymer. During a process called fracking, the friction reducer is added to the base fracturing fluid to help keep the viscosity in the fluid close to the viscosity of water. This then significantly reduces the frictional effects of the fluid.

To better understand how a friction reducer chemical works and why it is so important, let’s elaborate more on its role in one of its most important usage scenarios; the fracking process

The Role of Shipping Friction Reducers in the Fracking Process

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a technique used for the recovery of oil and gas from shale rock. Miners drill wellbores miles into the earth before injecting water at high pressure (as fast as 100 barrels per minute) into the wellbores. This high-pressure water fractures the rock beneath and forces oil and gas out. But a side effect of this high-pressure water injection is a lot of turbulence and friction. And as it is with any system, friction leads to inefficiency and wastage of resources. Another disadvantage is the risk of damaging the surrounding areas, increasing the likelihood of fracking-induced earthquakes. That is why there is a need for a way to reduce the friction in the hydraulic fracturing system. The solution is in what we call slickwater fracking.

Slickwater fracking is simply the process of making the fracture fluid slick by mixing it with sand and other chemicals. This slickness reduces viscosity in the fluid, thereby cutting down on the friction significantly. And this is where the friction reducer comes in. In addition to scale inhibitors, biocides and surfactants, friction reducers are chemicals that help make up the slickwater. With the use of slickwater fracking, the risks of damaging areas surrounding the oil field are greatly reduced and there is a significantly lesser loss of products due to friction.

Types of Friction Reducers and What They are Made Of

There are various types of friction reducer chemicals, depending on the purpose you need them from during the drilling and stimulation process. Some of them include gelling agents, while others don’t.

Acids

Production may be lower when you’re fracking at older wells than at newer wells. But a way to increase the production across the board, irrespective of how old the well is, is by acidizing the friction reducer. Acidizing the friction reducer clears up the damaged particles from drilling applications, leading to an enhanced production permeability.

Biocides

During the drilling process in an oilfield, some naturally occurring bacterial contaminations in hydrocarbons hinder production and render drilling inefficiency. This was a major oil drilling problem until the biocides were used to combat the bacterial contamination. Biocides control polymers that attract bacteria, iron-oxidizing bacteria, sulfate-reducing bacteria, and other bacteria that form slime.

Before you buy biocides, however, ensure that the company you are buying from offers only high-quality products. Low-quality biocides are now rampant, and they could cost you a lot on the oilfield.

Breakers

Breakers are a type of friction reducers that break crosslinkers and polymers in fracturing fluid, with the main purpose of lowering the viscosity of the fracturing fluid. Fracturing requires that the stimulation fluid be kept at a low viscosity after the application of a proppant. Breaker friction reducers make it hard for the proppants to return while making sure that only fluids return to the surface.

Buffers

Buffers help to manage the pH levels of the fracturing fluid to gain results that are stable and predictable from the process. The pH of the fracturing fluid affects some properties that are peculiar to the fluid, including break time, gelling agent hydration rate, and crosslink rate. Without a buffer friction reducing agent, these properties could result in an unstable result.

Examples of buffers include potassium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium hydroxide, and sodium acetate.

Other types of Friction Reducers

Those are not the only types of friction reducers that are used in oilfields. Others are corrosion inhibitors, clay stabilizers, and viscosifiers.

Shipping Friction Reducers via Liquid Bulk

The shipping of bulk liquid friction reducer chemicals is best done through the use of a stainless steel liquid bulk tanker. The reason is that stainless steel does not react with the friction reducer chemicals, thereby retaining the quality and content of the friction reducer.

A lot of challenges may arise during the shipping of friction reducer chemicals, even though many of these chemicals are not hazardous materials. With the massive number of challenges that accompany the shipping friction reducers, it is important that you only entrust a reliable liquid chemical transportation partner, such as Total Connection Oil and Gas Logistics, to ship these chemicals.

Total Connection has the experience and knowledge of how to handle whatever tricky situations that may arise during the shipping friction reducer process. The company has a flexible yet disciplined delivery schedule that allows them to get your friction reducers to your oilfield as soon as you want them.

Conclusion

The importance of friction reducers in the oil and gas industry cannot be overemphasized. Without them, the drilling process could lead to the damage of the environment of the oilfield, water contamination, and other catastrophic consequences.

And just as important as the friction reducers are, so is the liquid bulk transport company that ships your friction reducer chemicals. When you partner with Total Connection, you would be making the entire process easy on your company and employees. You can start by filling out the brief quote form below.

Oilfield Chemicals and how to ship them: A complete guide

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There are various uses of chemicals in oil fields. Some help to protect the drilling environment. Some protect the drilling equipment to keep them in excellent shape for long. And for others, they maximize yield. But for whatever reasons oil fields use chemicals for, one thing is certain: drilling without chemicals is impossible.

In this article, we discuss some oil field chemicals and why we use them. You will also learn how to use them. And just as important as the chemicals themselves, you’ll discover the best way to ship them.

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The Relationship Between the Modern Chemical and Oil and Gas Industries

Chemicals Used in Oil and Gas drilling

Oil and Energy Liquid logistics

How are Oil and Gas Chemicals Shipped?

The Most Reliable Oil and Gas Chemical Shipping Company

Before You Go

The Relationship Between the Modern Chemical and Oil and Gas Industries

The chemical industry and the oil and gas industry are inseparable. They both depend on each other on many levels, and it would be impossible for one to survive without the other.

Although it could be difficult to estimate how reliant one is on the other, it is no news that oil and gas production heavily depends on chemicals from the chemical industry. These chemicals play vital roles in various phases in the oil and gas industry, including the extraction, refining, and production of oil and gas.

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offshore oil and gas logistics platform on the ocean

That the oil supply in the world is in short supply has not helped the oil and gas industry in terms of its reliance on chemicals. In fact, now more than ever, the oil and gas industry needs the chemical industry. There is need to increase the efficiency of oil production, refining, and extraction in order to discourage wastage and delay the impending exhaustion of oil reserves in the world.

It is not an exaggeration to say we desperately look up to breakthroughs and advancements in the chemical industry to preserve the oil and gas industry. We need them to make more efficient versions of chemicals for oil fields, even though they have been excellent so far. The chemical industry has provided various chemicals to ease oil production in every way, and we’ll be discussing some of these chemicals shortly.

Chemicals Used in Oil and Gas drilling

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Oil drilling consists of complex processes that further contain many other subprocesses. As a result, the chemicals required for the smooth running and profitable yield of oil and gas drilling are many. The oil field chemicals below are only a handful of them:

1.    Lubricants or Friction Reducers

Drilling involves a lot of heat and rubbing together of surfaces, making it a suitable breeding ground for friction. And the more friction there is in a body, the less efficient it is. Hence, the need for lubricants or friction reducers on the oil field.

Lubricants help to increase the efficiency and the net work output of your drilling machines. Chemicals used as friction removers in the oil and gas field include vegetable oils, diesel oil, fatty acid esters, air-blown asphalt colloids, asphalt blends, graphite powder, soaps, and more.

Drilling fluids, or drilling muds, as some call them because of their appearance, are also a type of friction reducers. Drilling fluids go down the drill pipe to the drill bit and around the wellbore while drilling is going on. They are used for cooling and lubrication, although their usefulness transcends just that. The muddy-looking fluids are also used to float formation cuttings up to the surface and reduce the risks of blowouts due to surges of pressure up the wellbore. Partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide is an example of a drilling fluid used in oil fields.

2.    Corrosion inhibitors

There are many drilling surface machines on the oil field that are made of metallic materials that are susceptible to corrosion. Corrosion could damage the machines and render them useless for their purposes, leaving you with the option of buying new ones long before they are due. That is why there should never be a shortage of corrosion inhibitors in oil fields.

Corrosion inhibitors help the surface equipment, drill string, and surface casing to resist corrosion, even after extensive use. Examples of corrosion inhibitors include zinc chromate, zinc carbonate, hydrated lime, and fatty amine salts of alkyl phosphates. Ammonium sulfite-bisulfite blends, ethoxylated amines, tertiary cyclic amines, and cationic polar amines are also used as corrosion inhibitor. All these oil field chemicals are amine salts.

crude oil from oil well

3.    Thinners and Dispersants

Without thinners and dispersants, it would be hard to prevent the clay particles being dug out from the wellbore from excessively clustering up into flocs. Although flocculation is often encouraged in the drilling process, as it helps to separate the clay particles from the drilling fluids, it could quickly turn into a problem when it becomes excessive. Fluid pumpability becomes harder  when this happens.

Common thinners and dispersants used in oil drilling include tannins, sodium tetraphosphate and other phosphates, sodium poly(styrene sulfonate-co-maleic anhydride), and some other synthetic polymers, and lignosulfonate salts.

4.    Stabilizing Agents

Stabilizing agents help to reduce partial or severe lost circulation, torque, drag, and seepage when drilling wellbores with high differential pressures or at downhole temperatures that are steeply elevated. They do these while being able to maintain the rheological properties of drilling fluids.

Stabilizing agents used in oil fields are polyglycol ethers, chromium and chromium-free lignosulfonates, melanin polymer, and sodium polystyrene sulfonate-co-maleic anhydride). Other stabilizing agents include additives, such as sodium diethyldithiocarbamate, which are used to stabilize xanthan gum and other aqueous polysaccharides.

5.    Formation damage control chemicals

While drilling, it is important to maintain a cylindrical geometry with a uniform diameter in the wellbore. This eases the subsequent cementing operations of the wellbore. One thing that could, however, frustrate this effort is the mixture of drilling fluids and the formation, causing permeation damages. Another consequence is the erosion of formation into the wellbore.

Examples of chemicals used to reduce formation damage in oil drilling include sodium silicate, potassium chloride, sodium chloride, ammonium chloride, lignosulfonate derivatives, partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide and poly (acrylamide-co-acrylic acid), and gypsum. Other formation damage control chemicals used in oil fields include some polymers that have repeated quaternary ammonium groups.

6.    Scale inhibitors

Drilling takes a lot of time. And in this time, be wary of scales. Scales block the flow of fluid through your drilling pipes, pumps, and valves. They accumulate until they leave no space for fluids to flow. Insoluble calcium salts are good examples of scales, and these form when the saline formation of water and formation minerals come in contact with the drilling fluid. Scales are often difficult to get rid of, so preventing them before their formation is often the best way to control them. Sodium carbonate, sodium hydroxide, polyphosphates, phosphonates, polyacrylates, and sodium bicarbonate are all examples of scale inhibitors.

7.    Emulsifiers

Emulsifiers reduce the surface tension between water and oil in your drilling fluids. Without them, instability could occur within the fluids. This could lead to inefficient drilling or even more catastrophic consequences. Surfactants, such as fatty acid salts, lignosulfonates, fatty acid amides, and petroleum sulfonates are used as emulsifiers.

Oil and Energy Liquid logistics

The oil and gas industry is just as reliant on oil field chemical shipping as it is on the chemical manufacturers themselves. The shipping company can’t have a timeout, as you could need any chemical at any time. An unnecessary delay could lead to disastrous consequences, such as loss of millions of dollars in revenues and profit, equipment, or employee. And ultimately, it could lead to the wastage of oil, which is already in dwindling supply.

The same consequence that delay has is what the depreciation of quality during the shipping of the chemicals could cause. So, a lot depends on the logistics company you entrust with the shipping of your oil field chemicals.

That is why the importance of building a partnership with a reliable oil and gas shipping company like Total Connection Oil and Gas Logistics cannot be overrated. Total Connection is robust enough to handle all your oil field chemical shipping needs, yet flexible enough to offer you customized supply chain solutions to match your drilling needs.

How are Oil and Gas Chemicals Shipped?

The most reliable and cost-effective way to ship your oil and gas chemicals is through the use of liquid bulk tankers. And it makes sense to partner with a logistics company that can ship all your chemicals quickly, irrespective of the quantity. This helps you avoid extra paperwork, effort, and the costs that may come with working with multiple oil field chemical carriers.

Pipe work of an oil refinery plant.

Choosing the right oil and gas chemical logistics company?

Nothing could be better than shipping your oil field chemicals with a company that knows its onions. Unfortunately, only few of them do. There are three major factors to consider before you choose an oil field chemical shipping company. And of these three, experience plays a major role in two. This is because you can’t afford to trust the shipping of such delicate materials into inexperienced hands. You could pay for it, literally and in every other sense.

1.     Experience Shipping Hazmat

Many oil field chemicals are hazardous materials. And because of the potential dangers that accompany these materials, there are numerous regulations surrounding their transport. Many of these regulations have to be obeyed on the end of your shipping company, and others can only be adhered to on your end. Breaking any of these regulations, even when it didn’t lead to a dangerous situation, could cost you thousands of dollars. This makes the transport of oil field chemicals that are hazardous materials tricky.

However, an oil and gas chemical transport company with experience shipping hazmat can help you minimize the risks. Because keeping to the many hazmat regulations is already a habit to them, something that could only happen as a result of experience. Total connection belongs to this category. The company even takes it on itself to make it easy for you to adhere to your own part of the regulations by providing you with all the help you need.

2.     Experience delivering into live drilling sites

Drilling sites are often different from one another. Many are characterized by rough terrain, requiring an experienced team of carriers to maneuver their way around with tankers full of potentially dangerous chemicals. For other drilling sites, you may not even find them on Google maps, making it hard for an inexperienced carrier to know what to prepare for.

Furthermore, experience delivering into live drilling sites skyrockets in its importance when the carriers have to get close to where the main action is. As a result, it makes sense for you to entrust experienced oil and energy tanker carriers with the delivery of chemicals to your drilling sites, irrespective of the terrain.

3.     Customizable solutions

A lot of mix-ups could happen when shipping oil field chemicals. Sometimes, the products received from the suppliers could be off-specification. Other times, the tanks at the drilling sites are full and there are miscommunications. And some other times, there isn’t as much chemical at the drilling site as was assumed, needing an urgent supply. Although these mixups are avoidable, they still happen sometimes. And for these cases, Total Connection allows you to make last-minute cancellations or reservations with just a call. The flexibility of our network makes it easy for us to provide custom solutions to fit your specific needs.

The Most Reliable Oil and Gas Chemical Shipping Company

Total Connection has almost three decades of experience shipping oil and gas chemicals and has grown to be one of the best in the business. We offer a wide variety of solutions that are specifically customized to your needs and the specifications of your drilling site. Some oil and gas chemical logistics solutions we offer include:

  • Long haul and regional oil field logistics
  • Hazmat and temperature-controlled transport
  • Time-sensitive chemicals
  • Advanced wash requirements
  • Dangerous Goods
  • Custom unloading requirements
  • Trailer Spotting and storage.
  • Drop and retrieve trailer arrangements
  • And more

Before You Go

It only takes filling this brief quote form to start a business partnership with Total Connection, which will propel your business forward. Our oil field chemical experts will contact you and soon after, we’ll be in business, offering you the best solutions for your money.

Oil and Gas Logistics

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Are you looking for a comprehensive management system for your shipping and logistics? If so, you don’t need to look any further than Total Connection.

Total Connection offers an excellent service that allows for flexible solutions for all aspects of the oil and gas industry. We’re obsessed with providing the highest quality service by mixing traditional values while always moving with modern technology.

This commitment to quality has been at the forefront of Total Connection for over two decades. We have a highly experienced team that has worked in every faction of the oil and gas industry in all four corners of the world.

It’s this experience and expertise that allows us to overcome complex challenges and find a solution that works for you. The result is that we help oil and energy companies save money through efficiency, which allows for a higher level of profitability.

Urgency in Oil and Energy Shipping

When working with a third-party logistics company, we know the value of trust. That is trust not only in the quality of service but also that no mistakes will be made so that the supply chain will remain uninterrupted and efficient.

We’ve worked with some of the world’s largest companies in the energy, oil and gas sector. We’ve built up a level of trust with all of our clients with proven reliability. This has been true under even the most challenging of circumstances. If you need us to come through at any time, then you’ll never need to worry.

We’re fully aware about the importance of time and the impact that delays can have. It’s an industry that is vulnerable to huge financial penalties if complications arise. The risk of complications is high considering that the industry thrives in all four corners of the world in some of the most remote regions.

It’s also an industry that doesn’t sleep. We’re fully aware that you’ll need to be operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. Our experience means that we know how to deliver on any timescale and in any climate.

Total Connection will be there for any company that can’t afford to have a second of downtime. Having a 3PL you can rely on will give you the confidence in your supply chain and confidence that you’ll never suffer the financial consequences of a delay.

Along with avoiding delays, we also know your own time is valuable too. Shipping requires a whole department where you’ll need to track your shipments, deal with all the paperwork, negotiate rates and also deal with the ever-changing regulations. Dealing with this, especially without expert knowledge, can be extremely time-consuming.

Total Connection will prove the efficiency of your business by not only ensuring shipments arrive on time but also freeing you up to focus on other tasks. We do all the hard work to give you peace of mind, knowing that there won’t be any issues.

Total Connection Excels At Every Step of the Oil and Gas Supply Chain

Where we excel is being able to assist you at every step of the way. We know that traditional oil and gas companies often solely rely on fundamental logistics activities such as trucking and warehousing. This can be limiting when you need more flexibility in your shipping.

Here at Total Connection, we are a single-source provider. Once you have access to our services, then you won’t need to worry about your logistics again. We’ll provide any solutions to issues that arise and keep your business running smoothly.

We’re able to provide a complete service due to our extensive network. We’ve developed a vast range of industry relationships that will give immediate value to your supply chain and ensure that everything is completed in a timely manner.

On top of flawless logistics is a level of service that will constantly keep your mind at ease. This is due to us providing a high level of transparency, allowing you to oversee your whole operation. This visibility is unmatched by anyone else in the logistics industry.

Truck on site at a live oil and gas field.
Truck on site at a live oil field

How Total Connection Can Assist You with your oil and gas logistics

There are many services that we can offer along the complete supply chain from beginning to end. We are specialists in warehouse and distribution. We can help to solve any problems you may have in getting your product to the right place.

There are many specialist solutions that we can offer such as oversize packing crating along with the cleaning and exporting of oil rig components. There is plenty more that we can export and we’ll do anything we can to meet your needs.

While speed and reliability are at the core of what we can offer, we also adhere to the highest levels of safety. If you’re going to be transporting oilfield liquid bulk chemicals, then we will do that in a safe and compliant way. All with the highest level of transparency.

  • Warehousing and Distribution
  • Oversize packing crating, cleaning and exporting of oil rig components
  • Safe and Compliant transport of oilfield liquid bulk chemicals
  • Machinery Export preparation
  • Oversize Breakbulk Cargo
  • Full oil rig mobilization
  • And more

Benefits of Partnering With Total Connection

Total Connection has the flexibility and resources to fully immerse our team into your operations for seamless synergy between the two. Oil and energy companies who partner with Total Connection can enjoy a logistics process that is streamlined and efficient.

One of our biggest strengths is the flexibility that we provide. When we go into a partnership with another business, we immerse ourselves into it. This means that we can be with you through every problem, to create the perfect solution.

When using our service, you won’t have to worry about a thing. When it comes to shipping, there is a lot more to worry about than just getting your product from point A to point B. The likes of import and export controls can be a huge headache but we’ll remove all of that worry.

The strength of our partnerships also come from our openness and honesty. You’ll have full chain transparency along with constant communication with our experts. We have both English and Spanish speakers in various time zones, always available to take your call.

You also don’t need to worry about shipping difficult cargo. We have plenty of experience in the likes of heavy haul and heavy lift refinery cargo. Our partnership can also ensure turnkey transportation and a wide range of logistical solutions.

  • A streamlined logistics Process
  • Full supply chain transparency
  • Compliance with import and export controls
  • Heavy haul and heavy lift refinery cargo
  • Turnkey transportation and logistics solutions
  • Global network of freight forwarders in the most remote countries in the world
  • Proven ability to reliably meet tight deadlines
  • Exceptional communication

How to get started with Total Connection

Still unsure if Total Connection is the right partner for your company? If so, simply get in touch. We’ll let you know what we can specifically do for your business. We know that every company is different which is why we pride ourselves on our flexibility.

Step 1 – We offer a free quote for your shipment. All you need to do is either fill out a form or give us a call at our office. You’ll be under no obligation and we’ll be able to answer any queries that you have.

Step 2 – We’ll start by taking down some details on the specifications of your required shipment. Once we’ve done that, we’ll be able to search for availability. This will show us the competitive rate is we offer along with a timeline for job completion.

Step 3 – Once you’ve approved the work we will do the rest. This includes the pickup all the way to the delivery and we can keep you updated every step of the way.

Contact Us for Your Oil & Energy Shipping Solutions

Total Connection is the perfect company for all of your oil and energy shipping and logistics. Our experience, expertise and customer care will always ensure your deadlines are met. If you need to ship anything, then we’d love to hear from you. Contact us today on 732-817-0401 to see how we can help.

Insecticide Transport and Logistics

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insecticides spreading on farm
Tractor spraying wheat field with insecticides

Insects are one of the major pests you should be wary of on your farm. If you left them to it, they could completely devour your crops and leave you with nothing to eat or sell. Locusts are an example of such destructive insects. These insects eat almost all kinds of plants, and they can gather to form a swarm that is as big as 460 square miles in size. When they gather like this, their effects are always more devastating, as one locust eats its weight in plants every day..

Farmers from as far back as 4500 years ago have relied on insecticides to get rid of insect pests on their farms. These chemicals contain all kinds of compounds that work wonders in the control of these insects. Some of these chemicals scramble up the nerve, reproductive, or muscle system of insects. Others disrupt their energy metabolism.

The Need for a Fast Logistics Company for your Insecticide Shipping

However, one factor that could frustrate your efforts in combating insect pests is the lack of a reliable logistics company to ship your insecticides in time. The more the company delays, the more your plants pay for it. When you face a swarm of locusts, for instance, an hour delay could cost you all the season’s profit. This isn’t a risk worth taking. You need one of the best in the business, Total Connection Logistics, to handle your pesticide transportation.

Why Depend on Total Connection for your Insecticide Transportation?

  • When you contact us to ship your insecticide as soon as you sight the pests, we get your insecticides to you long before any major damage is done. Thanks to our ability to operate under tight deadlines, you can make urgent calls and we would be there for your farm.
  • Insecticides may contain hazardous materials, increasing the risk of transport. But all our employees have gone through rigorous training to handle such materials, bringing the risks back to zero for you.
  • Insects can feed on your plants round the clock. That’s why we make ourselves available to ship your insecticides round the clock as well. Contact us anytime.
  • With over two decades of transporting all kinds of agrochemicals, chances are that we have shipped any kind of pesticide you want at least a hundred times. We have perfected the insecticide shipping services so that your insecticide shipments are delivered to you in a stream of efficient processes.
  • We save you money.

About Total Connection Logistics

We are a third-party logistics and licensed freight forwarder, and shipping your agrochemical agricultural products is what we do. Thousands of establishments like yours in the agricultural and agrochemical industries have trusted us with shipping their products since 1994, and we’ve not let a single one of them down. Insecticides are often complex to ship because they usually contain hazardous materials, but we can get it done for you as soon as you ask.

Contact Total Connection today by filling the quote form below. We will help rid your farm of those destructive insects through efficient insecticide shipping.