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Oil and Gas Exploration Chemicals Shipping and Logistics

March 18, 2021 by luis uribe

Offshore Jack Up Drilling Rig Over The Production Platform in The Middle of The Sea

Oil and gas exploration and production involve many complex processes and phases. And at their core, oil exploration and production are expensive and destructive. Spillages could contaminate water bodies near the drilling sites. Mishandling of materials on the oilfield could be disastrous to the operators nearby. Heavy drilling could cause minor earthquakes around the drilling sites. The list of things that could go wrong goes on and on.

But with oil and gas exploration and production chemicals, the processes involved in extracting oil from the ground become more economical and less destructive. This article discusses different oil production chemicals and what they contribute to the production process. It also discusses how to ship these chemicals to the oilfield, the challenges that come with shipping them, and the solution to these challenges.

Different Chemicals Used in the Exploration and Production of Oil and Gas

Engineers set up a rescue tripod at the top of an abandoned oil well on the West Coast before sending workers into a confined space.

Here is a list of chemicals used in oil and gas exploration and production. These chemicals have various functions that make them crucial from the extraction of crude oil from the ground to refining it into different forms for public use.

1.    Acetic Acid

Acetic acid is involved in many oil and gas exploration and production applications. But one of the most widely used cases is in well stimulations. And its well stimulation applications are further divided into two. The first is hydraulic fracturing, and the other is matrix acidizing.

During hydraulic fracturing, drilling site operators inject drilling fluids containing the pungent-smelling acid at high pressure and in tight formations into wellbores. The drilling fluid cracks the oil reservoir at the bottom of the wellbore. But the acetic acid in the fluid makes the oil flow with ease during extraction.

Matrix acidizing, the other common application of acetic acid, involves the use of acetic acid to clear hindrances in the wellbore while keeping the reservoir intact. The acid is most effective when the hindrances are carbonates or limestone.

2.    Borates

Borates have applications across various phases of the exploration and production of oil and gas. The versatility of the chemical makes it one of the most relied upon chemicals in the oilfield. One area of application of borates in the oilfield is its use as a retardant for the cement used in supporting the wellbore after drilling. Another use that drilling site operators put borates to is the regulation of the viscosity in the drilling mud being injected into the wellbore.

Also, sodium perborate oxidizes hydrogen sulfide — a naturally occurring hazardous gas in the oil and gas industry — into less harmful sulfur or sulfate. And not only that, but it also attacks the bacteria that causes the natural formation of harmful hydrogen sulfide. Other uses of borates in oil and gas exploration and production include the regulation of pH and viscosity levels.

3.    Calcium Chloride

Just like the other chemicals on this list, calcium chlorides have functions that cut across different phases of oil and gas exploration and production. But its primary function is in maintaining and establishing the wellbores. It goes along with the drilling fluid mixture into the wellbores to lower the higher underground temperatures while also lubricating the drilling bits.

Calcium chloride also serves as a workover fluid to get rid of unwanted solids from the oil wells.  Other uses of calcium chloride in the oilfield include the acceleration of concrete formation time and helping to maintain pressure levels in the wellbore.

4.    Choline Chloride

When drilling a wellbore through clay soil, there is the need to stabilize the soil to stop it from swelling and destroying the oil well. That is what we use choline chloride for at the drilling site. And not only is it effective, but it is also inexpensive and safe.

There are other clay stabilizer alternatives, but oilfield operators often prefer choline chloride for many reasons. One of them is that the chemical remains useful even in the deeper levels of the oil well. It is also compatible with other chemicals used in the drilling fluid, including calcium chloride, cross-linkers, breakers, etc. Another reason choline chloride is the preferred clay stabilizer in many drilling sites is that it works in all drilling environments.

5.    Ethylene Glycol

Gas hydrates occur naturally during oil and gas production. They form when natural gas and free water meet at high pressure and low temperature. The problem with these hydrates is that they look like ice. And like ice, they can clog flow lines. Depending on the wellbore design, the drilling fluid composition, operating regime, and other factors, hydrate formation could be a massive problem in oil and gas production. But thanks to gas hydrate inhibitors like ethylene glycol, we have a solution to these hydrate formations. Ethylene glycol serves as an antifreeze agent which prevents the hydrates from clogging up the flow lines.

6.    Formic Acid

Formic acid is a common well stimulation treatment chemical. But unlike other well stimulation chemicals, such as hydrochloric acid, formic acid hinders the corrosion of metal pipes in wellbores with temperatures above 392°F. And when it corrodes steel pipes, it does so uniformly so that it reduces pitting.

7.    Guar Gum Powder and Slurry

Guar gum is basically the seed of a guar bean, while guar slurry is made from the guar bean itself. But their uses transcend the fields of agriculture into the oilfield. In oil and gas exploration and production, guar gum is used in various phases, including mud drilling, oil well fracturing, and oil well stimulation.

Oilfield operators add guar gum to drilling fluids to thicken the mixture before injecting it into the wellbore to fracture the oil reservoir. And one of its primary functions is to ease the drilling process while reducing fluid loss. Guar is also used as a suspending and stabilizing agent in drilling fluids. In addition, the viscosity of the drilling mud benefits from the regulating property of the guar.

Some reasons why guar gum powder is a favorite in many drilling sites are that it quickly hydrates in cold water, it is harmless, it is biodegradable, and environmentally friendly.

8.    Hydrochloric Acid

Hydrochloric acid plays a crucial role in oil and gas exploration. After drilling has been done, hydrochloric acid and water are pumped into the wellbore to get rid of cement debris that was left from the previous drilling princess. The acid also contributes to the opening of fractures in underground oil reservoirs.

9.    Phosphoric Acid

Phosphoric acid does not have a lot of direct functions in the oilfield, but we can make phosphate salts which are very useful in oil and gas exploration and production with it. Disodium pyrophosphate, for instance, is used as a dispersant in drilling fluids. Trisodium phosphate (TSP) is effective for degreasing. Sodium acid pyrophosphate (SAPP) is used as a clay flocculant and also to treat cement contamination. And a lot of phosphates can be used to cause the precipitation of calcium in water-based drilling muds.

10.                   Potassium Hydroxide

Another name for potassium hydroxide is caustic potash. Caustic potash has uses on the oilfield that range from pH and alkalinity regulation in potassium-based water drilling muds to clay stabilization. But like many other oil and gas exploration and production chemicals, it requires adequate training and equipment to be handled. It releases heat when you dissolve it in water, making it hazardous and dangerous when mishandled.

11.                   Sodium Carbonate

Calcium is an element that is naturally present in many water formations. And it is bad news for drilling sites, as it can cause clay flocculation and drilling fluid loss. High filtrate calcium is another form of calcium that could cause calcium-sensitive additives in drilling muds to precipitate. A solution to this is the use of sodium carbonate or soda ash treatment.

Soda ash is effective in treating calcium ion contamination in seawater and freshwater muds, while sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) is used to treat cement contamination in wellbores.

12.                   Sodium Hydroxide

Sodium hydroxide (also caustic soda or Lye) regulates the alkalinity and pH in water drilling fluids. Other applications of caustic soda in oil and gas exploration and production are in the reduction of lime solubility and in the increase of how fast dispersed clays are hydrated.

Caustic soda, like caustic potash, releases heat when dissolved in water. As a result, it is hazardous and requires adequate training and equipment to handle.

Shipping Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Chemicals

The shipping of oil and gas chemicals is best left for liquid bulk tankers, which must be commandeered by experienced carriers. There are a lot of complex processes involved in transporting these chemicals. And because of the diverse natures of these chemicals, it would be disastrous to handle their shipping in a one-size-fits-all manner. For instance, some chemicals don’t like agitation, so the tanker that holds them must be the right size for the volume being transported. Some other chemicals are best transported at a controlled temperature, calling for the need for in-transit heat chemical tankers.

The Challenges of Shipping Oil Production Chemicals

Here are some challenges the come with the shipping of oil production and exploration chemicals

●      Some chemicals are hazardous materials (HAZMAT).

The first challenge with shipping oil and gas exploration and production chemicals is that many of these chemicals are hazardous materials. The United States does not joke about the transport of these hazardous materials, and rightly so. An accident involving a caustic chemical near a water body, for instance, could raise the temperature of the water and cook the fishes inside. An accident involving corrosive acids could further lower the chances of survival for the tanker carrier and anyone else closeby. These, and many other scenarios, are disasters that are peculiar to the transport of hazardous materials.

Reacting to the potential dangers that accompany the transport of these hazardous chemicals, the United States Department of Transport has a long list of regulations that must be adhered to. But to be honest, adhering to them can be inconvenient, especially for an inexperienced carrier.  And so, the hazardous nature of the chemicals becomes a headache during the shipping of the chemicals.

●      The remote locations of many oilfields.

The remote locations of many drilling sites is another challenge that the carriers of oil and gas production chemicals face. This is because most of these drilling sites have unforgiving terrains that are hard to maneuver around with thousands of gallons of possibly hazardous chemicals in your trailer. An inexperienced carrier could become even more confused if the drilling sites are not on Google Maps, and they are left to find their way themselves.

●      Unreliability of the logistics company.

The reliability of the logistics company you choose to ship your oil and gas production chemicals is as important as the chemicals themselves. Any logistics company serving the oil and gas industry has to be reliable and flexible enough to handle urgent shipments, miscommunications, and order cancellations. These situations are common on this side of the world. But the absence of reliable logistics partners could affect operations at the drilling site.

How Total Connection Eases the Shipping of Production Chemicals for the Oil and Gas Industry

As many challenges as there are with shipping oil and gas exploration and production chemicals, a chemical shipping company can solve most of them. Now, we aren’t just talking about any kind of chemical logistics company, but one with enough experience and expertise to get the job done. A perfect example is Total Connection oil and gas chemical shipping company.

Total Connection is one of the best in the business of shipping oil and gas chemicals. The company relies on almost three decades of experience and expertise to mitigate all unnecessary risks and expenses that accompany oilfield chemicals shipping. It is robust enough to handle all your oilfield chemical needs, yet flexible enough to handle unforeseen circumstances without hitches. And with crucial partnerships with major oilfield chemical manufacturers, Total Connection can cut the excesses out of the supply chain and offers you chemical transportation at the lowest reasonable rates.

You too can find out why you should join many other oil companies in trusting us with your chemical shipping when you fill out the quote form below. Our kind experts will get back to you in no time.

Filed Under: Liquid Bulk Shipping, Oil and Gas

Shipping Lubricants and Fuel Additives

March 16, 2021 by luis uribe

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Friction. One of the major villains where machinery is concerned — which is just about anywhere you could think of. Able to shorten the lifespan of engines and machines by years. And in industries like oil and gas and the automobile where the machines used are usually heavy-duty, expensive, and hard to install, machine replacements are a plague to avoid. But we’re not defenseless against friction. We have lubricants and their additives.

Lubricants and their additives are some of the most widely used chemicals across all industries in the world. As long as we rely on machines to get things done, we’ll always need lubricants to preserve the lives of these machines.

This piece is about everything you need to know concerning lubricants and their additives, starting from:

  • What lubricants are and what lubricant additives are.
  • The different lubricating fuel additives that there are.
  • The challenges involved in shipping lubricating additives.
  • And how to mitigate the risks involving the shipping of lubricants and lubricant additives.

What are Lubricants

Lubricants are substances that reduce friction between the surfaces in contact and in relative motion to each other. Without lubricants, friction could cause the wear and tear of the surfaces in contact. But with lubricants in place, the surfaces simply slide over each other so that wear and tear are controlled or reduced. Apart from reducing friction, lubricants also have other functions that are crucial to preserving the lifespan of machines. These functions include suspending and cleaning, and keeping metal surfaces from corroding.

All liquids can serve as a lubricant, thanks to their nature. But each has varying levels of success when it comes to friction reduction. The ones that offer the best performances are called lubricants. And for each lubricant, there are ways to extract more lubricating effectiveness from it. This brings us to our next chemicals.

What are Lubricating Fuel Additives

Cuts in the enterprise, cutting a tooth into gears of a gear wheel.

Lubricants often consist of two key components. The first is the base fluid, which is the fluid that does the lubricating. The other is the lubricant additive.

Lubricant additives do one of two things when you add them to lubricating oils. They either enhance a property of the base fluid or add a new property to the base fluid. Some properties that base fluids already have in them include oxidation resistance, pour point, viscosity, and viscosity index. And the right additives can enhance all these properties. But some properties that the additives bring to the base fluid are corrosion control, anti-wear performance, and suspending and cleaning ability.

Today in industries like the automobile and the oil and gas, lubricating additives are right at the top of their list of most important chemicals. This is because of the remarkable uses of lubricating additives, especially in preserving the lives of engines. There are various additives that solve problems plaguing engines. Some of these problems include corrosion, the coagulation of soot and other particles, and acidic combustion of some products.

The Different Kinds of Lubricating Fuel Additives

These are some additives that are most commonly in use. We’ll classify them by their functions. Although some of these additives are multifunctional, we’ll categorize them according to their primary functions.

1.    Friction Modifiers

Friction additive modifiers are closest in function to the base lubricating fluid in that they contribute to friction reduction. When you apply a lubricant that contains a friction modifier additive, the additive forms a long-lasting low-resistance lubricant film. This is then absorbed into the surface of the machine.

Other functions of friction modifiers include wear reduction at low temperatures that render other anti-wear agents inactive, and fuel efficiency enhancement. Some popular materials used as friction modifier additives include the derivatives of long-chain fatty acids (and the fatty acids themselves) and molybdenum compounds.

2.    Anti-Wear Agents and Extreme Pressure Additives

Before these additives were used, all engine manufacturers could do to reduce wear in their engines was to limit the load on the machines. The more load there was, the more likely it was that the engines experienced wear. Then anti-wear agents and extreme pressure additives came around. These chemicals would decompose on heating into surface-active compounds that form thin films on surfaces that reduce wear. Zinc dialkyl dithiophosphate (ZDDP) is one of the most common anti-wear agents we use in engine oil today.

3.    Antioxidant Additives

It is important that lubricants are resistant to oxidation, especially when they’re used in engines. Lubricants are basically hydrocarbons, and when you expose them to heat and oxygen, they oxidize quickly.

To make matters more complicated, engines are nothing but oxidation zones. They contain metal parts, such as iron and copper, which are exceptional oxidation catalysts. So, there is the need for lubricants, especially engine oil, to be oxidation resistant to a good extent. And that is where antioxidant additives come in.

Examples of lubricating oil antioxidant additives include alkylated diphenylamines, hindered phenols, organomolybdenum compounds, dithiocarbamates, and ZDDP.

4.    Antifoam Agents

Foaming is an effect of lubricants that is completely frowned upon. Foaming of lubricant makes the lubricant more susceptible to oxidation when it mixes with the air. It can also lead to cavitation damage and insufficient oil circulation. And when all these happen, the lubricant loses its effect. Depending on the various applications of the lubricants, foaming can be tolerated at different levels. What antifoam agents or defoamant additives do is that they make the small air bubbles coalesce into bigger air bubbles, which float more easily to the surface. Here, they are let off as air.

5.    Rust and Corrosion Inhibitors

For rust to occur, moisture must be present. Intuitively, one of the ways to prevent rust is to prevent moisture. And that is exactly what rust and corrosion inhibitors do. Rust and corrosion inhibitors are compounds that attach themselves to the surfaces of metals. They then form strong film layers that inhibit the passage of water to the surface of the metals. Common examples of these additives include alkaline earth sulfonates and amine succinates. The only complication that is involved in using rust inhibitors arises when the additives form emulsions with water. That is why rust inhibitor-lubricant mixtures must be carefully selected.

6.    Detergent and Dispersant Additives

One of the properties of lubricants, especially automobile lubricants, is how they can suspend unwanted particles when they degrade through oxidation or thermal means. This category of additives helps the lubricants to control the formation of deposits by enhancing the suspension of unwanted products.

The Challenges of Shipping Lubricants and Lubricating Fuel Additives

In massive areas of application, such as in the oilfield, these chemicals are needed in bulk. And stainless steel tankers are delegated to transporting them. But there are some challenges that come with shipping these additives.

●      Some Additives are Hazardous Materials

Additives that have been categorized as hazardous materials are usually difficult to ship. Every party involved in shipping them — right from the manufactures to your company, the end-user — must adhere to an unending list of rules and regulations. Although these regulations are important because of the hazardous nature of the chemicals, they can still be inconvenient to follow. Keeping track of the regulations can also be an inconvenience, as the regulatory bodies keep updating them often. Without an experienced hazmat team to handle the shipping of these hazardous materials, the inconvenience would be the least of your problems. Things could easily spiral out of control, landing you in unnecessary expenses and trouble with regulatory bodies.

●      Remote Oilfield Locations

Many oilfields are far away from civilization. And while it is commendable to take activities such as oil drilling far away from communities, getting products and materials to the drilling sites could be a hard nut to crack. The roads leading to many of these oilfields cut across harsh terrains. And when an inexperienced carrier fails to make their way around the terrains with thousands of gallons of hazardous materials in their trailers, there isn’t a more catastrophic recipe for disaster.

●      Lubricating Additive Shortage

Having relied on many of these additives for centuries, we are now running low on the supply of these chemicals as the demand for them increases. As a result, acquiring the additives becomes difficult, becoming a treasure that only the big guns can possess.

How to Ease the Shipping of Lubricants and Lubricant Additives with Total Connection

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The experience we at Total Connection have is enough to completely solve most of those challenges. Total Connection is a logistics company that has mastered the shipping of oilfield chemicals. We have had about three decades of experience orchestrating the transport of all kinds of oilfield chemicals with enviable success.

Our carriers are experts at transporting your hazardous chemicals, as we choose them after rigorous selection processes before investing massively in training them. As a result, you’d be risking nothing at all when you ship your chemicals with us. Your company wouldn’t even need to worry too much about adhering to hazmat regulations because we’ll handle them for you (except for when they are in your possession).

In addition, we have built a network of partnerships with major suppliers and manufacturers of all oilfield chemicals. No matter how scarce or in short supply the chemical you need is, all you have to do is to fill the quote form below. Our experts will reach out to you, and soon enough, your chemicals will be on their way to your drilling site.

Filed Under: Liquid Bulk Shipping, Oil and Gas, Uncategorized

Shipping Emulsifiers and Demulsifiers

March 8, 2021 by luis uribe

Emulsifier Chemicals Stored in IBC tote containers

The oil drilling process involves many delicate sub-processes. Failure in one of these processes may lead to a cascade of failures across other processes. It is for this reason that oil companies do not tolerate failure in the oilfield at any point. And to make sure of this, oil producers rely on certain tools, materials, and chemicals to sustain a high level of productivity, and ultimately, profitability. Each tool, material, or chemical mitigates the failure of any process by solving problems that arise during the extraction of crude oil from the ground. But the problem that chemical demulsifiers solve is one of the most crucial in the oilfield.

This article takes you through:

  • First, why we need demulsifiers in oilfields, where we discuss the problem that demulsifiers solve.
  • It then tells you what demulsifiers are and how they work.
  • And just like other oilfield chemicals, it has to be shipped in bulk. So, you’ll see how to ship chemical demulsifiers in bulk.

Why We Need Demulsifiers in Oilfields

One of the major problems that have the potentials of reducing expensive oil drilling efforts to naught is water contamination of oil. During the extraction of oil from the ground, oil is not the only chemical that makes it out. Crude oil comes in a mixture containing various compounds, including water. But we don’t need the water. It would be pointless to invest billions of dollars just to pump water from the ground when what we need is oil. Hence, the need to further separate the crude oil from the water.

Water in oil is a problem because;

  • It may lead to the corrosion of oil storage components and tanks. Electrolytes are a crucial requirement for corrosion, and water makes a perfect electrolyte at some temperature ranges. And when corrosion attacks oil storage components, it could lead to a reduction in the quality of the oil in the storage tanks. It could also damage the components, leading to unnecessary replacement costs.
  • Another reason why water contamination of oil is bad news is that water reduces the lubricity of oil. And this increases the possibility of damage to the mechanical components that use the derivatives of the oil (such as gasoline, and diesel).
  • Since water is more susceptible to temperature swings than oil, having a lot of water content in oil makes it hard or impossible to store or further process the oil.
  • Water is also a growth enabler for slimy microbial growth. These growth clog filters and holes that crude oil should pass through.

These challenges lead to the water contamination of oil. And because of the potential complications that water in oil causes, there is a need to reduce the water content in oil. But the solutions depend on how the water exists in the oil.

Water either exists in oils either as an emulsion or free water. An emulsion is a uniform mixture of water and oil (two naturally immiscible liquids). Free water is water that visibly separates from the oil, thereby forming layers of oil and water. While mechanical filtration and separation techniques may work on free water, they are ineffective for emulsions. But with the use of demulsifiers, we can effectively separate water from the oil, irrespective of how the water exists in the oil

What are Demulsifiers

As the name suggests, demulsifiers remove emulsions. Emulsions forms when water and oil — two normally immiscible liquids — remain stably mixed. Demulsifiers discourage the water in oil emulsion and ensure that the particles of either liquid are separate enough that mechanical separation techniques become feasible. In other words, demulsifiers encourage the formation of free water that is then easy to remove through the use of mechanical methods.

How do Demulsifiers Work?

Demulsification is the breaking down of water-in-oil emulsions. These emulsions are liable to form naturally from the oil well. Naturally occurring emulsifiers, asphaltenes and resins, make sure of this. These agents encapsulate the particles of water in interfacial films that make them more stable and likely to remain mixed in crude oil. So, what demulsifiers do is that they reverse the effect of the emulsifying agents by destabilizing the water in oil emulsions. They achieve this by breaking down those interfacial films to make the water separate from the oil.

One of the reasons the naturally occurring water in crude oil emulsions are so stable is that the water mixes with the oil at the minute particle level. Micro and nano particles of water combine with oil particles before being uniformly dispersed all around the liquid. These uniform dispersion and particulate mixing make separating these liquids difficult for mechanical separation techniques.

Processes Involved in Demulsification

Demulsifiers go about breaking the emulsions in two major processes. The first is the flocculation or aggregation of scattered water particles. This process makes water droplets or particles come close to one another. But this does not necessarily mean the water droplets have separated from the oil. The interfacial films that attach the water particles to the oil particles are still yet to be destroyed. This first step is just the part where the particles coagulate.

The second step is coalescence, and this is where the water particles coalesce. The interfacial films that were keeping the water and oil in emulsion weaken to the point of breaking. Little water droplets and particles then come together to form heavier droplets that easily settle down to the bottom of the reservoir through sedimentation. But if there is no way to remove the water sediments from the bottom of the reservoir, oil producers use a process called creaming to make the water float to the top.

The Use of Chemical Demulsifiers

There are many ways to achieve this emulsion destabilization. Heating crude oil is one way to go about it. Decreasing the agitation of the oil is another effective way to destabilize the emulsion formation. Other methods include the removal of solids that have the tendency to keep emulsions stabilized, and increasing the time the emulsion spends at treating temperature. But the use of chemical demulsifiers is still the most popular of these methods.

Chemical demulsifiers, like emulsifiers, are also surface-active agents. Only that demulsifiers break down the interfacial films that keep the emulsions stable. They also encourage the coalescence of the water droplets. The only tricky part about using chemical demulsifiers is the complexity of choosing the best demulsifier for water-crude emulsions because of the various contents of the crude oil.

The fact that chemical demulsifiers are the most popular for demulsification doesn’t mean the other methods are unimportant, however. In fact, many oil producers make use of at least two demulsification methods during the processing of crude oil.

Advantages of Using Chemical Demulsifiers in the Oilfield

Here are some benefits that chemical demulsifiers have over other demulsification methods

●      Increased energy content

The ultimate goal of the oil and gas industry is to produce energy. It only makes sense that we try to extract as much energy from every drop of oil we have painstakingly extracted from the ground. And the use of demulsifiers for the separation of water from oil takes us closer to this goal.

Water displaces a corresponding volume of crude oil. And since oil is the main energy content of the mixture, the more water we have in the oil, the less energy content we can extract from the crude oil.

●      Allows for the use of mechanical separation methods

Once demulsifiers separate the water particles from the oil particles, it becomes easier to use mechanical techniques to separate the water content from the oil. This is especially beneficial, as the mechanical separation devices are most effective when the water is in free water from or unstably emulsified.

Tanker truck shipping liquid bulk emulsifier chemicals.
Tanker Trucks are used to ship emulsifier and demulsifier chemicals in liquid bulk over the road.

The shipping of Chemical Demulsifiers

It is difficult for oil producers to do without chemical demulsifiers at the oil drilling sites. As a result, oil companies invest as much into the shipping of the chemicals as they invest in the chemicals themselves. And when the chemical demulsifiers are needed in bulk, as they are often needed at drilling sites, the best way to ship them is through the use of stainless steel liquid bulk tankers.

Challenges of Shipping Chemical Demulsifiers to Oilfields

Shipping chemicals to oilfields always comes with challenges. Some, you may be able to prepare for. Others could only have been anticipated by experienced carriers.

For instance, the roads in many oil drilling sites may sometimes prove tricky to maneuver for inexperienced carriers. This inexperience may not be a problem until these carriers get involved in accidents with their millions of dollars’ worth of cargo. This issue is often common in massive oil drilling sites.

Another challenge that confronts the shipping of chemical demulsifiers — and any oilfield chemical for that matter — is the amount of work and planning that goes into the logistics and distribution management system of the chemicals. Ideally, this system is supposed to manage out-of-stock situations and optimize cost. But this system itself needs a lot of hands on deck to work smoothly. For instance, a typical oil company supply chain would include shipping warehouse managers, inventory supervisors, purchasing directors, site foremen, third-party freight managers, and many more. The major challenge here is that all these parties must work perfectly as a team, as miscommunication from one party could be catastrophic.

These challenges are only a few of the things that could go wrong with the shipping of chemical demulsifiers to oilfields. And with each challenge comes a level of risk. Risks that could cost your oil company millions of dollars as well as its reputation. However, partnering with an experienced oilfield chemical logistics company, such as Total Connection, will help you cut down on the risks that these challenges expose your company to.

Shipping your Liquid Bulk Chemical Demulsifiers with Total Connection

Total connection logistics offers you competence, reliability, and experience. And the company has had almost three decades to hone each of these services to best suit your business. What you get is a logistics company that is consistent with the effective shipping of your oilfield chemicals at costs that are best suited to your company. In our years of service, we have worked with both the consumer and supplier ends of the oilfield chemicals logistics. And we have built a network of partnerships that promises a lot of benefits to our clients.

Your business too can enjoy reliable chemical demulsifier shipping while cutting out excessive costs and unnecessary risks when you leverage our network of partnerships. You can start by simply filling out the short quote form below.

Filed Under: Liquid Bulk Shipping, Oil and Gas

Ship Surfactant Chemicals

February 24, 2021 by luis uribe

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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 surfactants are, why they are so important in and out of the oilfield, and how they work.
  • The benefits of surfactants.
  • How safe surfactants are for the environment.
  • And finally, the safe and reliable way to ship surfactants.

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.

Surfactant chemical pipe and valve closeup
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.

Filed Under: Liquid Bulk Shipping, Oil and Gas

Oilfield Chemicals Shipping: Drilling Fluids and Additives

February 17, 2021 by luis uribe

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:

  • What drilling fluids and additives are, and why we use them in the oilfield.
  • The different types of drilling fluids and additives.
  • What you need to know about shipping these oilfield chemicals, including the challenges that befall them.
  • And how Total Connection oilfield chemical logistics company is a solution to these challenges.

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.

Filed Under: Liquid Bulk Shipping, Oil and Gas

Oilfield Chemicals and how to ship them: A complete guide

February 4, 2021 by luis uribe

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.

Off shore oil rig
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

Industry oil barrels or chemical drums stacked up. Fillter image processed.

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.

Filed Under: Oil and Gas, Uncategorized Tagged With: #chemicals, #energyindustry, #oil&gas, Liquidbulk

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