Total Connection Logistic Services

Uncategorized

Why are Protective Coatings So Important?

by

Powder coating of metal parts. A man in a protective suit sprays powder paint from a gun on metal products.

Look around you. You’ll find metals all around you. And every piece of it has been coated with a protective coating. There is hardly any construction work, especially those that involve the use of metals like steel and iron, that does not require the use of protective coatings.

Studies forecast that the protective coatings market would be worth $52.31 billion, thanks to its broad applications across industries, such as oil and gas, marine, automotive, construction, aerospace, power generation, and more. As a result, the protective coatings market is not only a huge one, it is also one we can’t do without.

What then makes protective coatings so important? Why can’t we do without them? And how does it affect you, the consumer? The best way to show you the importance of these chemicals is to make you see what they are used for.

What are Protective Coatings Used For?

These are some of the most common uses of protective coatings:

1.    Corrosion Prevention

One of the biggest threats to the lifespan of metals is corrosion. What makes it worse is that corrosion doesn’t just start and end in a day. It happens over time, degrading the metal, and causing it to fail when you least expect it. And when the metal fails, the effects could be catastrophic, depending on where the metals are used. Therefore, we have to protect the metals from corroding, so we can extend the lifespans.

Protective coatings prevent corrosion in three major ways: inhibition, sacrificially, and through barrier formation. Some types of coatings merely serve as a barrier to protect the substrate from corrosive electrolytes. Other protective coatings serve as inhibitors to the formation of the electrolytes that lead to corrosion, preventing corrosion even before it begins.

Another way protective coatings, such as zinc-rich coatings, go about this is sacrificially. That is, they corrode in place of the metal substrate. And as the coating corrodes, it forms a protective barrier over the application surface to further protect it.

2.    Chemical Protection

Some surfaces get to come in contact with chemicals during their lifetime. For instance, the walls of a chemical factory need protection, and so does the interior lining of tanks that carry chemicals. Otherwise, the chemicals could destroy these surfaces. And this is where protective coatings wade in to save the day.

Some protective coatings have chemical protection properties that protect the surfaces they are applied on from being damaged by chemicals around.

3.    Weather Protection

The weather can be one of the biggest issues of structures that are exposed to it. The reason for this is that it is unpredictable, persistent, and unforgiving. As a result, the weather could easily wear some surfaces out over time, and make them lose their integrity.

An example of the damaging effects of the weather on structures is when steel is exposed to heat, water, and oxygen from the atmosphere. What we have is the recipe for corrosion. Another example is the damaging effects of UV rays on exposed wood structures, causing them to crack, warp, and slough off.

But with the right protective coatings, we can reinforce our structures against the weather.

4.    Hygiene

This is another important use of protective coatings. Some coatings won’t bow to influence from the microorganisms in the environment. Such coatings are often used in hospitals and laboratories to discourage the growth of bacteria and other organisms, such as mold and mildew. As a result, the rooms where they are used see lesser exposure to contamination by these microorganisms.

5.    Fire Resistance

Uncontrolled fire leaves a devastating effect on the surfaces that it is unleashed upon, including hard surfaces like steel and concrete.

Fortunately, there are protective coatings that have fire-retardant properties. When you coat the substrate with these fire-retardant coatings, you make its surface impervious to the damage fire can cause to it. These fire-retardant coatings also slow the spread of fire, thereby protecting other surfaces around.

Examples of where we would need fire-retardant coatings are in fire-rescue vehicles, combustible materials like wood and fabric, and in airplane interiors.

6.    Aesthetics

Although protective coatings are mainly for protection, as you may have guessed from the name, they can also be great aesthetic additions to structures. They bring color and life to the surfaces they are applied to.

In Summary

It is easy to see a painted structure and quickly assume that the painting is just for beautification. While this may be true, protective coatings do far much more than beautification. Protective coatings offer protection against the weather, chemicals, corrosion, fire, and other forces that attempt to damage our structures. And this is why they are so important.

But one thing that is just as important as the protective coatings is the way you ship them. Some protective coatings contain fumes that don’t bear good news when they are ingested. That’s why it is important to only rely on experts when shipping protective coatings in bulk.

At Total Connection logistics company, we seamlessly provide efficiency, affordability, and flexibility when it comes to the bulk shipping of just about anything. Find out how we can help you handle your shipping as well when you fill out the quote form below.

Shipping Lubricants and Fuel Additives

by

Horizontally located cylindrical tanks with oil products and fuel for equipment. Installed in one row. Silver gray. Warehouse for the storage of fuel and lubricants. At the bottom of the tanks taps for fuel recruitment.

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 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

Oil drilling derricks at desert oilfield. Crude oil production from the ground. Oilfield services contractor. Oil drill rig and pump jack. Petroleum production, natural gas, liquids, NGL, additive.

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.

Shipping Friction Reducers

by

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

by

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.

Content

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.

Herbicide liquid transport and logistics

by

Farmer spraying liquid herbicide

When you set your farmland apart for farming, not all plants get the memo that they are not needed on the land anymore. Those plants are weeds, and they have no use but to compete for soil resources with the plants you actually want to grow. Some are so greedy, they take the soil resources all for themselves, leaving your crops deficient in all areas.

Fortunately, there are all kinds of herbicides that help you get rid of these weeds, irrespective of the greed levels of the unwanted plants. Today, we have options of selective and non-selective herbicides, and each is different in its purpose. You may use selective herbicides to target particular weeds, leaving your crops to thrive. Non-selective herbicides kill all plants they come in contact with, making them perfect for clearing up a field of weed before you start your farm, lawn, or garden.

NB: It is illegal to use herbicides for purposes other than those indicated on the label.

The Need for an Experienced Logistics Company for Your Herbicide Shipping

Logistics companies that lack the necessary know-how and experience in the shipping of herbicides always falter. And when they make their costly mistakes, your farm pays for it. They delay you and force you to work under tighter deadlines than you would have wanted. But when you rely on the experience of Total Connection Logistics, you get your herbicides shipped to you quickly and safely.

Why Depend on Total Connection for your Herbicide Transport?

  • You will experience no delay in getting your herbicide shipment, as our logistics process is quick and efficient. Even in tight-deadline conditions, we still ship your herbicides to you in time.
  • Although we have worked with thousands of establishments like yours since we started the business, we offer you herbicide shipping solutions that are best suited for you. As long as we’re concerned, you’re our only client. And invest all our resources into offering you a satisfactory service.
  • Our robust global shipping networks ensure that your herbicide shipment takes preeminence above every other shipment.
  • We optimize our full-stack logistics management to get your herbicides to you efficiently and safely.
  • We save you money.

About Total Connection Logistics

We are a licensed freight forwarder and third-party logistics that provide industry expertise in the transport of agrochemicals and agricultural products. Shipping herbicide is one of the many services we offer, and thousands of establishments have benefitted from our experience and expertise. You too can be next.

Contact Total Connection for efficient herbicide shipping by filling up the quote form below