Grant: Engage Grants Program

VerdeChem Technologies Inc. have been testing and field trialing various oilfield chemistries using downholesonic/pulsing technology for the past several years. The VerdeChemgoal is to scientifically quality itscombination chemical/pulsing technology to more sustainably remove flow assurance issues like well pluggingand near wellbore skin damage in oil/gas/injection wells in the Canadian Western Basin. The combination ofchemical and mechanical cleaning may be applied to conventional oil like offshore Newfoundland andLabrador. This is especially applicable in remote harsh locations where subsea tiebacks are used to access oilthat is further away and the reservoir fluids will drop in temperature. It is also relevant to the production of newfields like Hebron where the reservoir and oil quality is known to induce flow assurance issues. The nature offlow assurance issues includes but is not limited to paraffin wax, asphaltenes, corrosion/mineral scaling,formation sand/fines and dead heavy oil. The combination oilfield chemistry and pressure pulse technologyneeds to be systematically characterized over a broader range of reservoir fluids (oil and brine) and flowconditions to better design strategies that can work for the offshore Newfoundland and Labrador conditions aswell as other unconventional fields in Alberta. VerdeChem Technologies Inc. and Memorial University ofNewfoundland are partnering in this NSERC Engage Proposal to better characterize the reservoir fluids andVerdeChem oilfield chemicals, design flow experiments, and determine the potential of theVerdeChemsolution for conventional oil found offshore Newfoundland and Labrador and unconventionalfields in Alberta.