Oil field chemicals - No petroleum without chemistry

Today's industrial organic chemistry is almost 100 % dependent on the petrochemical raw materials from the oil and gas industry. Conversely the oil and gas industry relies on a wide range of speciality chemicals that ore needed in all stages of exploration and production. These are largely water and oil-soluble polymers and tailor-made surfactants and surfactant combinations that often show their effect already in the ppm-dosagerange. The chemistry and mode of action of these specialities is well documented as ore the various application areas in oil and gas drilling, the treatment of crude oil and the removal and processing of the considerable quantities of co-produced water in the oil fields.