Green Technology
for Wax Removal and Prevention
PARALAX®
Eliminate Wax Deposits Reduce the Impact on
from the Wellhead to Production Cost and
the Refinery Equipment
When paraffin wax develops and hardens Removing wax deposits and keeping equipment wax-
at any point along the oil production free helps maintain production efficiency and limits
process, it affects efficiency, production damage to equipment. Production does not have to
and revenues. Wax creates problems stop when using PARALAX® and operators find that
at the wellbore, inside tubing, at the product pays for itself in less than two weeks and
perforations, along pump strings and sometimes as soon as 2 days.
rods, and throughout flowlines and
• Improved production
pipelines. PARALAX® offers a safe and
environmentally friendly way to remove • Generate a return on investment within 1-2 weeks
wax and keep wax from returning.
• Lessen pump load and improve production
PARALAX controls wax buildup on:
®
• Fewer and easier cleanout treatments
• Pumped, gas lift and flowing wells
• Limit workovers and bottlenecks
• Flowlines and production facilities
• Fewer pump hang-ups
• Storage tanks, rail cars and tankers
• Free up man-hours for other activities
• Gas condensate facilities and pipelines
• Land and subsea pipelines
A Customized Solution for Wax Free Pipelines
Our team of specialists work with you to customize a PARALAX® treatment for your unique conditions. We work
one-on-one with you because PARALAX® is different than traditional dispersants, solvents or inhibitors. It is based
on proprietary nanotechnology that reacts differently with wax buildup. Activated when mixed with crude oil,
PARALAX® works as a solvent to remove wax layer by layer and create a wax-repelling environment that can last
for 2 to 3 months with ongoing maintenance.
• Customized treatment with technical support and training
• Maintain wax-free environment for 2-3 months
• Reduce time needed for wax removal treatments
• Less frequent treatments
The PARALAX® team works directly with you to customize the treatment for your specific conditions.
“ PARALAX®
cleared a subsea oil
pipeline in the Gulf
of Mexico, where
past treatments had
been ineffective.
A Safe and Environmentally Friendly Solution
PARALAX® is not flammable, nontoxic, nonvolatile and safe to handle. Spills can easily be washed down with
no special handling requirements. Compared to traditional methods of wax management like acidizing, solvent
washing and hot oiling, PARALAX® is safe for the environment.
PARALAX® Acidizing Solvent Washing Hot Oiling
Corrosive SAFE Caution Caution
Flammable SAFE Caution Caution
Oxidizing SAFE Caution
Toxic SAFE Caution Caution
Environmental hazard SAFE Caution Caution
Explosive SAFE Caution
Harmful/ irritant SAFE Caution Caution
Carcinogen SAFE Caution Caution
Success in the Field
PARALAX® Improves Gas Lift Well Benefits from
BOPH in Subsea 13 Weeks of Wax-Free
Pipeline Production
PARALAX® cleared a subsea oil pipeline in Common practice for flowing and gas lift wells is to
the Gulf of Mexico, where past treatments use slickline units with gauge cutters to cut the wax
had been ineffective, pipeline throughput from tubing wells. This practice was repeated every
declined and some wells had to be four to seven days. PARALAX® supplemented the
taken off-line. Once PARALAX® treated treatment and was injected into the formation to
the pipeline, the operator was able to support the creation of a wax-repelling environment.
discontinue the use of other chemicals and This 12,250 foot well in Turkmenistan saw 13 weeks
saw an increase from 80 barrels of oil per of wax-free production and recovered the costs of
hour (BOPH) to 140 in just two weeks. the PARALAX® treatment within 11 days.
Central Asia Well Sees
Payback in Two Days
The progressive cavity pump in a 2,850 foot “When you take into consideration that
well in Kazakhstan was underperforming this pipeline has not been pigged in 7
because of solidified wax and the operator years, you have to ask yourself how long
was scheduling hot oil treatment of the wax
every 7 to 10 days. PARALAX® was applied
will it take to free it up …. PARALAX®
using a standardized process of pumped was a miracle chemical for us, and we all
well circulation. The system efficiency said there was no way possible it would
improved from 170 BOPD prior to the work. But we were all very pleased to be
treatment to 265 BOPD. Twelve weeks after proven wrong.”
the PARALAX® treatment, the operator
was maintaining production levels and saw
no signs of recurring wax.
“In our eyes, such a significant
improvement in production figures
has elevated PARALAX® from … a
wax remediation product to being
an exceptional improved oil recovery
product.”
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