Jonathan Wylde, Global Head of Innovation, and Nihal Obeyesekere, Head of Global Innovation Integrity Management, both at Clariant Oil and Mining Services, have been developing a range of new corrosion inhibitors for deepwater applications, with a particular focus on sustainability. In this interview, they tell World Pipelines about the challenges of sustainably preventing oilfield corrosion, their recent work, and the solutions they have discovered so far.
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hat are the challenges that you are addressing with your work?
To meet rising worldwide energy demand, the petroleum industry has increasingly turned to oil reserves in difficult-toaccess locations, such as subsea and deepwater environments. The harsh conditions in these environments present several challenges for oil and gas producers – most notably high
salinity, high shear, high temperature, and high pressure. As a result, it is imperative to develop umbilical deliverable corrosion inhibitors that are designed specifically to withstand these conditions and to maximise the lifetime and safety of the components. We have also seen an increased demand for environmentally acceptable corrosion inhibitors, which is in line with our own, and Clariant’s, prioritisation of
Jonathan Wylde
Nihal Obeyesekere
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