CASE HISTORY

BS & CI System Saver Pellets

Jacam Significantly Reduces Failures with Solid Chemistry

Technical: Challenge
System Saver Pellets A customer was experiencing an average annual failure rate of one for its
are weighted to fall 350 natural gas wells in Central Texas.
The 20-year-old vertical wells had to have workovers performed annually
through fluids, settle in
and sometimes after only six to eight months in order to replace tubing
the rat hole and treat damaged by corrosion and plugged off by barium sulfate.
problems from the Traditional liquid corrosion/scale inhibitors, applied in both continuous
bottom-up. Formulated feed and batch treatments, were ineffective in treating these wells, which
with nanotechnology, have depths of 15,000 to 18,000 feet and temperatures of 250to 300 F.
System Saver Pellets
release chemical Solution
treatments slowly,
Jacam performed analytical work including water, ICP and solids analysis,
delivering a continuous,
and determined the corrosion issues stemmed from under deposit attack
long-term treatment.
created by barium sulfate scale.
System Saver Pellets
Jacam first performed a chemical clean-up by applying iron check (IC)
are available in formulas
and water treatment (WT) System Saver Pellets to the well.
for water treatment, scale
Next, instead of applying liquid scale and corrosion inhibitors from the top
control, paraffin control,
of these extremely deep wells, Jacam treated the well with barium sulfate
salt deposit inhibition,
(BS), corrosion inhibitor (CI 2356) and water treatment (WT) System
corrosion inhibition and
Saver Pellets.
registered biocides.
The pellets are weighted and designed to fall into the rat hole of the well,
allowing the chemistry to treat the well from the bottom-up.
Value
After three years of quarterly treatments with Jacams System Saver Pellets, only one failure due to scale has
occurred, with zero failures due to corrosion. The one failure in three years as compared to the previous rate of
one well failing every year has provided the following benefits:
Annual workovers were previously costing the customer an average of $60,000 per well; therefore, the
workover savings on 110 wells adds up to approximately $6.6 million per year.
The customer has also realized cost savings from reduced downtime due to workovers.
The wells are now treated quarterly instead of monthly, requiring less shut-in time.
The cost of System Saver Pellets is significantly less than conventional liquid products.
Since cleaning up the corrosion-related iron issues in the wells, Jacams foamer applications have
performed more effectively and reduced the amount of foamer needed to lift the water. This has further
increased well performance and lowered costs.

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