Stimulation Additives
Gelling Agents
Family: AGA®
The AGA® family of gelling agents is designed to deliver precise control over fluid rheology in acidizing, fracturing, and drilling operations. These additives provide the viscosity required for proppant suspension, fluid diversion, and friction reduction, while stabilizers and buffers ensure consistent performance under a wide range of temperature and salinity conditions. AGA® products also support effective filter cake removal, fluid-loss control, and drag reduction, improving overall wellbore cleanup and formation productivity. Our portfolio spans natural polymers such as guar and cellulose derivatives, advanced synthetic polymers, crosslinkers, and tailor-made breakers, offering reliable solutions that balance strong fluid performance with efficient cleanup for enhanced reservoir contact.
Sub Categories
- Acid Gellants (increase acid viscosity for deeper penetration and diversion)
- Friction Reducers (minimize pressure losses during high-rate pumping)
- Gel Stabilizers (maintain gel integrity under high temperature and shear)
- Filter Cake Removal (break down drilling filter cakes to restore permeability)
- Buffers (control pH for optimal gel performance and stability)
- Breakers (reduce viscosity post-treatment for effective flowback)
- Crosslinkers (enhance gel strength and proppant-carrying capacity)
- Drag Reducers (improve fluid flow efficiency in pipelines and tubulars)
- Diverting Agents (temporarily block zones to redirect acid or fluid placement)
- Fluid Loss (Fiber) (reduce leak-off into formation and improve fluid efficiency)
Clay Stabilizers
Family: AXA®
Description: AXA® clay stabilizers are designed to prevent clay swelling, migration, and fines dispersion during acidizing and fracturing, preserving formation permeability and well productivity. These additives deliver reliable stabilization in both sandstone and shale reservoirs, ensuring fluids do not trigger formation damage under high salinity or temperature conditions. The AXA® portfolio covers a range of chemistries including quaternary ammonium salts, polyamines, and potassium-based systems, each optimized for specific fluid designs and reservoir needs. By protecting pore throats and maintaining formation integrity, AXA® stabilizers provide a critical safeguard for long-lasting stimulation results.
Corrosion Inhibitors & Intensifiers
Family: Acronix®
Description: The Acronix® line of corrosion inhibitors and intensifiers provides reliable protection for tubulars, coiled tubing, and downhole equipment during the most demanding acid stimulation and production treatments. Formulated to perform across a wide temperature spectrum and in varied acid systems—including hydrochloric, organic, and mud acid blends—these additives minimize metal loss through adsorption films, passivation mechanisms, and synergistic intensifier packages for high-temperature service. The portfolio includes solutions tailored for retarded and emulsified acid systems, sour environments with H₂S and CO₂, and applications requiring compatibility with viscoelastic surfactant (VES) fluids. By combining oil- and water-soluble chemistries with specialized organic and inorganic intensifiers, Acronix® products deliver consistent protection under harsh acidizing, fracturing, and pipeline conditions, ensuring both operational efficiency and long-term asset integrity.
Sub Categories
- HCl Acid Inhibitors (protect steel tubulars in strong hydrochloric acid jobs, 15%-28% HCl)
- Organic Acid Inhibitors (optimized for acetic/formic acid stimulation treatments)
- Mud Acid Inhibitors (resist corrosion in HF/HCl blends for sandstone acidizing)
- Sour Well Inhibitors (H₂S, CO₂) (provide protection in acidizing sour environments)
- Coiled Tubing & Pipeline Inhibitors (safeguard equipment exposed to acid and brine flow)
- VES-Compatible Inhibitors (ensure stability and protection in viscoelastic surfactant systems)
Scale treatment
Family: ASKIN®
Description: ASKIN® scale treatment additives are engineered to prevent and remediate scale deposition during acidizing, fracturing, and production operations, safeguarding tubulars, surface equipment, and reservoir flow paths. These additives effectively control common scales such as calcium carbonate, calcium sulfate, barium sulfate, and iron compounds, which can form under shifting pressure, temperature, and water chemistry conditions. The ASKIN® line includes threshold inhibitors, phosphonate-based chemistries, and polymeric scale dispersants, designed for both squeeze treatments and continuous injection. With proven stability in high-temperature and high-salinity environments, ASKIN® products ensure dependable scale management, reduced downtime, and extended well performance.
Solvents
Family: AquaDis®
Description:
The AquaDis® family of solvents is developed to optimize acidizing and fracturing treatments by improving fluid performance, formation contact, and cleanup efficiency. These products enhance penetration into the reservoir, reduce emulsion and sludge risks, dissolve organic deposits such as asphaltenes and paraffins, and restore water-wet conditions for improved hydrocarbon flow. Within this family, AquaDis® mutual solvents play a key role in stabilizing emulsions, dispersing fines, and supporting compatibility between acids, surfactants, and polymers. The broader AquaDis® line also includes glycol ethers, alcohol-based systems, and blended solvent packages tailored to address specific reservoir challenges and treatment designs. By combining versatility with proven chemistry, AquaDis® delivers reliable solutions for fluid conditioning, formation protection, and post-treatment productivity.
Sub Categories
- Mutual Solvents (improve fluid compatibility, reduce sludge/emulsions, enhance penetration)
- Asphaltene & Paraffin Solvents (dissolve organic deposits and blockages, restore flow)
- Solvent Cleaners (remove oily residues, pipe scale, and polymer films from tubulars/equipment)
- Preflush Solvents (prepare the formation by conditioning surfaces before acid placement)
- Afterflush Solvents (displace and clean spent acid, preventing residue and precipitation)
- Demulsifying Solvents (break water-oil emulsions, assist in fluid recovery)
- Alcohol-Based Solvents (methanol, isopropanol – reduce water block, improve cleanup)
- High-Temperature Solvents (specialty blends stable under HPHT conditions for effective cleanup)
Biocides
Family: ABC®
Description: The ABC® family of biocides is engineered to control bacterial growth during acidizing, fracturing, and other stimulation treatments, safeguarding fluid integrity and protecting formations and equipment from souring, corrosion, and plugging. By preventing sulfate-reducing and slime-forming bacteria, these additives help ensure consistent fluid performance and long-term reservoir productivity. The portfolio includes a broad range of liquid and solid biocides, featuring fast-acting aldehydes for rapid kill, isothiazolinones for broad-spectrum protection, and brominated chemistries for high-efficiency treatment under challenging conditions. With flexible solubility and stability across a wide range of water qualities and treatment temperatures, ABC® biocides deliver reliable microbial control tailored to the demands of modern stimulation operations.
Surfactants
Family: Aquative®
Description: Our Aquative® surfactant range is engineered to optimize performance across acidizing, hydraulic fracturing, drilling, and production operations. These versatile additives control fluid–rock interactions, prevent sludge and emulsion formation, stabilize or break emulsions when needed, and enhance wettability for improved fluid cleanup and hydrocarbon flow. They play a key role in iron control during acid treatments, foam generation for diversion or mobility control, and specialized recovery processes including enhanced oil recovery and heavy oil applications. The portfolio covers a broad spectrum of chemistries—from nonionic, cationic, and anionic surfactants to advanced amphoteric and polymer-modified systems—enabling tailored solutions for paraffin mitigation, dispersing solids, or maximizing oil mobilization under challenging reservoir conditions.
Sub Categories
- Non-Emulsifiers (Anti-Sludge) (prevent sludge and stable emulsion formation during acidizing)
- Iron Control (stabilize dissolved iron and prevent precipitation/scale)
- Enhanced Oil Recovery (alter wettability and reduce interfacial tension for higher recovery)
- Heavy Oil Recovery (Drilling) (reduce viscosity and improve flow of heavy/viscous crudes)
- Emulsifiers (promote stable oil-in-water or water-in-oil systems for fluid design)
- Dispersants (keep solids and fines suspended, prevent agglomeration)
- Foaming Agents (generate stable foam for diversion, cleanup, and gas lifting)
- Wetting Agents (alter surface wettability to water-wet for better fluid contact)
- Paraffin Treatment Additives (dissolve, disperse, or prevent paraffin deposition)
- Acid Emulsifiers (stabilize emulsified acid systems for deeper penetration and retarded reaction)
- Acid Retarders (slow acid-rock reaction rate for controlled stimulation)