Testing & Analysis Services
Analytical Laboratories
Coastal Chemical maintains a professionally staffed and state of the art laboratory, with the full complement of instrumentation and equipment necessary to provide timely and accurate data for our complete line of oil and gas processing solvents, as well as for produced oil and fluids, allowing the customer to make informed decisions with regard to their particular process.
Specialized Testing
In addition, Coastal Chemical’s laboratory can perform specialized testing, including the identification of unknown products and solids using a combination of instrumental techniques, including FTIR, GCMS, XRD, and XRF as part of the effort to help troubleshoot problems encountered in the field.
Lab personnel and field engineers are available to assist with the interpretation of data. The laboratory thus provides an important part of Coastal’s overall commitment to providing customers with the technical assistance they need for maximum success in applications that involve our products. Coastal Chemical’s laboratory is committed to continually improving the quality of our analytical and research services, and to meet the expectations of our customers by providing reports of consistently high quality.
Analytical Testing
Glycol (TEG, TTEG, and EG)
Amine (DEA, MDEA, ADEG, MEA and specialty blends)
Coolants
Heat Transfer Fluids
Produced Water
Makeup Water Quality
Product Identification (XRF, XRD, FTIR, GCMS)
Corrosion Coupons
Millipore
Crude Oil
Solvency
R&D
Corrosion Risk Modeling
Coastal Chemical is at the forefront of corrosion risk modeling. Our corrosion risk modeling capabilities allow our clients great insight into the condition of their pipelines and provides high level data to make maintenance, repair and operational decisions.
Coastal Chemical offers a full service, environmentally friendly way of improving your system. We offer a program where we take your contaminated fluid offsite, utilize distillation and wiped film evaporation technology, and return the concentrated cleaned-up fluid to your facility.
Scale Prediction Software
The program is designed for the prediction, treatment, and control of common scale deposits in oil and gas wells.
Program uses: either measured pH or P-CO2 at STP; Pitzer electrolyte theory to calculate activity coefficients; PengRobinson EOS for gas fugacity coefficients; ethylene glycol and methanol effect activity coefficients for calcite, barite, gypsum, celestite, and halite. Numerous “what-if” calculations can also be done.
Coastal Chemical also utilizes various methods and techniques for testing of scale formation and inhibition.
Scale Program
Scale formation in gas and oil wells is a common and persistent problem during production, treatment, transportation, and disposal of co-produced saltwater; inhibition of this scale formation is a priority.
As a member of the Rice University Brine Consortium, Coastal Chemical uses the ScaleSoftPitzer Software for determining scaling potential.
Dynamic Scale Loop – Tube Blocking
The Dynamic Scale Loop is used to determine the effectiveness of scale inhibitors on formation and prevention of scale using the tube block method. This method allows for flow, pressure and temperature variances. It considers the adherence of scale to pipework.
Anions and cations are introduced separately into the loop and scaling time is measured. Once a blank scaling time is determined, scale inhibitors are added to the cations and scaling time measured.
Static Bottle Test
In accordance with NACE procedures TM0197 and TM0374, Coastal Chemical uses ion loss, turbidity and kinetic turbidity at 532nm to determine scale formation and inhibitor efficiency. As scale precipitates, the brine becomes turbid (cloudy). A turbidity meter or laser is used to measure the changes in the solution to monitor onset and the effectiveness of the scale inhibitor.
Contact us to learn how we can assist with testing and analysis.
800.535.6182
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