Industrial
Anolyte and catholyte solutions have been used for the stimulation and enhancement of oil and gas production and to improve the performance of drilling muds for more than 20 years.
Today, EcaFlo® Anolyte solutions are being used to enhance production from wells which have been impacted by down-hole growth of bacteria, and other microorganisms, by killing the bacteria and removing the restrictive biomass.
Industrial Water Treatment
Water used for the fracturing of oil and gas wells can be treated with anolyte solutions to manage bacteria, protecting fracturing fluids and gels, and ensuring polymer and propant performance. Anolyte solutions remove scale and slime build-up from pipes, and cooling water systems can be kept free of biomass, improving heat exchange values and eliminating corrosion caused microbial induced corrosion (MIC). Produced water may be treated before being revised in stimulation fluids or water floods.
Current Research
EcaFlo® Anolyte has been approved by the EPA for use in the following oil and gas industry applications:
- Frac water
- Sour wells
- Produced waters
- Water flood injection waters
- Oil and gas transmission lines
- Heater treaters
- Hydrocarbon storage facilities
- Gas storage wells
Recent data collected from field operations where frac water was treated with anolyte shows that the bacteria levels in the frac water were reduced below the threshold level that would adversely impact stimulation fluids and gels.
Catholyte has been shown to substantially reduce the surface tension of water and can be used to condition water used to stimulate well production.
Site Safety
EcaFlo® Anolyte is considered non-hazardous by the US Department of Transportation. Protective equipment and site safety measures are not required for EcaFlo® Anolyte applications. Once EcaFlo® Anolyte has fully degraded, it leaves no ecological damage to well sites.
A Benchmark Partnership
Generally, anolyte and catholyte solutions have been effective in the management of bacteria and other microorganisms in oil and gas production for years. Working with Benchmark Energy Products, L.P., I.E.T.'s exclusive distributor of EcaFlo® equipment and solutions to the oil and gas industry under the brand Excelyte®, it is now possible to utilize this unique technology to improve production and profits and do so in an environmentally responsible manner. EcaFlo® solutions quickly return to their original state a weak salt brine.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved as a biocide for oil and gas production.