Paper: Use of Chemicals For Paraffin Control

Paraffin is costing the crude oil producers untold millions of dollars per year. In down time, loss of production, plugged wells, lines and emulsified oil in storage tanks. This problem has been attacked in many ways and until a few years ago, the removal of such deposits was done by mechanical methods, oil producers sought the use of chemicals such as solvent and paraffin inhibitors, of which there are several chemical formulas on the market that are doing the job economically and well, if they are properly applied.