ICTC Stimulation Group representatives are trained in formation damage mechanism analysis, product selection and application of stimulation systems.

ICTC continues to lead the way in the well bore stimulation business with a proven industry accepted product line. Backed by an extensive technical support team, ICTC’s Application Specialists can quickly and accurately diagnose fouling mechanisms and recommend a successful stimulation program.

Wetsol 1, Wetsol 2, and Wetsol 3 are non-ionic mutual solvents that contain no surfactants. They assist the producer in maintaining maximum permeability, increased flow rate, prolonged time between workovers, and minimum payout times. The Wetsol product line is compatible with virtually all formations and formation fluids.

Wetsol products are formulated to remediate several downhole problems including oil-coated scale, water blocks, emulsions and fines migration. These products can also be combined with other types of aqueous and non-aqueous based treatment fluids to increase their efficiency and efficacy.

Formation Damage Mechanisms:

• Clays and Fines
• Scales
• Fluids/water blocks
• Gel residue from drilling or fracturing

ICTC understands production company objectives, such as payout and mechanical/application limitations.

 

With Wetsol stimulation systems, you have the potential to obtain the optimum production rate possible. With their unique combination of features, Wetsol systems have the ability to:

 

• Water-wet formation fines
• Strip oil coatings
• Remove water blocks
• Lower surface and interfacial tensions
• Prevent/break emulsions
• Substantially reduce oil viscosity and prevent sludging
• Maintain miscibility with other stimulation fluids
• Be compatible with a variety of crudes
• Avoid adsorption onto the formation face
• Remove damage induced by oil and water based drilling or fracturing fluids

ICTC’s customer base is very broad, spanning across Canada from startup companies to large International Corporations.

Stimulation Objectives:

• Increased sales for the producer
• Increased profit for the producer
• Maintain an excellent success ratio
• Continue to be an industry leader
• Continue to earn industry reputation

Investigation/Approach:

• What is the damage?
• How was it caused?
• Where is it located?
• How much damage is there?
• How is it affecting productivity or injectivity?

How to Select Candidates:

• Sudden decline in production not consistent with reservoir depletion
• Injection decline
• Organic or inorganic deposition
• Chemical treatment history
• Acidizing history
• Questionable past solvent selection
• Production chemical (corrosion inhibitors, biocides, scale inhibitors) incompatibility
• Frequent hot oiling
• Fluctuation of fluid levels
• Plant upsets
• Review of well files
• Communication with those that are most intimate with the wells and their history

ICTC Approach:

• Identify the problem
• Select the right solution
• Apply the solution correctly
• Assess and evaluate results