Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland; www.kemira.com) has signed a multiyear agreement with Chevron North Sea Ltd. for the supply of polymers for Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery (CEOR). On the back of this agreement, Kemira initiated an expansion of its polymer capacity for CEOR at its existing site at Botlek, Netherlands, as announced in October 2017.
Under a Master Collaboration agreement (MCA) with Chevron Energy Technology Co., Kemira and Chevron jointly developed a Novel Liquid Polymer (NLP) with enhanced performance.
“Kemira is committed to providing enhanced solutions for challenging water-intensive environments and technologies that can enable polymer Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). The agreement with Chevron is a good example of such solution. With some of the best global research and development resources, we tailor-make polymers for the needs of each customer and for specific field conditions. Our polymer offering provides enhancing and improving oil recovery with focus around polymer injectivity, chemical stability, shear tolerance, thermal stability and efficacy across a wide variety of water conditions,” says Pedro Materan, Kemira Oil & Gas.