Chemical Solutions for
Oil & Gas Transportation
Efficient and effective chemical solutions for oil and gas storage and transportation
Do You Have What You Need to Keep Things Moving?
As oil and gas products move around the world, you are the one that makes sure it gets stored and shipped as efficiently as possible. Yet even efficient systems are slowed down by fouling and corrosion. You need safe, effective chemistry to keep things moving and reduce downtime while making sure you meet all safety and compliance requirements.
Pushing Forward Through Innovation
Peak performance is redefined through superior science & commitment to service
Whether it’s tanks, pipelines, rail cars, trucks, or a combination of different equipment, the key to storing and moving oil and gas products are efficiency and safety. But pipelines get clogged, tanks require degassing, and all equipment gets greasy. You don’t have time to waste on solutions that require days of downtime or only fix issues in the short term. That’s why we send experts into the field to evaluate the unique conditions creating your challenges and then use our unsurpassed lab resources to create programs specific to your systems.
Solutions
Cleaning & Degreasing
The equipment and vehicles needed to move oil and gas must meet strict safety and performance targets. To keep them working safely and efficiently, they need to be cleaned and repaired regularly. We specialize in reducing the overall costs of maintenance and turnarounds for all your equipment and machinery by developing new chemical formulations and more effective field cleaning procedures.
Degassing & Scavengers
Metal Prep
In preparing metal components for return to the field, efficacy and safety are of top concern. Parts washers and hot tanks require customized solutions to meet your needs. Our metal preparation chemical solutions include innovative blends of high-performance surfactants, alkalinity boosters, water conditioning agents, and corrosion inhibitors. We craft solutions to meet your unique challenges and can also assist with application and disposal.
Water Treatment
Water is a critical part of many production systems. We offer an extensive line of water treatment chemicals that keep boilers and cooling systems working at top efficiency.
Sanitizing & Disinfecting
It’s more important than ever to ensure you’re taking steps to protect the health and well-being of your workers
from the visible and invisible bacteria, fungi, and other contaminants that can linger for days in the right environment. Guardian’s wide variety of solutions include several registered with Health Canada. All our hard surface cleaners, sanitizers, and disinfectants are made to ensure the cleanliness of contaminated surfaces.
We’re Daring to Do Things Differently
It is not simply our time in the industry that has made Guardian Chemicals a leading chemical partner. We have built our reputation around a team made up of industry experts who are dedicated to both the pursuit of innovation and to superior, customized service.
With the dedication of our teams in the field and the lab, we can help reduce operational inefficiencies at every step; from reducing the time to clean fouled pipes to ensuring your storage and transportation equipment pass inspection. This has included the development of green chemical solution options that meet the highest EH&S standards.
Some of these solutions include:
- Solutions to help your company avoid costly environmental failures and deteriorating equipment
- Rail car release agents
- Equipment cleaning options that are low odor, high flashpoint, low V.O.C., safe to ground, biodegradable, APE- and NPE-free
- Water-based, non-caustic specialty cleaning and degreasing chemicals for carbon and light oil-based cleaning
For tank, vessel and pipeline cleaning programs, see BrightShield. Terminals and rail yards in the Lower Mainland: Vancouver marine and industrial cleaning chemicals.
We don’t believe in ‘deliver-and-done’. True benefits revolve around the consistency of program execution, which is why we’re there when you need us both for regular servicing and emergency support for life.
Our experts know your industry and will seek to understand the unique challenges of your business. Let’s talk.
Your systems and processes are interconnected. We’ll arrange a site visit to understand the bigger picture.
Frequently Asked Questions About Chemical Solutions for Storage and Transportation
Tank and vessel cleaning chemistry, degassing and decontamination products, hydrogen sulphide and mercaptan scavengers, odour control, metal preparation for maintenance, water treatment for utilities, and general plant cleaning chemistry.
By scoping it first. Sludge volume, hydrocarbon type, pyrophoric content, H2S and benzene levels and the disposal route all have to be established before the work is planned, because they decide the chemistry, the entry sequence and the cost of getting rid of what comes out. Our case work includes 700 cubic metres of sludge removed with a 77 percent reduction in toxic vapours.
Usually disposal, not chemistry or labour. Sludge volume and how it is characterised determine the disposal route and its cost, so chemistry that reduces volume and converts hazardous components changes the total cost of the job far more than the price per drum does.
Chemical degassing and decontamination rather than ventilation alone. Converting the sulphide and stripping hydrocarbon vapour brings H2S, LEL and benzene down to entry levels in a defined sequence, and it compresses the part of the schedule that is otherwise just waiting.
Keep it wet and convert it chemically before opening. Dry iron sulphide ignites in air, and tank incidents typically occur during opening rather than during the clean. Handling it is a planning decision made before the outage.
Treat the source and the vapour path, not the fence line. Mercaptans and H2S released during cleaning are the usual cause of complaints, and controlling them with scavenging chemistry during the work is more effective than masking at the perimeter after the phone calls start.
Removing product residue to a standard set by the next service, whether that is a different product, an inspection, or a repair. Cross-contamination risk and residue verification drive the chemistry, and turnaround time drives the method, because a tanker being cleaned is not earning.
Characterise it before the job. Wash water and recovered sludge carry hydrocarbon, sulphide and solids, and the disposal facility needs to know what is coming. We provide the expected characteristics for the chemistry and dose so the disposal approval is arranged before the work rather than during it.
Both, and most of this work goes through our BrightShield process: an audit against defined objectives, lab fingerprinting of the deposit, chemistry screened against it, on-site support during the application, and a validation report. Cleaning work at this scale does not respond well to buying a product and hoping.
Step of the Way
As your chemical partner, there’s no hurdle we can’t help you clear.
