What is dispersants for oil spills?

Dispersants are chemicals that are sprayed on a surface oil slick to break down the oil into smaller droplets that more readily mix with the water. Dispersants do not reduce the amount of oil entering the environment, but push the effects of the spill underwater.

What are examples of dispersants?

Chemical dispersants such as Corexit 9500A® are complex mixtures, containing hazardous substances including petroleum distillates (solvent), propylene glycol (stabilizer), organic sulfonic acid salt or Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate or DOSS (surfactant), sorbitan, and other ingredients (Nalco Energy Services, 2012).

What are chemical dispersants?

Dispersing agents, also called dispersants, are chemicals that contain surfactants and/or solvent compounds that act to break petroleum oil into small droplets.

What are the advantages of oil dispersants?

In short, dispersants are not innocuous tools for cleanup, but have significant environmental effects that cannot be ignored. The main benefit of dispersants is that their use can prevent large slicks of oil from contaminating coastal ecosystems and adversely affecting sensitive species like sea birds.

How are dispersants used in the oil field?

Dispersants, which are also known as friction reducers, thinners, or turbulence inducers, serve this purpose. The Liquiment® product range includes our state-of-the-art cement slurry dispersants for use in a wide range of oil field applications. While lowering the slurry viscosity, rheology is greatly improved for long-range pumping.

How is dispersant used in soap and detergent production?

Dispersant contain compounds such as surfactant that lowers the interfacial tension of molecules with both water-soluble and oil soluble component, which is been used in soap and detergent production.

Which is the best cement slurry dispersant for oil wells?

Liquiment® K3F is a state of the art cement slurry dispersant for use in a wide range of oilfield applications: Liquiment® F-10 X is a standard cement slurry dispersant. It has been highly successful in for decades. Liquiment® Bio is our biodegradable oil-well cementing dispersant.

When to use liquiment K3F as a dispersant?

Liquiment® K3F is a state of the art cement slurry dispersant for use in a wide range of oilfield applications: Can be used in conditions of 40 to at least 350 °F Superior performance in salt-loaded cement compositions, including saturation Improves the pumpability of all types of commonly used slurry compositions