APCOTANE (OLD)

APCOTANE™

Apcotane™ = H2Solved

Apcotane™ has an organic molecule that reacts with the hydrogen sulfide compound. The product changes the pH of the acid so that the sulfide will change phases and be encapsulated in the organic acid. Only the basic sediment and water vapor must adjust pH to Neutral for the reaction to occur, enabling there to be such a small dosage. Once the sulfide reverts back to the sulfide phase, the sulfide cannot change back because of the encapsulation.

The product is carbon-based, so essentially the sulfide is attaching to a carbon chain, leaving the oil intact. In short, Apcotane™ takes sour crude and makes it sweet with oil product, allowing the crude oil to be marketed as such. Apcotane™ is stream dependent not ppm-dependent, so dosage is based on the API of the oil. NaCL concentration, paraffin and asphaltene concentration, and stream pH. The critical aspect of the treatment is the mixing energy to make sure all the molecules have contact with the solution. The product targets all organic and inorganic sulfides such as mercaptans and iron sulfide. Apcotane™ has many different applications in the oil and gas industry.

WHY APCOTANE™

Apcotane is the H2S and Mercaptan Sulfur solution.

ADVANTAGES

Apcotane™ is formulated to not only mitigate H2S but is also formulated to keep all particles in solution. The revolutionary chemistry is built upon the principle of fixing the problem, but not creating additional problems. No by-products to dispose of or to cause scaling in the piping system.

Apcotane™ is not sulfur speciation dependent. It will mitigate not only organic (e.g., mercaptans) sulfides but inorganic (e.g., iron sulfide) sulfides as well.

DOSING

Why is dosing so low? Apcotane™ takes advantage of being stream dependent and not H2S dependent. When Apcotane™ is used it neutralizes the pH of the water vapor as well as the organics that are currently present in the oil. Since this is usually a very small portion of the oil make-up (.5%-1%) there is very little chemistry required to bring PH to a neutral 7 from generally a state of 5.8-6.2 PH coming out of the ground. Apcotane™ chemistry also involves an organic acid that acts as a receptor for multiple HS - molecules

Dosing is so low because the formulated chemistry does not have to equal or exceed the molarity of the H2S unlike scavengers on the market currently.

SOLUTIONS

Application

Determine API, Wax, Paraffin's, Asphalienes, TAN, Mercaptans, and other contaminating components
Apply dosage mainly based on the API
Blend evenly as most for 30 minutes and residence time of up to 24 hours
Heavy crudes will blend better at higher temperatures
Even blending causes shearing to disassociate contaminates encapsulated in the paraffins and wax
Dosing of ApcotaneTM will compound if necessary for zero ppm of H2S result

Benefits

Requires lower dosages
Leaves the oil intact
Flexible on treatment in the refining process
Economical enough to bring dormant production online
Enables easy transportation of oil and gas due to decrease in RVP post application