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Oil Sands

Reducing the environmental impact of oil sands mining

Oil sands pose big sustainability challenges, but the amount of recoverable hydrocarbons from oil sands makes it one of the largest resources on earth. While the industry continues to improve the sustainability of this vast resource, new innovations are required to significantly reduce the impact of extraction on the environment.   

Learn how Dow’s approach to innovation can help improve the economic and environmental performance of both mining and in-situ extraction. We can help you: 

Improve recovery and lower steam requirements for Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD), Cyclic Steam Stimulation (CSS) and steam flooding through ELEVATE™ additives for steam conformance control and SOR improvement.

Reduce downtime related to mineral scale in ESPs and screens with Accent™ Scale Inhibitors and high-temperature removers.

Improve oil and gas water with Demtrol™ demuslifiers and Romax™ water clarifiers.

Provide more economic settling of mining tailings with Dow flocculants, facilitating the release of clear water for recycling.

Reduce the water and chloride content of mining naphthenic froth, reducing the corrosion of downstream equipment.

DEMTROL™ 2 025 Oil Demulsifier Base

A demulsifier base that can quickly reduce water-in-oil levels, provide a sharper interface between the two phases for easier separation and effectively remove more water to get closer to commercial crude oil specifications.

DEMTROL™ 2 045 Oil Demulsifier Base

A demulsifier base that can quickly reduce water-in-oil levels, provide a sharper interface between the two phases for easier separation and effectively remove more water to get closer to commercial crude oil specifications.

DEMTROL™ 1 020E Oil Demulsifier Base

A demulsifier base that can quickly reduce water-in-oil levels, provide a sharper interface between the two phases for easier separation and effectively remove more water to get closer to commercial crude oil specifications.

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