Upstream Petroleum/Natural Gas

The upstream petroleum industry handles a myriad of factions in crude oil and natural gas, including exploration, development, production, pipeline transmission, gas processing and heavy oil and bitumen upgrading.

Beginning with drilling and exploration, Nalco works with leading well service companies to support the oil well service industry and continually improve our offerings by developing and supplying chemicals for drilling activities at the formation level. Our areas of expertise include supplying chemicals for the cementing, completion, drilling, fracturing and acidizing phases of oil and gas exploration.

Nalco addresses the critical issues facing today's oil and gas producers throughout the life cycle of the well. From project design/CAPEX to asset decommission, a life-cycle chemical program helps customers achieve their goals and maximize profitability. Nalco's experience in infrastructure protection and flow assurance allows us to offer solutions to flow assurance challenges around the world. Our portfolio of successes includes technology that delivers in high shear, deepwater and ultra-deepwater environments; infrastructure and business models that reduce lifting costs in emerging marketplaces; and chemistries designed to treat the heaviest crudes and gasses with high sulfur properties.