Are you our new partner/consultant based in the USA?
Scale Protection delivers a unique service that is widely used to monitor scale in wells and production facilities, Bulk Scale Analysis, BSA. Scale Protection has had good success in domestic and international markets and is now expanding into the USA. We are now searching for a local partner/consultant to scale up the use of BSA in the USA. This will be a part-time role where the major responsibility is to serve existing customers and to promote and present the technology to new clients.
We are looking for an associate with a solid network within the oil and gas industry, mainly from the GoM. Experience within production chemistry, flow assurance or production technology combined with sales activities is also required.
Are you an interested candidate? Please contact Ole Magnar Drønen at omd@scaleprotection.com
Eirin and Claudia Join the Team
We are pleased to introduce two new members to our growing team at Scale Protection and Completion Tracer. Welcome Eirin Frantzen and Claudia Cooper.
Eirin has been hired as our Laboratory & Production Manager.
She has worked within quality assurance and control in Orkla Health and has laboratory experience from the Norwegian Veterinary Institute.
She holds a BSc in Food Science and MSc in Food Production and Development, and has competence in multidisciplinary analyses involving chemistry, biochemistry, nutrition, microbiology and engineering.
During her MSc she developed an emergency relief food product based on compaction.
Claudia has been hired as a Laboratory Engineer.
She has a background in biological and chemical analysis, complemented by a BSc in Nursing.
Her experience includes a successful internship at Scale Protection, where she honed her skills in ESEM/EDX analysis.
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We are very happy to have you both on our team and we are excited about the future.
Launching Sulphate Scale Tool (SST)
Together with Scale Consult, and their acknowledged ScaleSim software, an online water modelling tool has been developed inside scaleman.online. Sulphate and Halite scale potential can be modeled in fast and user-friendly software.
Find out more here.
Download the product specification here.
Completion Tracer has Been Established to Deliver Reservoir Inflow Information
HARSTAD, NORWAY, 2 May 2023 – Since 2015 Scale Protection has delivered BSA™ from our laboratories in Harstad, Norway. BSA™ is a service used to monitor the amount and type of inorganic scale in wells and process plants, the performance of the preventive chemical treatment, and to assess if the chemical use can be optimized. In recent years, BSA™ has become an established service with oil companies in the UK, the USA, Canada, the Middle East and Angola, in addition to most of the Norwegian shelf.
In parallel, Scale Protection has developed our own portfolio of products for reservoir monitoring using inflow tracers, becoming a new challenger in this market. Reservoir inflow tracers are plastic rods placed in the lower well completion that contain tracer chemicals that are either released into the oil or water phase. By analyzing water and oil samples from the production, the tracers can be detected, identifying which zones are producing oil and water. Each reservoir zone’s contribution to the total well production rate can also be estimated.
In December 2022, Scale Protection was awarded our first reservoir inflow tracer contract by Equinor to be delivered the summer of 2023. Additionally, other customers in Canada and Norway have installed our inflow tracers.
To better separate these products from scale, and to make the reservoir inflow tracer offer clearer for the customers, Scale Protection has decided that the reservoir monitoring services shall be separated into a new company, Completion Tracer. This will be in effect from 2 May 2023.
“We look forward to honing both companies’ offerings and communication towards their respective professions within the oil companies. The market for inflow tracers has had a limited number of actors for a long time, and we see that there is a large interest in the arrival of a new reservoir monitoring vendor.
We believe the market will appreciate the increased competition within this segment as an effect of the establishment of Completion Tracer”, says Ole Magnar Drønen, CEO of Completion Tracer and Scale Protection.
“With Completion Tracer’s in-house competency within reservoir, production, chemistry and wells together with the newly developed products – especially a new and more robust method to measure zonal contribution for the whole reservoir section – I am sure we will be well received by the market, and that we will have success both in existing and new markets”, continues Torger Skillingstad, Chairman in Completion Tracer and Scale Protection.
The flexibility to manufacture tracer polymers in any geometry allows Completion Tracer’s products to be deployed in numerous ways such as sand screens and tracer carriers. The expansive portfolio of tracers allows for a unique signature to be applied in each zone across all wells in a field. More details are found at https://completiontracer.com.
About Completion Tracer
Completion Tracer AS is a Norwegian oil service company that delivers tracers, so called “reservoir inflow tracers” for monitoring which parts of the well are producing oil, and which parts are producing water. Completion Tracer has a marketing and distribution agreement with Core Laboratories in North America.
Completion Tracer AS is a fully owned daughter company of Arctic Well Invest AS and a sister company of Scale Protection AS.
About Scale Protection
Scale Protection AS is a Norwegian oil service company that delivers well production optimization by cost effective scale and water monitoring. The primary product has until now been to monitor inorganic scale in the produced water. Our services are used by customers in Norway, the UK, the USA, Canada, Angola, Qatar, and Oman.
Scale Protection AS is a fully owned daughter company of Arctic Well Invest AS and a sister company of Completion Tracer AS.
Read more at https://www.scaleprotection.com.
For more information, contact:
Media
Marius Stamnes – Vice President Sales & Services, Completion Tracer & Scale Protection
Tel: +47 901 80 064
Ole Magnar Drønen – CEO, Completion Tracer & Scale Protection
Tel.: +47 918 93 702
News Articles
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Scale Protection Wins Inflow Tracer Contract with Equinor
Scale Protection has been awarded a contract by Equinor for the the installation and analysis of reservoir inflow tracers in the Blåbjørn subsea well, which will be tied back to the Åsgard A FPSO in the Norwegian Sea.
The inflow tracers will be installed in the well early this summer. The production of the tracer-rods for installation in the lower well completion, and the analysis of oil and water samples from the field, will both be executed at Scale Protection’s premises in Harstad, Norway.
Marius Stamnes, Vice President for Sales & Services says: “This is the first reservoir inflow tracer contract that has been awarded to Scale Protection by Equinor, and it is a major milestone for our company after a long process of both technology and vendor qualification.”
“We look forward to delivering the inflow tracers to Equinor for this well and further cooperation with regards to inflow tracers. This award along with other on-going inflow tracer projects in Canada and Norway gives us valuable track record for our new product”, says CEO Ole Magnar Drønen.
Contact:
CEO Ole Magnar Drønen, omd@scaleprotection.com, +47 91893702
VP Sales & Services: Marius Stamnes, ms@scaleprotection.com, +47 90180064
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Scale Protection at ONS 2022
Visit us in Hall 10, booth 1055 where we will showcase our reservoir inflow tracers for monitoring fluid phase and production rate, as well as our scale monitoring service BSA™.
We look forward to meeting old and new friends and contacts! Reach out at ms@scaleprotection.com for a coffee and chat!
Scale Protection to Present at the SPE International Scale Conference and Exhibition
Scale Protection will be presenting at the SPE International Oilfield Scale Conference and Exhibition in Aberdeen 25 - 26 May.
Marius Stamnes, VP Sales & Services, is serving in the committee and has also co-authored and will co-present the SPE paper SPE 209507 MS ”The Oda Field: From Scale Prediction to Reality - Why Squeezing Was Not Necessary Despite a High Calcium Sulphate Risk”, B. Kaasa et al.
Reach out to Marius Stamnes at ms@scaleprotection.com to learn how Bulk Scale Analysis, (BSA™) can be used as a primary indicator of a well’s or process system’s scaling status.
Image courtesy of SPE.
2021 Summary
2021 also ended up being a challenging year for everyone, but lots of good things still happened to Scale Protection. Listed below, are some of our achievements in 2021:
We launched our Current™ Inflow Tracers product line.
We started collaborating with Core Laboratories on delivering the Current™ Inflow Tracers globally.
Abdur Rehman was hired as our R&D Manager for the Current™ Inflow Tracers.
BSA™ is serving an increasing number of customers in the UKCS, NCS and the Middle East.
We have participated in very intesting projects through our Scale Integrity Management service.
We were awarded another scale monitoring contract in the Middle East
We want to thank our customers and partners for the great collaboration and look forward to continue serving you next year!
In the meantime; merry Christmas and a happy new year!
Yours sincerely,
The Scale Protection Team
Abdur Rehman Hired as R&D Manager
Scale Protection are pleased to announce the appointment of Abdur Rehman as Research and Development Manager, based in Harstad, Norway. Mr. Rehman will be responsible for the testing, production and further development of the Current™ Inflow Tracers product line, used for monitoring reservoir performance.
Abdur holds a B.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry from Minaj University Lahore, Pakistan, and an M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry from University of Stavanger, Norway.
He has worked on the synthesis and testing of oil field scale inhibitors, and he has substantial experience in research and development and quality control. Mr. Rehman is also experienced in various analytical methods, such as NMR, GC-MS, HPLC and FTIR analysis.
CEO Ole Magnar Drønen stated: We look forward to welcoming Abdur to our team in January. He will be instrumental in the future development of our products for reservoir inflow monitoring, and will work closely with both our partners Core Laboratories as well as our customers to deliver the best fit for purpose applications.
Press Release: Scale Protection and Core Laboratories Announce Collaboration on Delivering Reservoir Inflow Tracers
HARSTAD, NORWAY/HOUSTON, TX, USA, September 16, 2021 – Scale Protection and Core Laboratories have announced a joint marketing and technical services arrangement. The companies’ combined efforts will provide Current™ inflow tracing technology for monitoring zonal oil production.
By leveraging Core Laboratories’ global footprint and decades of experience in tracer diagnostics along with inflow monitoring of both companies, Current™ provides a unique solution to inflow monitoring in today’s fiscally responsible environment.
“We are pleased to collaborate with Core Laboratories on entering the reservoir monitoring market with our fleet of inflow tracer solutions that are more cost effective than other options in the market”, comments Ole Magnar Drønen, CEO and Founder of Scale Protection. “We strongly believe that this partnership will open up new markets for the use of this type of reservoir monitoring”, continues Torger Skillingstad, Chairman of Scale Protection.
“This is an exciting opportunity. We are looking forward to leveraging this technology to solve new technical challenges for our customers through partnering with Scale Protection”, said Don Dumas, President ProTechnics division and Sr. Vice President Core Laboratories.
Current™ can be deployed in numerous well completions, e.g., sand screens, tracer carriers or AICD housings due to the flexibility to manufacture the tracer polymers in any geometry requested. An expansive tracer portfolio allows for application of many unique water and oil signatures, allowing for the evaluation of inflow from multiple zones across a field. More details on Current™ can be found here https://www.scaleprotection.com/currentinflowtracers.
About Scale Protection
Scale Protection AS is a Norwegian oil service company that delivers well production optimization by cost effective scale and water monitoring. The main product has been until now been monitoring and management of inorganic scale. Our services are used by customers in Norway, the UK, Kuwait, and Oman. The development of inflow tracer solutions has been finalised and qualified and is ready for installation.
Find out more at www.scaleprotection.com.
About Core Laboratories
Core Laboratories N.V. is a leading provider of proprietary and patented reservoir description and production enhancement services and products used to optimize petroleum reservoir performance. The Company has over 70 offices in more than 50 countries and is located in every major oil-producing province in the world.
Find out more at www.corelab.com.
Have you seen our vacant position as R&D Manager?
For further information, contact:
Media
Marius Stamnes – Vice President Sales & Services, Scale Protection
Tel: +47 901 80 064
Derek Key – Marketing Manager, ProTechnics, A Division of Core Laboratories
Tel.: +1 832-444-5728
Ole Magnar Drønen – CEO, Scale Protection
Tel.: +47 918 93 702
