Energy & Oil and Gas
More than 400 field deployments across the United States and Canada have established biomineralization as a practical tool for difficult well-integrity and subsurface flow-control problems.
Field-proven engineering
Portland cement, resins and mechanical systems solve many well-integrity problems. They become less reliable when the defect is too small, the geometry is unknown, the pathway is connected over long distances or placement pressures threaten to create additional damage.
BioSqueeze fluids move at approximately the viscosity of water, self-divert through active pathways and form gas-tight limestone barriers in place.
Problems & solutions
The commercial base is well-integrity remediation. The platform is now extending into formation-level flow control and production applications with operator partners.
BioSqueeze response
Low-viscosity fluids enter micro-annuli, cement channels, casing defects and connected gas-migration pathways before forming a gas-tight mineral seal in place.
BioSqueeze response
Treat annular flow and leakage that persists after conventional remediation while preserving full wellbore access for the remaining abandonment program.
BioSqueeze response
Self-diverting fluids follow dominant flow paths and reduce permeability, redirecting injection toward intervals with less reservoir contact.
BioSqueeze response
Seal wellbore micro-defects and reduce permeability in thief zones, vugs and fracture networks that reduce gas utilization and flood efficiency.
BioSqueeze response
Reduce conductivity in depleted fracture networks so a subsequent treatment is more likely to initiate new fractures into unstimulated rock.
BioSqueeze response
Bind particles at grain-to-grain contacts before they migrate into pore throats, the wellbore or surface equipment.
Engineered for the defect scale
Each treatment begins with diagnosis and treatment design. The product family allows the field team to match particle scale, fluid behavior and injection rate to the actual integrity problem.
Sub-micron defects, hairline pathways, thread imperfections and early-stage corrosion where the existing barrier remains largely intact.
Micro-annuli, narrow cement channels, pinholes and casing-cement interface leaks too small for remedial cement.
Larger channels, voids, poor cement bond and significant barrier deficiencies where cement placement is difficult or unreliable.
Selected field results
Two annuli sealed, sustained casing pressure eliminated and the well approved for P&A.
View case →DeWitt County, TexasTreatment of a previously plugged well leaking gas to surface.
View case →Alberta, CanadaField remediation of a high-consequence surface casing vent-flow problem.
View case →San Juan BasinMechanical-integrity remediation in an operating disposal-well environment.
View case →Loving County, TexasGas and fluid flow eliminated after conventional cement-squeeze attempts could not establish injection.
View case →Marcellus ShaleTwo leaking zones sealed and mechanical integrity restored after a casing patch and resin repair were unsuccessful.
View case →Field deploymentRigless biomineralization treatment for annular pathways that remain after conventional plugging.
View case →Discuss a well