Energy application
Water Shutoff
Use active water pathways to carry treatment deep into the channels that are hurting production.
Application focus
Turn the water pathway into the treatment pathway.
Unwanted water can erode project economics, accelerate corrosion and overload surface handling. BioSqueeze fluids travel through the channels where water is actively moving, naturally entering the highest-permeability pathways first.
Sequential mineral formation reduces conductivity inside the connected pathway rather than isolating the entire interval with a bridge plug or packer. Treatment design can therefore focus on stopping unwanted water while preserving productive access.
Discuss this applicationWhere it fits
Designed around the connected pathway.
Every program begins with the treatment objective, available diagnostics, access geometry, injectivity and the performance signal that will define success.
- Behind-pipe water channeling
- High-permeability water entry
- Water-producing fractures
- Selective interval treatment
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The placement principle carries across industries: water-like treatment fluids follow the connected fractures and permeable pathways carrying groundwater into shafts, tunnels and active workings, then mineral formation reduces flow within those pathways.
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