Products in Oil, Gas & Mining Chemicals: Foaming Agent

Harcros Foamer HS is a high-foaming amphoteric surfactant derived from coconut fatty acids. It provides excellent foaming across a broad pH range and enhances foam quality in formulated systems. It remains soluble in soft water, hard water, brine, and concentrated electrolyte solutions without precipitating at isoelectric pH. When combined with alkyl sulfates, alkyl ether sulfates, alkyl-benzene sulfonates, and soaps, Foamer™ HS synergistically improves foam stability.

Harcros Foamer CD is a high-foaming anionic surfactant developed for use in air mist drilling. It is also suitable as a base for high-foaming liquid detergents, scrub soaps, rug shampoos, and all-purpose cleaners. It is a sulfate-ether surfactant based on a linear hydrophobe that has been proven in the industry to be highly biodegradable. This product is soluble and stable in solutions with high electrolyte concentrations.

H-Soft® SLDP is a 30% active sodium lauriminodipropionate amphoteric surfactant that produces a stable, slow-draining, dense foam. It has excellent hydrotroping properties in both acidic and alkaline formulations and is compatible with anionic, nonionic, and cationic surfactants. Ideal for HI&I and oilfield formulations.

DeTERIC LP is also known as sodium lauriminodipropionate, is a versatile, high-foaming amphoteric surfactant. It is used in a wide range of household, industrial, and institutional cleaning formulations. Beyond that, it's suitable for personal care applications, easily degrades in the environment, and has low toxicity levels.

Kemsurf ESD is the excellent detergent, characterized by its remarkable performance, demonstrates enduring detergency in both brine and hard water, ensuring consistent efficacy across diverse water conditions. Its impressive solubility makes it particularly advantageous for alkaline liquid formulations, contributing to ease of use. As an excellent foaming agent, it enhances the cleaning process while showcasing pronounced thickening in the presence of sodium chloride, adding versatility to its applications. Notably stable to aqueous ions, this detergent maintains its effectiveness in hard water, with superior lime soap dispersing properties due to the solubility of the calcium salt. However, it is essential to note that its chemical and temperature stability is subject to hydrolysis in acidic pH and high temperatures, making it unsuitable for use above 50°C. In summary, this detergent stands out for its versatile cleaning capabilities, solubility, foaming performance, and compatibility with water conditions, albeit with specific limitations in terms of pH and temperature.

Fil-Soft CAPHS, featuring cocamidopropyl hydroxysultaine, is tailored for oil drilling and production processes. Renowned for its high-performance attributes and adaptability across a wide temperature spectrum, it serves as a versatile industrial additive. This compound operates as a biocide, corrosion inhibitor, scale inhibitor, and cationic surfactant, ensuring multiple functionalities. Its labeling proudly claims it is bio-based, non-flammable, non-toxic, and sustainable, underscoring its environmentally friendly and safe nature.

Fil-Amide® 307 is an amide-based additive designed for oil drilling and production processes. It's classified under the amides chemical family and offers several functionalities in industrial applications. Its features include high performance across a wide temperature range and acting as a corrosion inhibitor. Within industrial settings, it serves as an emulsifier for oil-in-water, a foaming agent, a lubricant, and a wetting agent. It holds labeling claims for being bio-based, non-flammable, non-toxic, and sustainable, meeting various safety and environmental standards in its application.

Fil-Amide® 185 is an amide-based additive designed for oil drilling and production processes. It's classified under the amides chemical family and offers several functionalities in industrial applications. Its features include high performance across a wide temperature range and acting as a corrosion inhibitor. Within industrial settings, it serves as an emulsifier for oil-in-water, a foaming agent, a lubricant, and a wetting agent. It holds labeling claims for being bio-based, non-flammable, non-toxic, and sustainable, meeting various safety and environmental standards in its application.

Fil-Amide® 190 is an amide-based additive designed for oil drilling and production processes. It's classified under the amides chemical family and offers several functionalities in industrial applications. Its features include high performance across a wide temperature range and acting as a corrosion inhibitor. Within industrial settings, it serves as an emulsifier for oil-in-water, a foaming agent, a lubricant, and a wetting agent. It holds labeling claims for being bio-based, non-flammable, non-toxic, and sustainable, meeting various safety and environmental standards in its application.

Fil-Soft 30, containing cocamidopropyl betaine, is utilized in oil drilling and production processes. Recognized for its high performance across a wide temperature spectrum, it operates as a versatile industrial additive. This compound functions as a biocide, corrosion inhibitor, scale inhibitor, and cationic surfactant. Its labeling proudly asserts it is bio-based, non-flammable, non-toxic, and sustainable, emphasizing its environmentally friendly and safe attributes.

Fil-Amide® 181 is an amide-based additive designed for oil drilling and production processes. It's classified under the amides chemical family and offers several functionalities in industrial applications. Its features include high performance across a wide temperature range and acting as a corrosion inhibitor. Within industrial settings, it serves as an emulsifier for oil-in-water, a foaming agent, a lubricant, and a wetting agent. It holds labeling claims for being bio-based, non-flammable, non-toxic, and sustainable, meeting various safety and environmental standards in its application.

Fil-Amide® 191 is an amide-based additive designed for oil drilling and production processes. It's classified under the amides chemical family and offers several functionalities in industrial applications. Its features include high performance across a wide temperature range and acting as a corrosion inhibitor. Within industrial settings, it serves as an emulsifier for oil-in-water, a foaming agent, a lubricant, and a wetting agent. It holds labeling claims for being bio-based, non-flammable, non-toxic, and sustainable, meeting various safety and environmental standards in its application.

Fil-Soft LHS, composed of dodecyl (2-hydroxy-3-sulphonatopropyl)dimethylammonium, is specifically tailored for various processes, including oil drilling, oil production, and well stimulation. This compound, known for its high-performance characteristics and adaptability across a broad temperature range, serves as a multifaceted industrial additive. It functions as a biocide, corrosion inhibitor, scale inhibitor, and cationic surfactant, offering versatile benefits. Its labeling highlights its bio-based, non-flammable, non-toxic, and sustainable properties, emphasizing its environmental friendliness and safety.

Libratex NSA is a slightly viscous brown liquid formulation composed of dodecylbenzene sulphonic acid (Narrow cut). This versatile product, along with its various neutralized forms, plays a crucial role as a foaming agent, wetting agent, and emulsifier. It finds widespread use in detergents and emulsion polymerization processes, contributing to the production of various products across industries.

Kemsurf CA-EH is a calcium salt of a biodegradable dodecylbenzene sulphonic acid. The base acid for Kemsurf CA-EH is manufactured by SO3 sulphonation to produce a product of good color and low inorganic content. Kemsurf CA-EH is a hydrophobic anionic surfactant and functions as an emulsifier for oils and aromatic solvents in the formulation of degreasers. It finds many applications, however, as an emulsifier for pesticide and herbicide systems, especially where spray application is involved. Kemsurf CA-EH may also be used in the emulsification of waxes and hydrocarbon solvents. This product has good compatibility with other anionics and nonionic surfactants and maintains good stability, detergency, foaming power and soil suspension in alkaline, mild acid, low electrolyte and hard or soft water.

Lanspec OF65 is an ammonium neutralized alkyl ether sulfate and finds application where high foaming, characteristics are required, particularly in the presence of highly levels of electrolyte and polyvalent metal ions. Lanspec OF65 has good stability in the presence of alkaline solutions at moderate temperatures, but will hydrolyse in acidic solutions.

Kemsurf ESD is an excellent detergent, it does not show a loss of detergency in brine or hard water. The good solubility characteristics make them especially useful for use in alkaline liquid formulations. It is excellent foaming agent. It shows a pronounced thickening with the addition of sodium chloride to a dilute solution. It is stable to hard water and has excellent lime soap dispersing properties, due to the calcium salt being soluble. Product is prone to hydrolysis in aqueous solution at acid pH and high temperatures (not suitable for use above 50°C).

ROKAmid KAD/2A is a non-ionic surfactant with the INCI name ‘Cocamide DEA’. It is based on natural vegetable oils. It has a form of a clear or slightly turbid light-yellow to yellow liquid. ROKAmid KAD/2A is one of the most common co-surfactants, which has a range of very interesting application properties. Most of all, it is used as a rheology modifier, that is a thickener which improves consistence by creating so-called mixed micelles. Among other KAD series ROKAmides, it shows improved thickening properties compared to the ROKAmid KAD or KAD/1A. When mixed with anionic surfactants, it increases and stabilizes the quality of foam. ROKAmid KAD/2A is very effective even at a low concentration.