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ELS offers BLAZE® treated components for rod pumps, sucker rod couplings, crossovers, plunger lift and production valves. BLAZE® thermal boron diffusion creates a metal surface with a reduced coefficient of friction, higher resistance to corrosives, and improved resistance against abrasives.
Published June 29, 2020
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Updated October 19, 2020
Oil & Gas
Production
Product Overview
Overview
Life-of-the-well artificial lift solutions partner. With applications in gas lift, plunger lift, ESP, rod lift (plunger lift and rod lift are currently BLAZE® enabled; ESP and gas lift applications under research and development)
Business Model
Differs per product line
Technology Innovations
- BLAZE® is environmentally safe and its byproducts can be recharged or disposed of safely in a landfill.
- It is the only 100% sustainable treating method in the oil and gas equipment market today.
- BLAZE® thermal boron diffusion is not added to the surface of a part. Rather, its chemistry is diffused into the pores of the metal.
- Unlike conventional decades-old boronizing techniques, BLAZE® does not cause distortion of surfaces as a result of Fe-B chemical bonds. This unique feature enables high tolerance parts, such as threaded items or moving components, to be boronized when historically was not feasible.
- Simple and economic base metal materials work best, thereby preventing the need for exotic metallurgical knowledge or unfamiliar material requirements in your organization.
Applications
- Longer run life in deviated horizontal and vertical wellbores
- Withstands corrosive environments longer than conventional metallurgy and other options
- Able to improve performance in sand and high solid content production fluid streams
- Withstands erosional fluid flow / inconsistent multi-phase production slugs versus conventional equipment
- Extends run life and durability of mated surfaces or parts that are not treated (ex: production tubing)
- Coating can be applied to a wide variety of oilfield parts both downhole and at surface
- Novel high-flow rate fiberglass couplings have the potential to displace smaller ESP installations