There is still room for growth in demand for crude oil pour point depressants and viscosity reducers. Nano-point pour point depressants are the future development direction.

Crude oil pour point depressant and viscosity reducer include crude oil pour point depressant and crude oil viscosity reducer. Among them, crude oil pour point depressants are a type of oil additives that can lower the freezing point (SP) of petroleum and oil products and improve their low-temperature fluidity; crude oil viscosity reducers can reduce the interfacial tension of oil and water to remove heavy oil in the formation from the oil inclusions. The emulsified state of water changes to an emulsified state with water as the external phase, which greatly reduces the viscosity of heavy oil and significantly increases the recovery rate.

From the perspective of demand, crude oil pour point and viscosity reducing agents are used as oil additives in crude oil mining, transportation and other processes, and their industry development is greatly affected by changes in the crude oil industry. From 2019 to 2021, with the increase in domestic crude oil extraction and transportation, the demand for domestic crude oil pour point and viscosity reducing agents will also increase. Among them, domestic demand for crude oil pour point and viscosity reducing agents in 2021 will exceed 45,000 tons.

From the production side, according to the“In-depth Market Research and Investment in the Crude Oil Pour Point and Viscosity Reducing Agent Industry from 2023 to 2027” released by the Industrial Research Center Strategy Proposal Report shows that at present, most companies in the crude oil pour point and viscosity reducing agent industry are small and medium-sized companies with low production capacity concentration. The more representative companies include Shengli Oilfield Shengli Chemical Co., Ltd., Shijiazhuang Juye Chemical Additives Co., Ltd., Shijiazhuang Changhong Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Tianjin Xiongguan Technology Development Co., Ltd., Shandong Daming Fine Chemical Co., Ltd., etc.

From the perspective of industry prospects, during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, the Bohai Oilfield will promote the “Seven-Year Action Plan” with high quality and build the Bohai Oilfield into a country that integrates exploration and development, standardization of engineering construction, intelligent oil and gas production, and lean operation and management. As a benchmark energy base, we strive to achieve breakthroughs in exploration, hard growth in crude oil, and great development in natural gas to ensure an increase in oil and gas production of 40 million tons by 2025. It is expected that my country’s crude oil production will maintain a growth trend in the next few years, and the growth of crude oil production will drive an increase in the market demand for crude oil pour point and viscosity reducing agents.

However, due to the increasingly diversified sources of crude oil and the large differences in the physical properties of different crude oils, the adaptability and effectiveness of the current domestically produced crude oil pour point and viscosity reducing agents are difficult to meet the differentiated and diversified pour point and viscosity reducing needs of downstream users. Therefore, the development of new universally efficient, economical and environmentally friendly pour point depressants is a hot topic in the current development of the crude oil pour point and viscosity reducing agent industry. From the perspective of research and development, nano-point pour point depressants not only have a good pour point depressing effect, but also reduce the viscosity and yield stress of oil. The dosage is smaller and the cost is lower. It has been successfully tested in many crude oil pipelines in my country, such as The Qinjing Line, China-North Korea Pipeline, Huludao Section, Fengrun Section were rerouted and put into operation and the trial section and the Shilan Line Crude Oil Pipeline were rerouted.

Industry analysts said that the current domestic crude oil pour point and viscosity reducing agent industry is still in the growth stage. With the increase in crude oil production and The quality of crude oil pour point and viscosity reducing agents has been improved, and the demand for crude oil pour point and viscosity reducing agents in the domestic market will further grow. Relevant companies can invest in and develop new products such as nano-point pour point and viscosity reducing agents.