Low Dosage Hydrate Inhibitors Market

Report Description
Low dosage hydrate inhibitors are the products used to inhibit the formation of gas
hydrates in offshore hydrocarbon drilling and production operations. Gas hydrates are
basically ice-like solids that are formed by combination of water and natural gas at high
pressure and low temperature. Gas hydrates create severe flow problems in oil and gas
drilling and production operations. It, thus, becomes very important to remove and
prevent the formation of these gas hydrates in order to have efficient flow of
hydrocarbons.
Various technologies have been developed and used over the time to prevent the gas
hydrates formation, such as: environmental inhibitor, thermodynamic inhibitor and low
dosage hydrate inhibitors. Developed in 1990s, low dosage hydrate inhibitor is
comparatively a recent technology developed as an alternative to thermodynamic
inhibitors for avoiding gas hydrates from creating any flow related problem.
There are several advantages of low dosage hydrate inhibitor. They are given below:
•Low Dosage
• Lower Capital Costs
• Lower Chemical Costs
• Lower Transportation Costs
• Lower Storage Costs
• Smaller Pumps
• Less Maintenance