Production Enhancement

TouGas Makes It Possible: Excess produced water is one of the biggest value‑destroyers in mature oil and gas operations. As wells age, water cut rises sharply - pushing more water to surface for every barrel of oil you produce. TouGas provides advanced chemical solutions that reduce the volume of produced water at its source, helping operators protect assets, extend field life, and dramatically lower operating costs.

Why Reducing Produced Water Matters

In late life fields, rising water production creates a cascade of operational and financial challenges:

  • Higher OPEX: Every extra barrel of water requires separation, treatment, transport, reinjection, or disposal—driving up ongoing costs.
  • Infrastructure strain: Facilities reach capacity limits sooner, forcing new capital spend or production throttling.
  • Asset integrity risk: Salts, solids, and residual hydrocarbons in produced water accelerate corrosion and scaling.
  • Regulatory pressure: Discharge and reinjection standards continue to tighten, increasing compliance cost and complexity.
  • Reduced well economics: In many fields, water handling becomes the dominant operating cost, pushing operators toward premature abandonment.

Reducing the water at the wellbore is one of the most powerful—and most overlooked—ways to protect margins and extend productive field life.

TouGas Helps You Reduce Produced Water at the Source

Our chemistry targets water production where it begins: in the reservoir. By lowering water inflow and improving fluid selectivity, TouGas solutions help operators:

  • Reduce water handling OPEX
  • Protect facilities from corrosion and scaling
  • Delay abandonment and extend field life
  • Lower environmental and regulatory burden
  • Improve net oil production and profitability

In a world where every barrel counts, cutting water is one of the fastest ways to increase value.

What the Industry Says About Produced Water

At TouGas, we know the problem. But more importantly, the industry knows it too. Here’s what leading energy companies say:

Aramco:
“Too much water coming out of the well can cause corrosion, scaling, and other damage in equipment and pipelines. It is also expensive to properly treat and safely dispose of this water.”
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Chevron:
“Permian wells can bring up as much as five times more water than oil and gas.”
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TotalEnergies:
“In 2023, the average hydrocarbon content of our aqueous discharges was 1.9 mg/L … objective for 2030 is ≤ 1 mg/L.”
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ConocoPhillips:
“Water risks associated with … offshore produced water discharges or onshore produced water disposal by well injection could affect our business through project delays or cancellation, business interruption, or increased costs for supply, discharge/disposal or regulatory requirements.”
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Woodside:
“Of the seven assets, four currently discharge the produced water offshore following treatment, two reinject the water back into the formation and one sends the water onshore for processing.”
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None of these companies want to handle more water. They invest millions annually just to manage it safely and compliantly. Reducing the amount of produced water is not just operational hygiene—it’s smart economics.