Well 'vaccination1 preventing scale and hydrocarbon buildup in GoM: New dual-purpose substrate and proppant said to offer operators 'pure flow assurance protection'

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In late January, I caught a cold virus. Miserable for several days, with a cough and congestion that took an additional month to go away, I had moments when I wished it was a bacterial infection - anything more treatable than a cold without a cure. I imagine finding scale, paraffin, or asphaltene buildup in a pricey offshore wellbore is equally frustrating. I attended the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference in early February while I was still coughing uncontrollably and sucking down cough drops. That might be why my ears perked up at the Baker Hughes booth when I heard Steve Szymczak, director of the StimPlus product line, liken the company's new Sorb Ultra product to a "vaccination" for the well.