Unconventional Wells

Unlock Trapped Value in Unconventional Wells

Improve reservoir contact, accelerate flowback, and unlock additional recovery

The LOCUS ADVANTAGE

Improves fluid interaction

Mobilizes trapped hydrocarbons

Disperses paraffin and organic deposits

Unconventional oil wells push mechanical design to the limit, but recovery still depends on fluid behavior in the reservoir. Locus biosurfactant chemistry improves how fluids interact with the reservoir—enhancing penetration, accelerating cleanup, and mobilizing hydrocarbons that conventional chemistry leaves behind. The result is faster cleanup, improved production response, and sustained recovery over time in unconventional oil wells.

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What are the challenges of unconventional wells?

Even in advanced completions, unconventional wells face persistent recovery limitations driven by fluid behavior and reservoir interaction:

  • Limited reservoir contact during stimulation
  • Inefficient cleanup and fluid recovery
  • Trapped hydrocarbons in micro- and nanopores
  • Declining production after initial completion
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The Biosurfactant Trifecta Applied to Unconventional Wells

Three mechanisms that improve cleanup, connectivity, and sustained production:
Penetrates hydrocarbon and organic buildup to reach and break down material below the surface
Suspends dispersed materials in the flow stream to prevent buildup and maintain system performance
Disperses hydrocarbons and solids into smaller, flowable particles to restore movement

Proven impact across the shale well lifecycle

Operators deploying Locus biosurfactant chemistry in unconventional wells achieve measurable performance gains across the well lifecycle, from faster cleanup to sustained production uplift.

Faster cleanup and early production

Improved reservoir contact and stimulation efficiency

Sustained production uplift over time

Reduced flow restrictions and improved fluid movement

Lower intervention frequency

More predictable well performance

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SUSTAIN®

Unlock frac performance at the interface

A portfolio of biosurfactant frac additives engineered to improve fluid interaction, accelerate cleanup, and drive stronger early-time production and overall recovery.

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SUSTAIN biosurfactant frac additive that improves fluid interaction, accelerates flowback, and increases oil production in hydraulic fracturing
AssurEOR STIM biosurfactant improves enhanced oil recovery by penetrating nano-scale pores and reducing interfacial tension to mobilize trapped oil

AssurEOR STIM®

Recover oil conventional methods leave behind

Biosurfactant EOR solutions that alters wettability and mobilizes trapped hydrocarbons to increase recovery from mature reservoirs.

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AssurEOR FLOW®

Restore Flow. Unlock Early Production.

AssurEOR FLOW® restores near-wellbore permeability by dispersing paraffin, asphaltene, and other organic films that restrict flow.

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AssurEOR FLOW biosurfactant for near-wellbore cleanup, dispersing paraffin and asphaltene buildup to restore flow in oil and gas wells
AcidBoost biosurfactant enhances acid remediation performance by improving acid penetration, reducing sludge formation, and simplifying additive packages in oil and gas wells

AcidBoost®

Simplify Acid Jobs. Amplify Production.

Biosurfactant-enhanced acid additive that improves acid effectiveness in near-wellbore acidizing operations, enhancing scale dissolution and restoring flow.

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Avert®

Remove & prevent buildup before it restricts flow

Paraffin and asphaltene control solution that remediates and prevents deposition and maintains stable production in in paraffinic and asphaltinic crude oil systems.

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Avert biosurfactant for paraffin and asphaltene remediation and inhibition in oil and gas production systems

Unlock more recovery across the full well lifecycle

Capture more value from existing wells with shale-engineered chemistry that enhances frac performance, drives EOR uplift, and stabilizes long-term production.