Improved oil production or water injectivity
Removing a flow-restricting filter cake can reduce resistance between the reservoir and the well, helping recover production or water injectivity.
Oilfield Enzyme Polymer Breakers | Drilling Fluid Cleanup
OIL & DRILLING ENZYMES
Enzyme Breakers for Oil & Drilling
Target starch, cellulose and xylan polymers in drilling fluids. Build your cleanup programme with specialist enzyme blends, bulk supply and dedicated technical support.
Rapid Polymer Breakdown
Bulk Supply
Technical Support
Improved Oil Production
Uniform Cleanup
CHOOSE BY POLYMER
Match the Enzyme to Your Polymer and Process
Targeted polymer removal can support better reservoir-to-well flow, less residual formation damage and more selective cleanup. For long intervals, optimise treatment placement and reaction time to promote uniform contact.
Starch-based additives
- Target: Starch and susceptible modified starch grades.
- Solution: Complementary alpha- and beta-amylase activities for starch breakdown.
- Optimisation: Compare viscosity change, dose and treatment time.
Starch-targeted cleavage can help dismantle polymer-bound filter cake and recover flow. Screen placement and reaction time for uniform cleanup.
Explore Products →Cellulose-based additives
- Target: Accessible cellulose derivatives; test the actual CMC/PAC grade.
- Solution: Cellulase targets susceptible cellulose chains.
- Optimisation: Screen substitution level, accessibility and brine compatibility.
Removing susceptible cellulose residues can support permeability recovery and improved flow. Screen the complete fluid for selective, uniform cleanup.
Explore Products →Xylan-containing polymers
- Target: Xylan and xylan-rich plant-derived materials.
- Solution: Xylanase targets xylan; it is not a xanthan-gum breaker.
- Optimisation: Confirm polymer identity and measure the cleanup response.
Target xylan and accessible cellulose residues for selective cleanup where present. Validate flow recovery and uniform treatment contact in representative cake.
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Targeted Enzyme Activities for Polymer Cleanup
Choose a blend for the polymers in your fluid, with expert support for screening and scale-up.
Starch
Starch Breaker Pro
Target starch polymers in drilling-fluid viscosity and cleanup trials.
alpha-Amylase (high temperature), alpha-Amylase (medium temperature), beta-Amylase
Rapid BreakdownBulk SupplyTechnical Support
Oil ProductionLess Formation DamageSelective TreatmentUniform Cleanup
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Cellulose
Cellulose Breaker Pro
Evaluate breakdown of susceptible cellulose-based drilling-fluid additives.
exo-Cellulase, endo-Cellulase, beta-Glucosidase
Rapid BreakdownBulk SupplyTechnical Support
Oil ProductionLess Formation DamageSelective TreatmentUniform Cleanup
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Xylan
Xylan Breaker Pro
Target xylan polymers where present in the fluid or plant-derived residues.
Xylanase, exo-Cellulase, endo-Cellulase
Rapid BreakdownBulk SupplyTechnical Support
Oil ProductionLess Formation DamageSelective TreatmentUniform Cleanup
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Potential cleanup benefits depend on polymer susceptibility and a validated treatment. Images illustrate the source polysaccharides used in drilling-fluid additives.
POLYMER & FLUID SCREENING
Optimise the Breaker for Your Actual Fluid
Compare enzyme activities, blend ratios, doses and treatment times in your complete drilling-fluid formulation.
Screen at the intended pH, temperature and salinity, including the actual polymer grades, solids and other additives.
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Characterise your fluid
Identify polymers, brine composition, additives and operating conditions. Send representative fluid and filter-cake samples.
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Screen enzyme combinations
Compare activities, doses and contact times with untreated controls. Measure retained activity, polymer breakdown and rheology.
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Validate the cleanup
Assess representative filter-cake removal and permeability before planning field treatment and scale-up.
ONSHORE & OFFSHORE
Restore Flow with Targeted Filter-Cake Cleanup
Enzymes cleave susceptible organic polymers into smaller fragments, helping weaken the filter cake and remove residues that restrict flow. Develop the treatment around your polymer grades, reservoir and operating conditions.
Production, permeability and cleanup uniformity are potential outcomes of a validated treatment. Screen enzyme activity, dose, contact time and placement; rapid polymer cleavage alone does not establish uniform downhole coverage.
Less residual formation damage
Breaking down accessible polymer residues can help restore near-well permeability. Confirm the response through filter-cake removal and return-permeability testing.
More selective treatment
Match the enzyme to the polymer for targeted cleavage. A suitable treatment may reduce reliance on aggressive acids or oxidisers for the organic component; mineral bridging solids require complementary chemistry.
More uniform cleanup
Controlled breaker kinetics and fluid placement can help maintain contact along a horizontal interval, reducing early leakoff through the first section cleaned. The complete treatment must be designed and tested for this outcome.
These blends target susceptible polysaccharides; they do not directly digest petroleum hydrocarbons or dissolve calcium carbonate. Xylan is distinct from xanthan gum. Outcomes must be confirmed for the selected formulation.
Technical background: Enzyme-based filter-cake cleanup research · Controlled enzyme–chelant cleanup. Published studies and commercial systems provide application context, rather than performance data for these blends.
Bespoke Polymer Breaker
Need a blend for a mixed-polymer fluid? Share your polymer grades, brine, temperature, pH and treatment window. Our technical team can discuss a tailored formulation, screening programme and bulk prices.