06/16/2026
Energy Sector – The Silent Killer: Predictive Physics for Paraffin and Flow Assurance
https://www.ediweekly.com/energy-sector-the-silent-killer-predictive-physics-for-paraffin-and-flow-assurance/
For engineers designing and operating sucker rod pump (SRP) systems, paraffin wax deposition is the silent killer of uptime. It doesn’t announce itself with a bang or a catastrophic failure. Instead, it accumulates slowly, grain by grain, increasing mechanical loads, reducing pump efficiency, and ...